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 OF  THE 


OF  THE 


^AFRICAN  M.  E.  CHURCH,!* 

OF  SOUTH  CAROLINA, 

AT  CHARLESTON,  S.  C,  MAY  15, 16    17, 1889. 


THE  QUARTO-CENTENNIAL   ADDRESSES   DELIVERED  AT  THE  COLUMBIA, 
SOUTH  CAROLINA   CONFERENCE  AND  AT  JACKSONVILLE,  FLORIDA, 

AND 

AN   HISTORICAL  REVIEW   OF  THE  TWENTY-FIVE  YEARS    WORK    OF  THE 
AFRICAN  M.  E.  CHURCH,  IN  SOUTH  CAROLINA  AND  FLORIDA 

TOGETHER  WITH 

A  BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  OF  SOME  OF  THE  LEADING  MEMBERS  OF  THE 
CHURCH.      A    COMPLETE    LIST    OF    THE    BISHOPS    AND   A  STATE- 
MENT OF  THE  RISE  AND  PROGRESS  OF  ALLEN  UNIVERSITY. 

IN  ADDITION, 

SOME   FACTS  IN  RELATION  TO  THE  PROGRESS  OF  THE    NEGRO  OF  THE 
PALMETTO  STATE  AND  AN  ANALYSIS  OF  THE  A.  M.  E.  CHURCH. 


 EDITED  BY  

BISHOP  BENJAMIN  W.  ARNETT,  D.  D, 
Presiding  Bishop  of  the  States  of  South  Carolina  and  Florida. 

i8qo. 


RESOLUTION- 


BY  ^EV.        E.  WAIili.  D.  D. 


Whereas,  there  being  no  funds  in  hand  or  collectable  for  the 
printing  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Quarto-Centenary  Conference, 
therefore 

Be  it  Resolved,  that  this  Conference  request  Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett 
to  accept  the  compilation,  and  superintend  the  printing  of  the  Min- 
utes, that  its  proceedings  may  be  preserved  to  posterity. 

Adopted  unanimously. 

Attest  : 

J.  D.  Barksdale,  Secretary, 


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EI>ITOR  AND  COMPILER. 


INDEX. 


Introduction  by  Rev.  B.  F.  Lee,  D.  D.,  LL.  D. 


Names  of  Bishops  and  their  Districts   9 

Names  of  General  Officers,  1888-92   10 

Names  of  Officers  and  Members  Quarto-Centenary  Conference   10 

Program  of  Quarto-Centenary  Celebration   12 

Pioneers,  Missionaries  and  Founders   17 

Roil  of  Members  of  South  Carolina  and  Columbia  Conferences   18 

Journal  of  Proceedings  of  Quarto-Centennial  Conference                          .  24 

Organization  Essential  to  Success — Bishop  D.  A.  Payne   38 

The  Field  and  the  Workman — James  A.  Handy,  D.  D   43 

The  Founding  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference— J.  H.  A.  Johnson,  D.  D.  47 

Now  and  Then — T.  G.  Steward,  D.  D   56 

How  to  Save  Our  Young  Men — D.  T.  McDaniel,  A.  B   65 

Reminiscences  of  the  Pioneers — Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas   68 

How  African  Methodism  was  Introduced  in  the  Up  Country — Rev.  A.Weston  70 

John  Graham  and  His  Associates — J.  E.  Hayne,  D.  D   72 

The  Progress  of  Education  in  South  Carolina — Prof.  J.  W.Morris,  A.M., LL.B  77- 

Woman  and  Her  Influence — M.  B.  Salter,  D.  D   82 

Finance  and  Church  Property— C.  M.  Crosby,  D.  D   84 

The  Souvenir — Mrs.  C.  S.  Riley   92 

The  Centennial  Host — Miss  Josephine  Prioleau   93 

Addresses  Delivered  at  the  Columbia,  S.  C,  Conference — 

Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett,  I).  D   94 

Rev.  C.  C.  Dunlap,  A.  B   95 

Rev.  S.  H.  Robertson,  P.  E                             .   .  .  ;   97 

Rev.  W.  D.  Johnson,  D.  D.  .  .   •  •  •   99 

Miss  Hallie  Quinn  Brown,  M.  A   ico 

Opening  Prayer — Rev.  L.  Lawrence   102 

Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D.  ...  ,   104 

Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas   105 

Rev.  A.  Weston   107 

Rev.  Isaac  S.  Grant  ,   in 

Rev.  Hiram  Young  ^  ,   .   .  in 

Anecdote   112 

Rev.  Silas  H.  Jefferson   112 

Rev.  Robert  C.  lrvin   114 

Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D.  ,   116 

Rev.  C.  S.  Bradley                                                c   118 

Rev.  W.  B.  Derrick,  D.  D   120 


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VI 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


Addresses  delivered  a  Columbia  Conference — Continued. 

Rev.  F.  Y.  Dendy   124 

Rev.  Hiram  Young   128 

Addresses  Delivered  at  South  Carolina  Conference  at  Aiken,  S.  C. 

Dr.  Edward  W.  Blyden   131 

Dr.  W.  B.  Derrick   138 

Rev.  S.  F.  Flegler   138 

Rev.  S.  J.  Campbell   141 

Miss  Hallie  Q.  Brown  ,   142 

Rev.  M.  B.  Salter,  D.  D   148 

Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D   149 

Important  Facts   152 

Dollar  Money   156 

Statistics   158 

Old  Sancho  Cooper   159 

Church  Property   160 

Ordinations  in  7th  District   162 

Introduction  of  African  Methodism  in  West  Florida — Rev.  A.  J.  Kershaw.  163 

Letter  from  Governor  Reed  to  Bishop  Brown   168 

Introduction  of  African  Methodism  in  East  Florida— Rev.  John  R.  Scott,  B.D  168 

The  Pioneer  Workman — Rev.  J.J.  Sawyer  .  .   .■   174 

Pioneer  Women  of  East  Florida— Mrs.  M.  E.  C.  Smith                             .  181 

Address  to  Law  Class  of  Allen  University — Major  J.  H.  Fordham  .  .      .   .  186 

Address  before  the  Societies  of  Allen  University — Rev.  W.  B.  Derrick,  D.D  190 

Address  before  the  Graduating  Class  Allen  University — Rev. J.  A. Handy, D.D  201 

Historical  Table — Bishop  Arnett,  D.  D   209 

Conference  Calendar — South  Carolina   210 

Conference  Calendar — Florida   211 

Conference  Calendar — East  Florida   212 

Compiler's  Note— R.  E.  Wall,  D.  D   213 

Summary  of  Proceedings  South  Carolina  Conference  from  1865  to  1890  .   .  213 

Summary  of  Proceedings  Columbia  Conference  from  1865  to  1890   276 

Poem — Rev.  S.  G.  Cross   318 

Biographical  Sketch— B.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D   320 

Arnett  Governor  for  an  Hour   324 

Biographical  Sketches  of  some  of  the  Ministers  of  South  Carolina- 
Rev.  S.  W.  Bellamy   326 

Rev.  S.  F.  Flegler   326 

Rev.  R.  C.  Williams   327 

Rev.  J.  W.  White   327 

Rev.  John  S.  Singleton   327 

Rev.  R.  W.  Srnckler   328 

Rev.  March  Singleton   328 

Rev.  E.  H.  Gourdine   328 


INDEX.  VII 


Biographical  Sketches — Continued. 

Rev.  M.  R.  Thomas   .  328 

Rev.  G.  W.  Hill  .  .  .  .   329 

Rev.  R.  R.  Bryant   329 

Rev.  J.  Montgomery   329 

Rev.  C.  W.  McQueen   329 

Rev.  L.  L.  Carson   330 

Rev.  Wm.  Steel   330 

Rev.  Caesar  Small   330 

Rev.  D.  L.  Jenkins   330 

Rev.  T.  B.  Barnwell   330 

Rev.  J.  S.  Barre   331 

Rev.  E.  M.  Gibson   331 

Rev.  H.  McD.  Hale     331 

Rev.  W.  A.  Hey  ward   331 

Rev.  W.  P.  Carolina   331 

Rev.  Jethro  T.  Gibbons   332 

Rev.  A.  Brown   832 

Rev.  M.  N.  Thompson   332 

Rev.  W.  A.  Holland   332 

Rev.  Joseph  Wright  •   •   332 

Rev.  James  R.  Bowens   333 

Rev.  S.  J.  Brown   .  .  333 

Rev.  A.  Harrell   333 

Rev.  S.  K.  Howard   333 

Rev.  D.  T.  Taylor   333 

Rev.  Andrew  Evans  •   •   •   334 

Rev  A.  W.  Crawford   334 

Rev.  P.  A.  Mouzon   334 

Rev.  Peter  Smith   334 

Bro.  Wm.  P.  Graham   335 

Rev.  G.  E.  Miles   335 

Rev.  Henry  Taylor   335 

Rev.  C.  F.  North   .  .  .  .  .  335 

Bro.  F.  C.  Alfred   336 

Rev.  Jos.  Woodward   336 

Rev.  P.  Jenkins   336 

Rev.  S.  G.  Cross   336 

Rev.  Kit  McHoney   336 

Rev.  P.  E.  Gadsen   337 

Rev.  I.  F.  Gillison   337 

Rev.  R.  T.  Bull  .   .  337 

Bro.  James  M.  Saxton   337 

Rev.  G.  M.  Holland  .  337 


VIII 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


Biographical  Sketches — Continued. 

Rev.  S.  Washington   338 

Rev.  S.  Bass  .........    ................  338 

Rev.  John  McRae   338 

Rev.  S.  P.  Randolph   338 

Rev.  James  Butler  Green   338 

Rev.  John  A.  Seale   339 

Rev.  Wm.  F.  Dennison   339 

Rev.  G.  W.  Mance  ......   339 

Rev.  S.  S.  Miles   339 

Rev.  James  Murrell   34° 

Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols   340 

Rev.  D.  J.  Lites   34" 

Rev.  P.  H.  Johnson   342 

Rev.  S.  J.  Brown   344 

Rev.  A.  Ransom   344 

Rev.  George  Washington  Hill   345 

Rev.  J.  D.  Barksdale   .  .  345 

Rev.  R.  C.  Williams   347 

Rev.  T.  E.  Wilson   348 

Rev.  Isaiah  F.  Gillison  .   .   348 

Rev.  W.  H.  Jenkins   349 

Rev.  James  T.  Baker   349 

Quarto-Centennial  Reports — 

Emanual  Church   350 

Monck's  Corner   350 

Mepkind  Church   35 

Sampit  Circuit   .  35 

Williamsburg  Circuit   353 

Bethlehem  and  Howard  Chapel   354 

Walterboro  Circuit   355 

South  Santee  Circuit  .   356 

Mt.  Pleasant  District — Zion  Church   357 

Hilton  Head  Circuit   357 

Winy  ah  Mission   358 

Parish  Church — Olive  Branch   358 

South  Santee  Circuit   356 

Jerusalem  and  Canaan  Churches — White  Hall  Circuit   360 

Black  River  Circuit   36" 

St.  Paul,  Bethel  and  St.  Matthew's  Churches   36 

Cain  Chapel — Anneville,  S.  C   36 

Bonneau's  Circuit — Bonneau,  S.  C   362 

Bethel  Church — Georgetown,  S.  C   362 

Bethel  A.  M.  E.  Church   364 


INDEX. 


I 


Quarto-Centennial  Reports — Continued. 

East  Combahee  Circuit   366 

Jehosse  A.  M.  E.  Church                                                            .  365 

St.  Paul  and  New  Bethel   366 

St.  Stephen's  Church  — Hardeeville.  S.  C   367 

Pee  Dee  Circuit — South  Carolina  Conference   368 

St.  John's  Church — Ridgland,  S.  C   369 

Beaufort  District — Churches  and  Preaching  Places   369 

Robertsville  Circuit   370 

Hardeville  and  St.  Stephen's   370 

St.  Paul's  Circuit   371 

Morris  Brown  Chapel   371 

East  Combahee  Circuit   372 

Green  Pond  Circuit   372 

Beaufort  Circuit   373 

Brunson  Circuit   373 

Pacific  Mission  ^374 

Hilton  Head  Circuit   374 

Bluffton  Circuit   375 

Pipe  Creek  Circuit  i.  .  .  375 

Members  of  Quarterly  Conferences  and  their  Official  Position  and 

Residence   376 

Edisto  District   377 

Number  of  Classes  in  each  Church  or  Congregation   379 

Methodist  Organization — 

Historic  Notes  by  Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett   382 

From  the  Annals  of  Southern  Methodism   390 

Missions  to  Slaves  in  South  Carolina  .   .    .   390 

One  Round  on  My  Mission  *.  .   .   .  391 

Protracted  Meeting  for  Colored  People   392 

The  Colored  Churches  in  New  Orleans   393 

The  Colored  People  in  Charleston   394 

Missions  Among  the  People  of  Color   396 

General  Recapitulation  of  Church  Membership   415 

Biographical  Tables — Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett. 

Bishops  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church   416 

Bishops  of  the  Colored  Church  of  America   416 

Bishops  of  the  Independent  A.  M.  E.  Church.  Canada   416 

Bishops  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church   417 

Our  Schools   418 

Observations  in  South  Carolina — Rev.  W.  H.  Heard,  pastor  Bethel  church. 

Philadelphia   419 

Orangeburg  District — Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson.  D.  D   421 

Manning  District — Rev.  W.  D.  Chappelle,  A.  B   423 


2 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


Letter  of  Rev.  R.  H.  Cain  to  "Christian  Recorder,"  1865  .  ,  ....  425 
An  Account  of  the  Organization  and  Sailing  of  the  Azor  for  Africa — J.  E. 

Hayne,  D.  D   429 

Welcome  Address  Delivered  in  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  May  22,  1890 — J.  H. 

Welsh,  D.  D   430 

Memorial  Address  — Rev,  J.  E.  Hayne,  D.  D.  .   .   434 

Address  on  the  Rise  and  Progress  of  Education  in  Florida — Rev. M.M.Moore  435 

A  Pioneer  Woman   440 

Books  Compiled  and  Edited  by  Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D   441 

The  Final  Triumph  of  Christianity — Rev.  S.  H.  Coleman   442 

Journal — Quarto-Centenary  at  Jacksonville,  Fla   450 

Sketch — S.  H.  Jefferson                                                                           .  455 

Addenda — Summary  of  Proceedings  of  South  Carolina  Conference  ....  456 

Analysis  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church   465 

The  Developing  Power  of  the  A.  M.  Church   448 

John  Stocks  Thorne— Rev.  W.  E.  Wall,  D.  D   498 

Elisha  Church   499 

Statistics — Sunday  School   500 

ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Op.  Page.                                                              Op.  Page. 

Bishop  Richard  Allen                        8     Bishop  Richard  H.  Cain  ....  104 

Mrs.  Sarah  Allen                              8     Mrs.  Laura  A.  Cain   104 

Bishop  Morris  Brown                        9     Bishop  Richard  R.  Disney  .   .   .  105 

Bishop  Edward  Waters  ......       9     Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Disney  .   .    •      •  105 

Bishop  William  Paul  Quinn  ...     24     Bishop  Wesley  J.  Gaines  .   .    .   .  120 

Mrs.  Mary  Jane  Quinn                     24     Mrs.  Julia  Ann  Gaines   120 

Bishop  Willis  Nazrey                      25     Bishop  Benj.  W.  Arnett  ....  121 

Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Nazrey  ....     25     Mrs.  Mary  L.  Arnett   121 

Bishop  Daniel  A.  Payne  ....     40     Bishop  Benj.  T.  Tanner  ....  136 

Mrs.  Eliza  J.  Payne                         40     Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Tanner   136 

Bishop  Alex.  W.  Wayman  ...     41     Bishop  Abram  Grant   137 

Mrs.  Harriet  A.  E.  Wayman  .   .     41     Mrs.  Florida  Grant   137 

Bishop  Jabez  P.  Campbell  ...      56     Rev.  James  Lynch   152 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Campbell  ....     56     Rev.  James  D.  S.  Hall   152 

Bishop  James  A.  Shorter  ....     57     Rev.  James  A.  Handy   153 

Mrs.  Marie  A.  Shorter                      57     Rev.  Charles  L.  Bradwell  ....  168 

Bishop  Thomas  M.  D.  Ward  .   .     72     Rev.  J.  H.  A.  Johnson   168 

Mrs.  Rachel  Ward  .   .                       72'    Rev.  T.  G.  Steward   168 

Bishop  John  M.  Brown                    73     Rev.  Levi  J.  Coppin   169 

Mrs.  Mary  Louisa  Brown  ....     73     Rev.  Chas.  S.  Smith   169 

Bishop  H.  McNeal  Turner  ...     88     Rev.  Benj.  F.  Lee   169 

Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  Turner                     88     Rev.  James  C.  Embry   169 

Bishop  Wm.  F.  Dickerson  ...     89     Rev.  Wm.  D.  Johnson   184 

Mrs,   Isabella  Dickerson  ....     89     Rev.  M.  E.  Bryant  .  .    .        .   .  184  * 


INDEX. 


3 


Til,.,- 

trations — Continued. 

Op.  Page 

Rev. 

L.  Ruffin  Nichols  .   .  . 

.    .  185 

Rev. 

.    .  I85 

Rev. 

Samuel  Washington  .  . 

.    .  185 

Rev. 

Samuel  W.  Bellamy  .  . 

.    .  I85 

Rev. 

S.  F.  Flegler  

200 

Rev. 

Norman  B.  Sterritt  .  . 

.     .  200 

Rev. 

Bruce  H.  Williams  .  . 

.    .  20O 

Rev. 

Abram  Weston  .... 

,     ,  20I 

Rev. 

William  M.  Thomas  . 

.    .  20I 

Rev. 

Edward  D.  Spearman  . 

.    .  20I 

Rev.  Silas  H.  Jefferson  .   .  . 

20I 

Rev. 

RirharH  F  Wall 

2l6 

Rev 

John  W.  Lykes  .... 

.    .  216 

Rev. 

Willi3.n1  H).  Chctppcllc 

.    .  216 

Rev. 

H IX2L  m  \  0  u  n  °" 

.    .  2l6 

Rev. 

.    .  217 

Rev. 

Tamps  Hill 

.    .  232 

Rev. 

m  m  rm    A  fill  pi* 

•    •  232 

Rev. 

•    •  232 

Rev. 

L.  S.  Prioleau  .       .  . 

•    •  232 

Rev. 

James  D.  Barksdale  .  . 

•    •  233 

Rev 

D.  H.  Tohnson  .... 

•    •  233 

Rev 

William  H.  Heard  .  . 

•    •  233 

Rev. 

David  J.  Lites  .... 

•    •  233 

Rev. 

Edward  W.  Blyden  .  .. 

.    .  248 

Rev. 

Joseph  E.  Haynes  .  . 

.    .  248 

Rev 

Paul  W.  Jefferson  .   .  . 

248 

Rev. 

Israel  S.  Lee  

248 

Rev. 

Isaac  Cooke  

.     .  249 

Mrs. 

Mary  Cooke  

•    •  249 

Rev 

W.  D.  Harris  .... 

•    ■  249 

Rev. 

Moses  B.  Salter  .... 

249 

Mrs. 

Anna  Brown  

.    .  264 

Mrs. 

Winnie  Simmons  .  .  . 

.    .  264 

Rev 

J.  W.  Baker  

.    .  264 

Mrs. 

Baker  

.    .  264 

Rev 

S.  T.  Mitchell  .... 

265 

Prof.  Joseph  W,  Morris  .  . 

•  265 

Prof.  Abner  J.  Tamison  .   .  . 

.    ,  280 

Prof.  Henrv  Y.  Arnett  .   .  . 

.    .  280 

Rev.  Cassius  M.  Crosby  .  . 

.    .  28o 

Prof.  Thomas  A.  Saxon  .    .  . 

280 

Miss 

Hallie  Q.  Brown  .  .  . 

.    .  28l 

Op.  Page 

Rev.  David  Smith   296 

Rev.  Marcus  M.  Moore   297 

Rev.  S.  H.  Coleman   297 

Rev.  P.  B.  Braddock   312 

Rev.  Thomas  W.  Long   312 

Rev.  J.  J.  Sawyer   312 

Rev.  W.  W.  Sampson  .   .     .   .   .  312 

Rev.  William  G.  Steward  ....  313 

Rev.  William  A.  Bird   313 

Rev.  A.  J-  Kershaw   313 

Rev.  J.  W.  Dukes   328 

Rev.  John  R.  Scott   328 

Rev.  Judge  Jos.  E.  Lee  ....  328 

Prof.  Benj.  W.  Arnett,  Jr  ....  329 

Rev.  John  H.  Welsh   344 

Mrs.  Annie  L.  Welsh   344 

Miss  Helen  D.  Handy   344 

Miss  M.  E.  C.  Smith   345 

Rev.  E.  W.  Johnson   345 

Rev.  D.  W.  Gilleslie   345 

Wilberforce  University   360 

Ladies"    Normal   and  Industrial 

Building  at  Wilberforce  .   .  .361 

Allen  University,  Columbia,  S.  C.  376 

Girls'  Industrial  Building  at  Allen  377 

Morris  Brown  College   392 

Paul  Quinn  College   393 

Sunday  School  Union  Building  .  393 
Mt.  Zion  Church,  Charleston,  S.C.  408 
New  Emanuel  Church,  Charleston,  409 
Morris  Brown  Church,  Charleston,  424 
Morris  Brown  Parsonage,  .  .  ,  425 
Metropolitan  Church,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C   440 

New  Bethel  Church.  Philadelphia,  441 

Mt.    Zion  Church,    Jacksonville,  456 

Church  at  St.  Augustine,  Fla  .   .  457 

Church  at  Fernandino,  Fla  .   .    .  472 

Rev.  Wm.  B.  Derrick   473 

Rev.  Chas.  H.  Pearce   488 

Rev.  John  Burley   489 

Rev.  Henry  J.  Young   489 

Rev.  John  A.  Warren   489 


No  Compromise  with  Sin  and  Ignorance. 


1  Lo  !  a  mighty  host  is  rising  now, 

See  !  their  banner  is  unfurled ! 
Its  fair  legend,  Truth  and  Righteousness ; 
Spread  the  tidings  thro'  the  world. 

Chorus. 

No  compromise  !  No  compromise  ! 

No  more  yielding  to  the  foe; 
No  compromise,  no  compromise  ! 

No,  no,  no,  no,  no,  no,  NO ! 

2  See  the  mighty  host  advancing  now  ! 

Look  !  the  proud  oppressors  flee  ! 
So  our  country  breaks  its  fetters  off, 
And  her  captive  sons  are  free. 
Cho. — No  compromise  !  etc. 

3  Weary  watchers,  cease  your  vigil's  now, 

For  the  morning  surely  comes ; 
Night  is  fleeing,  joy  is  dawning  now 
On  your  hearts  and  on  your  homes. 
Cho. — No  compromise  !  etc. 

4  Sing,  O  Zion !  no  more  desolate, 

Lift  thine  eyes,  the  brightness  see ! 
Thy  Redeemer  makes  thee  glorious, 
Thine  oppressors  bend  to  thee. 
Cho. — No  compromise!  etc. 


INTRODUCTION 


By  B.  p.  bEE,  D.  D,  Lib.  D. 


A  work  like  this,  from  such  people  and  such  conditions,  needs  no 
apology.  This  work  comes  to  the  world  with  increased  interest,  be- 
cause of  the  prominence  of  its  author  and  publisher,  Bishop  B.  W. 
Arnett,  whose  adeptness  in  gathering  statistics  relating  to  the  Negro  is 
so  well  known.  Two  hundred  years  of  the  life  of  a  part  of  the  most  loyal 
and  most  valuable  class  of  persons  in  this  country  had  been  lived 
without  records  other  than  such  as  noted  the  time  of  the  bills  of  sale 
that  gave  them  from  one  man  to  another  in  legal  holding,  under  the 
laws  of  the  land,  when  Bishop  Daniel  A.  Payne,  D.  D.,  with  Revs. 
James  A.  Handy,  James  H.  A.  Johnson,  Theophilus  G.  Steward  and 
James  Lynch,  under  the  auspices  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  andathe  direction  of  Almighty  God,  extended  the  borders  and 
the  influence  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  into  the  great  South,  the  first 
church  that  ever  was  planted  there  representing  the  Christ  of  Calvary, 
in  the  sense  of  the  Holy  Scriptures  :  John  xvii,  21  ;  ''That  they  all  may 
be  one  in  us." 

Religion,  even  the  religion  of  Christ,  had  been  taught  to  the 
Negro  enslaved  and  freed,  in  a  way  that  caused  the  wounds  of  Christ 
Jesus  to  bleed  afresh.    "  Christ  had  been  divided,"  God  had  been 


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preached  a  "  respecter  of  person";  the  doctrine  had  been  received 
too  generously  by  the  Negro,  for  him  ever  to  attain  to  the  full  stature  of 
a  man  in  Christ  Jesus  without  greater  light.  But  the  fullness  of  time 
came,  the  hand  of  the  black  man  bore  to  the  heart  of  the  black  man 
in  the  South  the  Christian  religion  under  the  influence  of  an  organiza- 
tion of  Christians  so  characterized  by  the  religion  of  Jesus  as  to  grant 
full  fellowship  with  the  whitest  persons  who  were  Christians  equally 
freely  with  the  blackest  persons  who  were  Christians.  Herein  is  the 
peculiarity  of  this  church  that  is  taunted  as  drawing  race  lines,  because 
it  named  itself  by  one  of  the  few  descriptive  appellations  that  Avarrant 
the  free  and  confidential  approach  of  a  Negro  to  the  American  Christ- 
ian altar — the  descriptive  "  African."  As  much  as  illiberal  white 
men  may  condemn  the  term,  and  Negroes  who  lack  yet  the  spirit  of 
Christian — not  not  to  say  self-assertiveness  necessary  to  act  up  to  the 
largest  possibilities  of  Christian  liberty  in  the  several  churches  where 
white  men  virtually  control  and  dominate  the  religious  life  and  ener- 
gies of  the  Negro  may  join  them  ;  though  those  churches  are  aid- 
ing them  much,  without  something  of  the  spirit  that  actuated  Richard 
Allen  and  his  compeers  in  1787  and  Daniel  A.  Payne  and  his  in  1865, 
the  Negro's  redemption  in  the  Christian  church  must  remain  a  prob- 
lem ;  unless  there  be  a  great  relenting  and  real  loving  by  Christians  of 
the  Caucasian  class. 

The  institution  of  the  African  Methodist  church  among  the  ex- 
slave  class,  whether  East,  West,  North  or  South  ;  on  the  continent  of 
Africa,  the  continent  of  America,  the  continent  of  South  America  or  the 
West  Indies,  has  been  to  the  Negro  as  the  rising  of  a  new  sun,  the  dis- 
covery of  a  new  world.  Twenty-five  years  ago,  to  both  the  white  and  the 
black  man  of  the  South,  the  steady  march  of  this  church,  with  all  its 
officers  black  and  comely,  full  of  noble  purpose,  Holy  zeal  and  sancti- 
fied knowledge,  was  as  one  looking  forth  as  the  morning,  fair  as  the 
moon,  clear  as  the  sun  and  terrible  as  an  army  with  banners.  Hay- 
wood, the  Bradwells,  Carr,  Dart,  Williams,  Brown,  Epps,  Sampson  and 


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others,  who,  like  Samsons,  in  the  mill,  had  toiled  and  prayed  many 
years  for  "  the  light,"  and  walked  therein.  Brown.  Turner.  Cain. 
Brody,  Thomas,  Mitchell,  Stringer,  Birch,  Sisson  and  others  joined 
them  and  soon  Noble,  Dixon,  Gaines,  Salter,  Sterrett.  Grant  and 
Armstrong  brought  up  the  center,  and  a  right  grand  army  is  following  on. 

This  Quarto-Centennial  might  well  be  called  a  Bi-centennial :  for 
it  is  but  the  partial  evolution  of  two  centuries  of  the  religious 
energies :  partial,  because  it  is  but  the  promise  of  future  revelations, 
whose  inspirations  have  begun  as  it  is  but  the  partial  fulfilment  of  pro- 
phecies long  deferred.  It  shows  indeed  that  there  is  gold  in  these 
"  diggings,"  but  equally  plainly  it  indicates  that  there  are  to  come, 
miners,  whose  superior  skill  will  discover  greater  wealth  in  what  has 
been  here  discarded  than  in  that  which  is  gathered  :  still  this  is  gold, 
without  which  and  the  excavation  it  leaves,  future  engineers  and  pros- 
pectors must  needs  move  as  slowly  and  as  uncertainly  as  those  have 
done  who  give  us  this.  - 

xThe  twenty-five  years'  partial  history  recounted  here,  represents 
the  hundreds  of  thousands  of  African  Methodists  in  the  South  burying 
a  stupendous  lie  as  well  as  exposing  a  magnificent  truth — the  lie  is,  that 
sweet  morsal  rolled  "  under  the  much  polluted  tongue  "  of  the  Ameri- 
can Caucasian ,  that  the  Negro  is  essentially  and  irreparably  inferior  . 
hence  can  be  outraged  in  every  way  with  impunity- — the  truth  is,  that 
whosoever  feareth  God  and  worketh  righteousness  is  accepted  of  him. 

The  work  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  the  South,  as  in  the  North, 
has  been,  and  is,  that  of  infusing  new  hope  into  the  heart  of  the  Afro- 
American,  developing  influence  into  his  heart,  and  patience  and 
courage  into  his  every  movement.  The  erection  of  churches  and  par- 
sonages, school  houses  and  colleges  all  over  the  land  has  given  assur- 
ance to  those  who  doubt  the  ability*  of  the  Negro  to  organize  and  con- 
duct business  pertaining  to  materiality.  $6,000,000  worth  of  property 
settle  this  doubt,  while  the  manly  march  of  eleven  bishops  directing 


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and  settling  nearly  3000  pastors,  who  regulate  the  affairs  of  3000 
churches,  must  convince  the  most  skeptical  that  governing  ability  is 
not  wanting  in  the  Negro  American. 

The  sweetness  of  song,  the  correctness  of  Theology  and  the  elo- 
quence in  the  pulpit,  seconded  by  the  great  steam  power  presses,  the 
critical  writers  and  skillful  teachers  of  African  Methodism  must  enlist 
and  hold  the  respect  of  every  God-fearing  man  who  notices  the  work 
of  the  hand,  head  and  heart  of  this  great  body  of  Christians.  Such 
work  remaining  as  proof  of  the  earnest,  of  the  spirit,  and  the  ac- 
knowledgement of  God,  that  the  man  who  would  expatriate  such  a  band 
of  workers,  would  crucify  the  Christ,  rob  God.  The  mills  of  Allen 
University,  Waters  College,  Kittrell  School  and  Morris  Brown  College 
will  grind  too  fine  and  sure  to  allow  their  work  tossed  lightly  off  the 
hearts  of  the  best  men  of  the  South,  or  their  reputations  to  be  outraged 
by  the  flippant  and  jealous. 

God,  give  us  grace  to  work  and  trust. 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Nov.  5,  1890. 


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EPISCOPAL  DISTRICTS. 


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THE  EPISCOPAL  DISTRICTS  AND  THE  BISHOPS  PRESIDING, 

1888-1892. 


1.  Philadelphia,  New  England.  New  York,  New  Jersey  Confer- 
ence.    Bishop  H.  M.  Turner,  28  Young  Street,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

2.  North  Carolina,  Virginia,  Baltimore.  Bishop  J.  P.  Campbell, 
1923  North  Eleventh  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

3.  Ohio,  North  Ohio,  Pittsburgh.  Bishop  D.  A.  Payne,  Ever- 
green Cottage,  Wilberforce,  Greene  Co.,  O.  During  winter,  Jackson- 
ville. Florida. 

4.  Illinois,  Iowa,  Indiana,  Michigan.  Bishop  J.  M.  Brown, 
142  Rhode  Island  Avenue,  Washington,  D.  C.  Episcopal  residence, 
Chicago,  111. 

5.  Rocky  Mountain,  Missouri,  North  Missouri,  Kansas,  Indian. 
Bishop  T.  M.  D.  Ward,  Beuninge,  D.  C.  Episcopal  residence,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

6.  North  Georgia,  Macon,  Georgia,  Alabama,  North  Alabama, 
Georgia.     Bishop  W.  J.  Gaines,  314  Huston  Street,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

7.  Columbia,  South  Carolina,  Florid,  East  Florida.  Bishop  B. 
W.  Arnett,  Wilberforce,  Greene  Co.,  O.  Episcopal  residence,  Col- 
umbia, S.  C. 

8.  Mississippi,  North  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  South  Arkansas, 
West  Arkansas.  Bishop  R.  R.  Disney,  218  King  Street,  Chatham, 
Ontario.    Episcopal  residence,  Yicksburg,  Miss. 

9.  California,  Texas,  Northeast  Texas,  Texas  Central,  West 
Texas,  North  Louisiana,  Louisiana.  Bishop  A.  Grant,  San  Antonio, 
Texas. 

10.  Kentucky.  West  Kentucky,  West  Tennessee,  Tennessee. 
Bishop  A.  W.  Wayman,  127  East  Baltimore  Street,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Episcopal  residence,  Nashville,  Term. 

11.  Haytian,  San  Domingo,  Ontario,  Nova  Scotia,  Bermuda, 
St.  Thomas.  Bishop  B.  T.  Tanner,  2008  West  Park  Avenue,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

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GENERAL  OFFICERS,  1888-1892. 


Rev.  J.  C.  Embry,  D.  D.,  General  Business  Manager,  631  Pine 
Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

;  Rev.  B.  F.  Lee,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Editor  of  Christian  Recorder, 
631  Pine  Street,  Philadelpia,  Pa. 

Rev.  L.  J.  Coppin,  D.  D.,  Editor  of  A.  M.  E.  Review,  631  Pine 
Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rev.  M.  E.  Bryant,  D.  D.,  Editor  of  Southern  Recorder,  Nash- 
ville, Tenn. 

Rev.  J.  A.  Handy,  D.  D.,  Financial  Secretary,  12 14  16th  St.  N. 
W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Rev.  W.  B.  Derrick,  D.  D.,  Secretary  of  Missions,  64  Bible 
House,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  D.  D.,  M.  D.,  Secretary  of  Sunday  School 
Unions,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Rev.  W.  D.  Johnson,  D.  D.,  Secretary  of  Education,  Athens, 
Georgia. 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE,  1890. 


BISHOPS. 

Benj.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D   Columbia,  S.  C 

John  M.  Brown,  D.  D.,  D.  C.  L  Washington,  D.  C 

FINANCIAL  SECRETARY. 

James  A.  Handy,  D.  D   Washington,  D.  C 

Rev.  James  A.  Johnson,  D.  D  

Presiding  Elder  of  Potomac,  District  of  Baltimore  Conference 

SECRETARIES. 

Rev.  Samuel  Washington..  Sutton,  S.  C 

Rev.  J.  D.  Barksdale  Georgetown,  S.  C 

Rev.  D.  J.  Lites  Mt.  Pleasant,  S.  C 

Rev.  D.  H.  Johnson  Cokesbury,  S.  C 

Rev.  C.  S.  Bradly  Bradly,  S.  C 

Rev.  D.  T.  McDaniel  St.  Matthew,  S.  C 


OFFICERS  OF  CONFERENCE. 


I  I 


PRESIDING  ELDERS  SOUTH  CAROLINA  CONFERENCE. 

Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols  Edisto  District 

Rev.  N.  B.  Sterrett,  D.  D'  Georgetown  District 

Rev.  S  W.  Bellamy   Beaufort  District 

Rev.  S.  F.  Fiegler  Mt.  Pleasant  District 

Rev.  Samuel  Washington   Marion  District 

Rev.  James  F.  Dart  Charleston  District 

PRESIDING  ELDERS  COLUMBIA  CONFERENCE. 

Rev.  Hiram  Young   Newberry  District 

Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas  Abbeville  District 

Rev.  J.  W.  Lykes  Greenville  District 

Rev.  R.  E.  Wall   Columbia  District 

Rev.  C.  Peirce  Nelson  Orangeburg  District 

Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson  Sumter  District 

Rev.  W.  D.  Chappelle   Manning  District 

MINISTERS   PRESENT  MAY    1 5.  i860. 

Albright,  J.  W.  Gibson,  E.  M.  Lee,  I.  S. 

Alston,  W.  R.  Greg,  E.  J.  McCaslan,  L.  A. 

Alston,  J.  P.  Hayne,  J.  E.  Miles,  G.  E. 

Baker,  James  F.  Haywood.  W.  A.  McCrey,  John 

Bemer,  W.  R.  Hayzel,  S.  W.  Player,  F.  J. 

^arksdale.  J.  D.  Holland,  G.  M.  Rivers.  F.  E. 

Bruce,  Jas.  Alex.  Jefferson,  P.  W.  Salter.  M.  B. 

Bradley,  C.  S.  Johnson,  D.  H.  Smith,  Peter 

Bowen,  J.  R.  Johnson,  P.  H.  Singleton,  J.  S. 

Carson,  L.  L.  Jenkins,  W.  H.  Sinkler,  S.  W. 

Cross,  A.  G.  Jenkins,  M.  Williams,  B.  H. 

Dunlap,  C.  C.  Lites,  D.  J.  Williams,  B.  H.  Jr. 

Dundy,  F.  Y.  Ladsen,  S.  W.  Watson,  Levi 
Foster,  C.  W. 


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[CIRCULAR.] 

PROGRAMME  Of  QUARTO  CENTENARY  AT  CHARLESTON,  S.  0. 


COD  OUR  FATHER,   CHRIST  OUR   REDEEMER,    MAN  OUR  BROTHER. 
1787-1816.  1816-1890. 
QUARTO-CENTENARY   CELEBRATION  OF  AFRICAN  METHODISM 
IN  SOUTH  CAROLINA. 


BISHOP  DANIEL  A.  PAYNE,  D.  I).,  LL.  D. 

BORN  AT  CHARLESTON,  S.  C,  FEB.  24,  I S  I  I  ;  ELECTED  SIXTH  BISHOP  MAY  7,  1852, 
IN  NEW  YORK;   ORDAINED  BISHOP  MAY  13,  1852;   ORGANIZED  THE 
A.   M.   E.   CHURCH  IN   CHARLESTON,   S.    C,  MAY   15,  1865. 


PRESIDING  BISHOPS  FROM   1865  TO  1890. 

1865-6  Bishop  D.  A.  PAYNE,  D.  D.,  LL.  D. 

1867-8  .  ,  Bishop  A.  W.  WAY  MAN,  D.  D. 

1869-72  Bishop  fOHN  M.  BROWN,  D.  D.,  D.  C.  L. 

1873-76  Bishop  J.  P.  CAMPBELL,  D.  D.,  LL.  D. 

1877-80  Bishop  JOHN  M.  BROWN,  D.  D.,  D.  C.  L. 

1881-84  Bishop  WM.  F.  DICKERSON,  D.  D. 

1885-87  Bishop  JAMES  A.  SHORTER. 

1888  ,  .   .  .  Bishop  T.  M.  D.  WARD,  D.  D. 

1889-90  Bishop  B.  W.  ARNETT,  D.  D. 

PRESIDING  ELDEKS,   COLUMBIA  ANNUAL  CONFERENCE. 

Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson  Orangeburg  District. 

Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson  Sumpter  District. 

Rev.  W.  D.  Chappelle,  A.  B  Manning  District. 

Rev.  R.  E.  Wall,  D.  D  Columbia  District. 

Rev.  H.  Young  Newberry  District. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Thomas  .   .    '.  Abbeville  District. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Lykes  Greenville  District. 

PRESIDING  ELDERS,   SOUTH  CAROLINA  CONFERENCE. 

Rev.  S.  W.  Bellamy  Beaufort  District! 

Rev.  S.  F.  Flegler  Mt.  Pleasant  District. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Dart  Charleston  District. 

Rev.  S.  Washington  Marion  District. 

Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols  Edisto  District. 

Rev.  N.  B.  Sterrett,  D.  D  Georgetown  District. 


PROGRAMME   AT  CHARLESTON. 


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HISTORICAL  SECRETARIES. 
SOUTH  CAROLINA  CONFERENCE.  COLUMBIA  CONFERENCE. 

Rev.  Samuel  Washington.  Rev.  D.  H.  Johnson. 

Rev.  J.  D.  Barksdale.  Rev.  C.  S.  Bradley. 

Rev.  D.  J.  Lites.  Rev.  D.  T.  McDaniel,A.  B. 

LOCAL  COMMITTEE  OF  ARRANGEMENTS. 

Presiding  Elders — L.  R.  Nichols,  S.  F.  Flegler,  J.  F.  Dart. 

Pastors -B.  H.  Williams,  M.  B.  Salter,  I.  S.  Lee,  P.  H.  Johnson,  D.  L. 
Jenkins.  J.  A.  Seals. 

Laymen — J.  B.  Mott.  Salem  Mitchell,  J.  S.  Morant,  L.  J.  Boilings,  S.  B. 
Garrett,  C.  W.  Swinton,  W.  D.  Wilkerson,  D.  M.  Izard,  J.  B.  Brown. 


QUARTO-CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION,  Charleston,  S.  C,  May  15,1890 


THURSDAY  MORNING,  IO  A.  M. 

Devotional  Exercises  Conducted  by  Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols 

Address  of  Welcome  Rev.  B.  H.  Williams 

Response  to  Address   Rev.  T.  G.  Stewart,  of  Baltimore 

Calling  Roil  of  Original  Conference  Rev.  M.  B.  Salter 

Address  Rev.  D.  A.  Payne,  D.  D.,  LL.  D 

Subject:  Organization  Essential  to  Success. 

Singing  Choir 

Benediction  by  Rev.  Ceasar  Small. 

THURSDAY  AFTERNOON,  3  P.  M. 

Devotional  Exercises  Conducted  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Dart 

Address  Rev.  J.  H.  A.  Johnson 

Singing  .  .   .  Choir 

Address  Rev.  C.  L.  Bradwell 

How  our  Missions  were  formed  on  the  Edisto  Island. 

Singing  Choir 

Benediction  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Hill. 

THURSDAY  NIGHT,  7.30  P.  M. 

Devotional  Exercises  Conducted  by  Rev.  S.  F.  Flegler 

Poem  .  .   .  T.  G.  Steward,  D.  D 

Singing  ,   Choir 

Address   .   .   Rev.  J.  A.  Handy,  D.  D.,  Financial  Secretary 

Subject  :  Field  and  the  Work. 
Benediction  by  Rev.  P.  W.  Jefferson. 

FRIDAY  MORNING,  IO  A.  M. 

Devotional  Exercises  Conducted  by  Rev.  Hiram  Young 

Address  D.  T.  McDaniel,  A.  B 

Subject :  How  to  Save  our  Young  Men. 

Singing  Choir 

Address  Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  P.  E.s  Abbeville,  S.  C 


Subject :  Reminiscences  of  the  Pioneers. 


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QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


Singing   Choir 

Address  Rev.  A.  Weston,  pastor,  Winnesboro  Station 

Subject :  How  African  Methodism  was  Introduced  in  the  Up-country. 

Singing  Choir 

Benediction  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Sampson. 

Laying  Corner-stone  of  New  Emanuel. 

FRIDAY  NIGHT,  7.3O  P.  M. 

Devotional  Exercises  Conducted  by  Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson 

Address  Rev.  J.  E.  Haynes 

Subject:  African  Methodism,  how  Introduced  in  the  Islands  Adjacent 
to  Charleston. 

Singing  Choir 

Address  Prof.  J.  W.  Morris,  A.  M.,  President  Allen 

Subject:  Rise  and  Progress  of  Education  in  South  Carolina. 

Singing   Choir 

Address  Rev.  M.  B.  Salter 

Subject:  Woman  and  Her  Influence. 

Singing  Choir 

Benediction  by  S.  H.  Jefferson. 

SATURDAY  MORNING,  IO  A.  M. 

Devotional  Exercises  Conducted  by  Rev.  N.  B.  Sterrett 

Local  Preacher's  and  Exhorter's  Organization  Meeting. 

The  best  methods  of  conducting  Class  Meetings  discussed  by  Class  Leaders. 

Ministerial  Support  :  Opened  by   ,  and  discussed  by  the  Stewards. 

Church  Finances  and  Property  :  Opened  by  Rev.  C.  M.  Crosby,  Columbia,  S.C., 
and  discussed  by  Trustees. 

SATURDAY  AFTERNOON,  3  P.  M. 
WOMAN'S  MEETING. 

Devotional  Exercises  Conducted  by  Rev.  Mrs.  C.  S.  Riley 

Address  Miss  Haliie  Q.  Brown,  Lady  Prin.  Allen  University 

Subject :  What  shall  we  do  with  our  Girls  ? 
General  discussion,  assisted  by  ladies  present. 

Doxology  and  Benediction. 

QUARTO-CENTENARY  COMMITTEE. 

Rev.  R.  E.  Wall,  D.  D.  Rev.  F'.  Y.  Dendy. 

Rev.  C.  M.  Crosby,  B.  D.  Rev.  I.  R.  Miller. 

Rev.  N.  Chiles.  Rev.  C.  S.  Bradley. 

Rev.  C.  C.  Dunlap,  A.  B.  Rev.  R.  C.  Irwin. 

Rev.  D.  T.  McDaniel,  A.  B. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA  CONFERENCE. 

Rev.  M.  B.  Salter,  D.  D.  Rev.  P.  H.  Johnson. 

Rev.  I.  S.  Lee.  Rev.  P.  W.  Jefferson. 

Rev.  Alexander  Ransom.  Prof.  J.  W.  Morris. 


PROGRAMME  AT  JACKSONVILLE. 


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[CIRCULAR.] 

PEOGEAMME  OP  QUAETO  CENTENAEY  AT  JACKSONVILLE,  FLA. 

QUARTO  CENTENARY  CELEBRATION  OF  THE  INTRODUCTION  OF  AFRICAN  METHO- 
DISM IN  THE  SOUTH,  MAY  I  5,  1865,  BY  BISHOP  DANIEL  A.  PAYNE,  D.  D.,  LL.  D. 

MAY  2  2,  1890. 


'  PRESIDING  ELDERS. 
FLORIDA  CONFERENCE.  EAST  FLORIDA  CONFERENCE.  ■ 

W.  A.  Bird.  S.  H.  Coleman. 

William  G.  Stewart.  xM.  M.  Moore. 

A.  J.  Kershaw.  T.  W.  Long. 

P.  B.  Braddock. 

COMMITTEE  OF  ARRANGEMENTS. 
EAST  FLORIDA  CONFERENCE.  FLORIDA  CONFERENCE. 

S.  H.  Coleman.  A.  J.  Kershaw. 

M.  M.  Moore.  W.  G.  Stewart. 

D.  W.  Gillislee.  W.  A.  Bird. 

P.  G.  Gowens.  Henry  Call. 

J.  W.  Dukes.  T.  Moores. 

T.  T.  Gains.  C.  F.  Brown. 

B.  W.  Wiley.  M,  A.  Trapp. 
J.  R.  Scott.  J.  T.  Marks. 
J.  H.  Welch. 

MT.  ZION  A.  M.  E.  CHURCH,  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  May  22,  1890. 

THURSDAY,  7.30  P.  M. 

Devotional  Exercises  Rev.  W.  A.  Bird 

Welcome  Address  Rev.  J.  H.  Welch,  B.  D 

Response   Rev.  T.  W.  Long,  P.  E 

Introduction  of  African  Methodism  in  East  Florida  .  Rev.  John  R.  Scott,  B.  D 
Benediction  Rev.  T.  T.  Gaines 

FRIDAY,  IO  A.  M. 

Devotional  Exercises  Rev.  W.  G.  Stewart,  P.  E 

Introduction  of  African  Methodism  in  West  Florida  .  .  .  Rev.  A.  J.  Kershaw 
Pioneer  Workman  Rev.  J.  J.  Sawyer 

FRIDAY,  3  P.  M. 

Pioneer  Women  in  East  Florida  Mrs.  M.  E.  C.  Smith 

Pioneer  Women  in  West  Florida  Mrs.  S.  V.  Stewart 

Benediction  Rev.  Henry  Call 


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FRIDAY,  7.3O  P.  M. 

Devotional  Exercises   Rev.  P.  G.  Gowens 

Rise  and  Progress  of  our  Educational  Work  in  Florida  .  Rev.  M.  M.  Moore,  P.  E 

Remarks  on  Education  by  distinguished  visitors  ...  .  

Benediction  .   .  Rev.  B.  W.  Wiley 

SATURDAY,  IO  A.  M. 

Trustees  meeting  

SATURDAY,  3  P.  M. 

Local  Preacher's  and  Exhorter's  Mass  Meeting  

SUNDAY,  IO  A.  M. 

Sermon  Rev.  S.  H.  Coleman 

SUNDAY,  3  P.  M. 

Review  of  all  our  Sabbath  Schools  in  the  city,  and  addresses  to  parents,  teachers 

and  pupils  respectively  

Revs.  J.  E.  Lee,  LL.  B.,  R.  B.  Brookins,  I).  W.  Gillislee 
Benediction  Rev.  P.  B.  Braddock,  P.  E 

SUNDAY,  7.3O  P.  M. 

Annual  Sermon   .   .   .  Rt.  Rev.  Benj.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D 

MONDAY,  7.3O  P.  M. 

Annual  Address  Rev.  J.  A.  Handy,  D.  D 

TUESDAY,  IO  A.  M. 

Closing  Exercises  of  Divinity  High  School   . 

TUESDAY,  7.3O  P.  M. 

Grand  Concert  by  said  School  


FOUNDERS  OF  SOUTH   CAROLINA  CONFERENCE. 


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THE  FIRST  MISSIONARIES  TO  SOUTH  CAROLINA  IN  1863, 


Rev.  James  Lynch  Baltimore  Conference 

Rev.  Tames  D.  S.  Hall  New  York  Conference 


THE  EOUNDRRS  OE  SOUTH  CAROLINA  CONEERENCE  MAY  15,  186 


EISHOP. 

Daniel  Alexander  Payne. 

SECRET ARY. 

Rev.  James  A.  Handy. 

MINISTERS  PRESENT. 

Johnson.  James  H.  A.      Lynch,  James  Steward,  Theopoms  G. 

THE   FIRST   NATIVE  PREACHERS. 

Bently,  William  Murphy,  N.  Yanderhorse,  Richard 

Bradwell,  Charles  L.    Taylor,  Robert 

FIRST  TRANSFERS. 

Rev.  Richard  H.  Cain  New  York 

Rev.  Anthony  L.  Stanford  Xew  England 

Rev.  George  A.  Rue   Xew  England 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  SOUTH  CAROLINA  CONFERENCE  FO R  1889. 


Rt.  Rev.  B.  WJ  Arnett,  D.  D   Presiding  Bishop 

Rev.  Samuel  Washington  Secretary 

Revs.  P.  W.  Jefferson  and  C.  W.  McQueen  Statistical  Secretaries 

Rev.  W.  R.  Alston   Recording  Secretary 

Revs.  C.  F.  North  and  R.  T.  Bull  Marshalls 

Rev.  W.  R.  Beamer  Postmaster 

General  T.  Morris  Chester  Stenographer,  Reporter 


Revs.  SamT  Washington,  E.  J.  Gregg,  L  S.  Lee...  Publishing  Committee 


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QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


TRUSTEES. 

Allen  University — Revs.  L.  R.  Nichols,  P.  W.  Jefferson,  S. 
W.  Bellamy,  D.  J.  Lites,  Samuel  Washington,  J.  E.  Hayne  and  M. 
B.  Salter,  D.  D. 

Wilberforce  University — Revs.  E.  J.  Gregg,  P.  H.  Johnston 
and  G.  M.  Holland. 

Laymen — Messrs.  A.  J.  Price  and  George  Howard. 


CONFERENCE  ROLL. 

PRESIDING  ELDERS. 

Bellamy,  S.  W. 

Flegler,  S.  F. 

Sterrett,  N.  B.,  D.  D. 

Dart,  James  F. 

Nichols,  L.  R. 

Washington.  S. 

ITINERANT  ELDERS. 

Albright,  J.  W. 

Hale,  H.  McD. 

McCray,  John 

Alston,  W.  R. 

Harper,  J.  E. 

Myers,  M.  M. 

Barnwell,  T.  B. 

Hamilton,  R.  R. 

Miller,  S.  S. 

Barksd.ile,  J.  D. 

Howard,  S.  Iv. 

North,  Charles 

Beamer,  W.  R. 

Harrol,  Aaron 

Primus  R.  E. 

Blake,  Thomas 

Heyward,  W.  A. 

Randolph,  G.  P. 

Bowen,  J.  R. 

Hill,  J.  E. 

Ranson,  Alexander 

Brown    N  P 

X  J  A  W  VV  ±1  ^      1.  ^  •      JL  • 

Holland,  G.  M.  . 

Rivers  F.  E. 

Rrown    S  T 

XJ  1  \J  VV  il^      KJ  .        1  « 

Holland,  W.  A. 

Singleton,  J.  S. 

Thrown 

JL  J  L  Vy  TV  11«       I-  1- 

Hazel,  S.  VV. 

Smnll  Ceflsar 

Brvant  E  R 

J.  J 1  V  a  1  U  ,     X  J  •     J.  v  « 

Hunt,  J.  H. 

Salters   M  B 

Bull  R  T 

X  )  LI  1 1  ^     IV.       L.  • 

Hill,  G.  W. 

Smcrlpf  nn  TVT;irrli 

CV^wforH    T    C  * 

\_s  i  a  VV  I  V_/  1  VJ.  ■       }  *      V y  • 

Tefferson    P  W 

Sinkler  R  W 

Carson,  L.  L. 

Jenkins,  P. 

Smith,  Peter 

Chavis,  P.  J. 

Jenkins,  D.  L. 

Thomas,  M.  R. 

Cross,  S.  G. 

Johnston,  P.  H. 

Thompson,  M.  N. 

Denison,  W.  F. 

Ladson,  S.  W. 

Taylor,  D.  J. 

Evans,  Andrew 

Lovely,  J.  C. 

Taylor,  H. 

Gourdin,  E.  H. 

Lawerance,  P.  C. 

Williams,  B.  H. 

Gadsden,  P.  E. 

Lee,  P.  C. 

Woodward,  Joseph 

Gillason,  J.  F. 

Lites,  D.  J. 

Williams,  A.  T. 

Greegs,  E.  J. 

Lee,  I.  S. 

Wright,  Joseph 

Gordon,  Abraham 

Mance,  G.  W. 

White,  James  W. 

Green,  J.  B. 

McQueen,  C.  W. 

Williams,  R. 

Green,  R.  B. 

Mines,  G.  E. 

Whittike,  J.  W. 

Green,  T.  M. 

Montgomery,  Jackson 

SOUTH   CAROLINA   CONFERENCE  ROLL. 


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Barr,  Jeremiah  S. 
Bass,  Stephen 
Boyd,  Cain  A. 
Brown,  A.  B. 
Carolina,  Washington 

Alston,  J.  P. 
Alford,  F.  C. 
Lavally,  P.  G. 

Echols,  William 
Grant,  Ishmal 
Izard,  D.  M. 
Jenkins.  W.  H. 

Alston,  Elias 
Bartel,  David 
Brown,  Samuel 
Brown.  E.  J. 
Boykin,  Phillip 
Bumtle,  Mack 
Dollarson,  William 
Frazier,  Henry 
Freeman,  Ishmal 
Grant,  J.  E. 
Gillison,  William 
Garrett,  S.  B. 

Boston,  Andrew 
Green,  Sabey 
Green.  P. 


ITINERANT  DEACONS 

Crawford,  A.  W. 
Gibbons,  Jethro  T. 
Graham,  W.  P. 
McHoney,  Kilt 
P. 

LICENTIATES. 

Mazon,  P.  X. 
Saxon,  J.  W. 
Singleton,  E.  W. 

LOCAL  ELDERS. 

Mattes,  William 
McCray,  Cival 
Murry,  Carter 
Murrell,  James  D. 

LOCAL  DEACONS. 

Hunter,  Gilferd 
Jenkins,  R.  D. 
Martin,  May  M. 
Maxwell,  Moses 
Misshew,  John 
Mack,  R.  H. 
Polete.  Edward 
Priouleau,  S.  C. 
Roberts,  Bristow  D. 
Robertson,  Augustus 
Small,  Adam  H. 
Simmon,  Herculus 

SUPERANNUATED. 

Hamson.  W.  H. 
Hartley,  Phillip 
Haywood,  Constant 


Seals,  J.  A. 
Steel,  William 
Talton,  R.  S. 
Williams.  H.  T. 


Williams.  B.  H..  Jr. 
Wright,  W.  D. 


Russell,  J.  F. 
Scott,  R.  G. 
Vening,  J.  W. 
Wilkerson,  Wm.  D. 

Snipe,  Charles  E. 
Thomas,  Ezekiel 
Washington,  T.  G. 
Wilson.  T. 
Weston,  Joseph 
Wright,  Nathaniel 
White,  Samuel 
Young,  July 
Young,  Robert 
Young,  C.  W. 
Yonng,  A.  S. 


Murphy,  Christian 
Smith,  Abram 
Stevens,  Jesse 


Ford.  W.  P. 


SUPRRNUMERARV. 

Middleton.  F.  M. 


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QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


MISSIONARY. 

Riley,  Mrs.  C.  S. 

Presiding  Elders     6 

Traveling  Elders   77 

Traveling  Deacons   13 

Traveling  Licentiates    8 

Local  Elders   12 

Local  Deacons    35 

Superannuated  Elders   9 

Supernumerary  Elders  '.   2 

General  Missionary   1 

Total   163 


OFFICERS,  BOARDS,  TRUSTEES  OF  COLUMBIA  CONFERENCE 

FOR  1889-1890. 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  CONFERENCE. 

Rt.  Rev.  B.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D   President 

Rev.  D.  H.  Johnson   Secretary 

Rev.  D.  T.  McDaniel,  A.  B    Recording  Secretary 

Rev.  C.  S.  Bradley   Statistical  Secretary 

Revs.  W.  H.  Smith,  G.  W.  Martin,  A.  J.  Corde  Marshals 

Rev.  D.  H.  Bowen  Reporter  for  Christian  Recorder 

Rev.  H.  E.  Lewis  Reporter  for  Southern  Christian  Recorder 

Gen.  T.  Morris  Chester  Stenographer 

TRUSTEES  OF  WILBERFORCE. 

Rev.  C.  C.  Dunlap,  A.  B.,  Rev.  R.  C.  Irvin,  Rev.  E.  H.  Wilson. 
Laymen—  Prof.  A.  J.  Jamison,  A.  B.,  LL.  B.,  Prof.  J.  W.  Morris,  A. 
M.,  LL.  B. 

TRUSTEES  OF   ALLEN  UNIVERSITY. 

Rev.  C.  Pierce  Nelson,  Rev.  H.  Young,  Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson, 
Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  Rev.  R.  E.  Wall,  D.  D.,  Rev.  J.  W.  Lykes, 
Rev.  W.  D.  Chappelle,  A.  B. 

LOCAL   BOARD   OF  EDUCATION. 

Rev.  B.  J.  Ramsey,  Rev.  R.  H.  Perrin,  Rev.  C.  S.  Bradley, 
Prof.  T.  A.  Saxon,  W.  W.  Fisher. 


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2  I 


BOARD   OF   SUNDAY   SCHOOL  MANAGERS. 

Rev.  D.  H.  Johnson,  Rev.  F.  Y.  Dendy,  Rev.  A.  J.  Hunter,  A.  B. 

TRUSTEES  OF   EPISCOPAL  RESTDENCE. 

Rev.  H.  Young,  Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson.  Rev.  J.  G.  Sampson,  D.  D., 
Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson,  Rev.  R.  E.  Wall,  D.  D.,  Rev.  E.  H.  Wilson, 
Rev.  Isaac  R.  Miller. 

MISSIONARY  COMMITTEEMAN. 

Rev.  W.  D.  Chappelle,  A.  B. 


Chappelle,W.D.,A.B. 
Jefferson,  S.  H. 
Lykes,  J.  W. 

Allen,  D.  H. 
Alexander,  S..  H. 
Archy,  C.  L. 
Baker,  J.  T. 
Boston,  H.  M. 
Blake,  Z.  T. 
Brown,  G.  H. 
Brown,  Thomas 
Burgess,  W.  T. 
Bradley,  C.  S. 
Boone,  B.  W. 
Brown,  Francis 
Byrd,  J.  H. 
Bradford,  A. 
Brogdon,  C.  F. 
Cantey,  Samuel 
Childs,  Nathaniel 
Cothrine,  William 
Coleman,  G.  T. 
Crosby,  C.  M. 
Chavis,  L.  D. 
Campbell,  R.  S. 
Corde,  A.  J. 


PRESIDING  ELDERS. 

Nelson,  C.  Pierce 
Thomas,  W.  M. 

ITINERANT  ELDERS. 

Grant,  Isaac  S. 
Gregory,  A.  E. 
Hammitt,  P. 
Harper,  T.  F. 
Hartwell,  P.  M. 
Howell,  E.  D. 
Harris,  K.  H. 
Harvin,  Robert 
Hamilton,  G.  J. 
Hunter,  A.  J.,  A.  B. 
Hampton,  A.  J. 
Irvin,  R.  C. 
Isaacs,  A. 
Jackson,  J.  F. 
Jackson,  James 
Jenkins,  T.  J. 
Johnson,  Ivory  W. 
Johnson,  D.  H. 
Johnson,  William  C. 
Johnson,  W.  E. 
Johnson,  J.  J. 
Johnson,  A.  J.  C. 
Keitt,  J.  H. 


Wall,  R.  E.,  D.  D. 
Young,  H. 


McCasland,  L.  A. 
McGill,  D.  M. 
McGhee,  C.  R. 
Miller,  Isaac  R. 
Mintz,  I.  W.  C. 
Moragne,  I.  Y. 
Moore,  A.  A. 
Nichols,  C.  J. 
Perrin,  Edward  D. 
Perrin.,  R.  H. 
Perrin,  J.  S. 
Pinckney,  A.  W. 
Player,  J.  F. 
Pompey,  P.  E. 
Pyles,  L. 
Ramsey,  B.  J. 
Reed,  T.  T.  B.,  B.  A. 
Rice,  D.  S. 

Sampson,  J.  G.,  D.  D. 
Shaw,  C.  J. 
Smith,  W.  H. 
Smith,  D.  E. 
Stewart,  J.  T. 


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CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


Calhoun,  D.  C. 

Lawrence,  L. 

Strickland,  G.  T. 

Dunlap,  C.  C,  A.  E 

Latta,  M. 

Spearman,  E.  D. 

Dozier,  William 

Long,  L. 

Trapp,  A.  E. 

Dendy,  F.  Y. 

Lewis,  H.  E. 

Williams,  J.  H. 

Devlin,  T.  C. 

Lyles,  G  K. 

Williams,  E. 

Dicks,  E.  W. 

Marshall,  G.  W. 

Williams,  A.  J. 

Dorroh,  H.  D. 

Maxey,  W.  S. 

Williams,  E.  W. 

Edwards,  D.  R. 

Martin,  J.  R. 

Wilson,  E.  H. 

Ellington,  H. 

Martin,  M.  M. 

Wideman,  J.  B. 

Fair,  George  I. 

Martin,  G.  W. 

Wimms,  J.  F. 

Foster,  C.  W. 

McCutchen,  H. 

Weston,  A. 

Freeman,  T.  M. 

McDaniel,  D.  T.,  A. 

T'VT  "Ml?  D   A  T\T  T*     T^T?  A  /^/^\TVTC 

IlIJN-kKAJN  1    JJiLACOJN  b. 

B. 

Anderson,  M.  A. 

Gambold,  M.  S. 

McDuffie,  W. 

Bower),  D.  H. 

Gregg,  W.  D. 

Owens,  J.  H. 

Burnett,  L.  A. 

Hayne,  H.  H. 

Reed,  Thomas 

Copeland,  W.  H. 

Hurst,  J.  A. 

Thomas,  H. 

i^aiaweii,  ivi.  vjr. 

Jennings,  H. 

vv  aney,  vv .  i  . 

Coosey,  A. 

James,  S.  W. 

Watson,  Levi 

-H/ly,  -tl.  rl. 

Means,  u.  j. 

vvnite,  l.  ri. 

Frierson,  R.  H. 

LICENTIATES. 

Anderson,  W.  P. 

Howard,  P.  H. 

Richardson,  A. 

Brown,  D.  J. 

Kinard,  D.  H. 

Spence,  S.  P. 

Christie,  D.  A. 

Lites,  H.  C. 

Simmons,  J.  R. 

Duckett,  G.  W. 

Lowery,  C.  B. 

Vance,  L.  F. 

Delaine,  H.  C. 

Mattry,  F.  M. 

Washington,  Alex 

Fludd,  J.  C. 

Martin,  S.  P. 

Woods,  B.  W. 

Griffin,  R.  H. 

McEdy,  J.  C. 

Willis,  M.  W. 

Goudy,  J.  H. 

Makins,  W.  M. 

Young,  F.  G. 

Harrison,  J.  M. 

t  nr  a  t    m?  a  pa\tc 

Bradford,  Samuel 

Miles,  A. 

Smart,  J.  D. 

Blackman,  M.  L. 

Moore,  Paul 

Sumpter,  Mark 

Belton,  W.  A. 

Miller,  Daniel 

Summers,  T.  M. 

Charlton,  W. 

Odum,  Powel 

Toney,  Nero 

Gibbs,  James 

Perry,  Isaac 

Taylor,  Jesse 

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Gardner,  J.  H.  Pickens,  P.  Welton,  M. 

Gathers,  George  Richbow,  Robert  Watson*,  Dennis 

Jackson,  Joseph  Romans,  T.  P.  Washington,  W.  M. 

Longshore,  V.  G.  ■  Sumpter,  Timothy  White,  W.  S. 

Lebrew,  D.  C.  Strother,  B.  F. 

SUPERANNUATED. 

Bradford,  Samuel         Pressly,  H.  B.  Williams,  M. 

Dickerson,  Prince'        Smothers,  N.  Williams,  Alex 

Jones,  Ransom  Wilson,  S.  R.  White,  James 

Pickett,  David 

Presiding  Elders     7 

Itinerant  Elders   104 

Itinerant  Deacons   22 

Licentiates   25 

Local  Deacons   29 

Superannuated   10 

Total  ...  197 


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QUARTO   CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


JOURNAL. 


FIRST  DAY. 

MORNING  SESSION. 

Charleston,  S.  C,  May  15,  1890. 

The  Quarto-Centennial  celebration  of  African  Methodism  in  the 
state  of  South  Carolina  assembled  in  Emanuel  A.  M.  E.  Church, 
Charleston,  S.  C,  May  15,  A.  D.  1890,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.  The 
choir  of  the  church  sang  a  chant,  after  which  Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D. , 
announced  that  the  opening  services  of  the  Centennial  Conference 
would  be  conducted  by  Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols,  presiding  elder  of  the 
Edisto  District,  South  Carolina  Conference,  who  read  the  284th  hymn 
"  Glorious  things  of  thee  are  spoken  Zion  city  of  our  God." 

After  singing  Bishop  J.  M.  Brown  of  Washington,  D.  C,  led  in 
prayer.  Chant  by  choir.  Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson,  presiding  elder  of  the 
Orangeburg  District,  Columbia  Conference,  read  scripture  lessons 
from  the  4th  chapter  of  the  letter  to  the  Ephesians  and  76th  Psalm. 
Rev.  D.  Johnson  Lites  of  the  Mount  Pleasant  station,  South  Carolina 
Conference,  conducted  the  ritual  services.  Hymn  No.  21  was  an- 
nounced by  Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols ;  the  first  three  stanzas  were  sung  by 
the  choir  and  congregation.  Bishop  Arnett,  presiding  officer  of  the 
Centennial  (Quarto)  Conference,  made  some  remarks,  after  which  the 
conference  was  formally  organized  with  the  following  secretaries, 
elected  on  motion  of  Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols :  Revs.  Samuel  Washington, 
J.  D.  Barksdale,  D.  J.  Lites  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  and 
Revs.  D.  H.  Johnson,  C.  S.  Bradley,  D.  T.  McDaniel  of  the  Colum- 
bia Conference. 

Rev.  J.  A.  Handy,  D.  D.,  first  secretary  of  the  South  Carolina 
Annual  Conference,  now  financial  secretary  of  the  connection,  called 
the  original  roll  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference.  It  was  shown  that 
at  the  organization  of  the  conference,  there  was  only  seven  members, 
four  present  at  that  time  and  three  absent.  Rev.  Samuel  Washington, 
present  secretary  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  called  the  present 


IOURXAL, 


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roll,  and  Rev.  D.  H.  Johnson,  secretary  of  the  Columbia  Conference, 
called  the  roll  of  that.  It  was  shown  that  the  net  increase  of  the  min- 
isterial rank  has  been  368  since  the  first  conference  in  1865. 

Bishop  Arnett  stated  in  a  very  forcible  manner  the  occasion  that 
brought  so  many  together.  The  important  event  in  the  history  of 
African  methodism.  The  going  out  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  the  organi- 
zation, the  grand  result :  at  the  close  of  the  civil  war  the  church  was 
in  a  position  to  take  hold  of  the  southern  portion  of  our  people.  Re- 
ferred to  the  christian  manhood  of  the  immortal  Allen.  Bishop  Morris 
Brown  and  Bishop  Payne  as  Charlestonians.  how  it  was  that  the  former 
formed  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  Charleston  during  slavery  and  the  re- 
sult that  followed,  and  that  after  the  war  Bishop  Payne  organized  it. 
He  traced  it  all  to  the  providence  of  God.  and  we  now  meet  to  cele- 
brate the  Quarto-Centennial  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  South  Carolina 
to  make  a  history  that  will  go  down  to  generations  of  untold  worth. 

All  that  the  Bishop  said  was  with  a  rapidity,  clearness  and 
accuracy  that  certainly  made  the  impression  on  the  minds  of  the  hearers 
that  in  him  Ave  had  a  leader  of  whom  the  church  in  South  Carolina 
was  proud. 

WELCOME  ADDRESS  BY  REV.  B.  H.  WILLIAMS.  PASTOR  EMANUEL  CHURCH. 

To  the  Bishop  and  Visiting  Ministers. 

It  affords  me  great  pleasure  to  face  you  here  to-dav  on  this 
occasion.  We  stand  on  this  historical  spot.  This  church  has  done  a 
noble  work,  and  she  has  sent  out  her  influence  elsewhere  and  contrib- 
uted to  the  achievements  and  success  of  African  methodism  in  this 
South  land.  It  is  not  necessary  for  me  to  detain  you  with  a  lengthy 
speech.  It  is  needless  for  me  to  say  that  Ave  welcome  you  to  Charles- 
ton, to  our  church,  to  our  homes.  I  see  here  some  of  the  heroes  of 
the  past  Avhose  untiring  zeal  and  labors  have  made  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church  what  she  is  to-day.  In  behalf  of  the  ministers  of  the  South 
Carolina  and  Columbia  Conferences  I  extend  to  you  a  cordial  welcome. 
In  behalf  of  Emanuel  officers  and  members  I  bid  you  welcome. 

Great  has  been  the  achievements  in  the  twenty-five  years  of  our 
history.  We  have  grown  like  the  olive  tree  and  we  have  spread  our 
branches  like  the  cedars  of  Lebanon.    The  name  of  the  late  Bishop 

R.  H.  Cain  is  so  closely  connected  with  African  methodism  in  this 

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state  that  we  shall  never  forget  him  and  his  noble  and  extensive  work. 
The  people  of  our  churchs  in  this  city  like  to  see  their  bishops  and 
ministers  in  their  pulpits.  The  African  Methodist  Church  is  the 
grandest  Negro  organization  on  this  continent.  The  first  colored 
member  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  came  out  of  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church.  I  desire  that  you  understand  that  this  church's  heart  and 
hand  are  opened  to  you.  Bishop  Brown,  you  are  welcome  by  the 
ministers  as  one  of  the  fathers  who  led  us  on,  and  you,  Bishop  Arnett, 
as  our  father,  you  are  leading  us  on — we  bid  you  a  hearty  welcome. 
The  choir  sang  "  Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds,  etc." 

RESPONSE  BY  BISHOP  BROWN. 

I  think  it  very  unkind  of  Bishop  Arnett  to  require  me  to  speak  at 
this  stage.  There  is  no  place  where  I  have  so  many  sons  as  in  South 
Carolina — those  who  have  been  received  and  ordained  by  me  in  the 
ministry.  I  hold  myself  as  a  citizen  of  South  Carolina,  having  served 
eight  years  as  bishop.  I  am  unprepared  to  reply  to  Elder  Williams's 
address  of  welcome,  but  as  methodist  preachers  are  always  supposed 
to  be  ready  I  will  do  what  I  can.  I  thank  you,  Brother  Williams,  for 
your  personal  remarks.  It  is  very  pleasant  to  be  here  with  you.  I 
thank  you  for  the  kind  remarks  to  the  brethren.  I  believe  you  will 
take  care  of  us.  It  is  pleasant  to  meet  with  so  many  of  my  brethren 
who  I  met  here  when  I  came  down  at  the  instance  of  Bishop  Cain  to 
attend  a  missionary  meeting.  Bishop  Cain  was  a  great  man  and  a 
thorough  organizer.  When  the  first  conference  was  organized  by 
Bishop  Payne  my  heart  was  made  glad  and  I  was  full  of  hope  for  the 
future.  The  bishop  reviewed  the  growth  of  the  church  and  ministry 
in  South  Carolina,  he  said  that  at  the  time  of  organization  we  had  not 
a  single  church,  now  we  own  thousands  of  dollars  worth  of  property ; 
not  a  school  but  now  a  university.  In  this  very  room  the  thought 
originated  that  led  to  the  establishment  of  this  university.  I  think  the 
presiding  elders  ought  to  see  that  parochial  schools  are  established 
throughout  their  districts.  He  spoke  of  Elder  Campbell  and  his  work 
in  Africa  and  how  glad  he  felt  in  what  the  conference  had  done  by 
way  of  sending  Elder  Campbell  back;  of  the  interest  manifested  by 
Bishop  Arnett  even  to  the  advancing  of  his  own  money  to  carry  out 
the  pledge  of  the  conference.  I  like  what  Brother  Nichols  said  to 
Dr.  Blyden  at  your  last  conference  session,  "  we  are  looking  hopefully 


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to  Africa."  We  are  compelling  the  respect  of  the  American  people. 
Brethren,  don't  be  discouraged,  we  have  done  nobly  in  twenty-five 
years  :  Georgia  with  her  three  conferences,  Florida  and  North  Carolina, 
all  doing  a  grand  work.  The  A.  M.  E.  Church  gave  the  first  colored 
senator  to  the  United  States.  Stand  together,  God  is  helping  us. 
God  bless  you. 

Bishop  Arnett  announced  that  Bishop  Payne  was  to  have  been 
present,  but  was  detained  from  feebleness,  but  that  he  (Payne)  sent  a 
telegram  saying  that  his  written  address  had  been  forwarded. 

Bishop  Arnett  desired  all  persons  present  who  were  at  the  first 
conference  in  1865  to  come  up  and  give  their  names.  Several  persons 
came  forward  and  had  their  names  recorded.  Bishop  Arnett  stated 
that  Dr.  J.  H.  A.  Johnson  would  speak  to-night.  Collection  taken 
up  by  passing  basket.  Doxology.  Benediction  by  Rev.  H.  Young,, 
presiding  elder  o:  the  Newberry  District,  Columbia  Conference. 

AFTERNOON  SESSION. 

The  Quarto-Centennial  Conference  reassembled  at  4  P.  M.  Re- 
ligious service  conducted  by  Rev.  James  F.  Dart,  presiding  elder  of 
the  Charleston  District,  South  Carolina  Conference.  Singing,  hymn 
297. 

"  How  beautious  are  their  feet 
Who  stand  on  Zion's  hill." 

Rev.  John  S.  Singleton  prayed.  Chant  by  choir.  Calling  and  cor- 
recting roll.  Dr.  J.  A.  Handy  offered  resolution,  which  was  passed, 
concerning  liberation  of  slaves  of  Brazil,  as  follows  : 

Whereas,  Dom  Pedro,  Emperor  of  Brazil  did  emancipate  the 
slaves  of  his  Dominion  A.  D.  1888;  and 

Whereas,  The  free  citizens  of  the  Republic  of  Brazil  did  on 
May  14,  1890,  celebrate  their  second  anniversary  of  emancipation; 

Therefore,  We,  the  members  of  the  Quarto-Centennial  Confer- 
ence of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  assembled,  -celebrating  our  own  25th 
anniversary  in  the  states  of  South  Carolina,  North  Carolina,  Georgia 
and  Florida,  do  join  our  brethren  in  our  sister  Republic  in  praising 
God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow. 

Rev.  Mr.  Dutton  of  Centenary  M.  E.  Church,  Charleston,  intro- 
duced, Rev.  S.  W.  Ladson,  South  Carolina  Conference,  who  sung  the 
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A.  M.  E.  CHURCH  RALLY  SONG. 

Words  by  L.  J.  COFFIN.  Tune  :  "The  Church  is  Moving  On." 

A  song  I'll  sing  to  you,  of  men  both  good  and  true, 
Who  labored  battling  for  the  right ; 

With  righteousness  and  truth,  they  started  in  their  youth, 
And  never  fainted  in  the  fight. 

CHORUS. 

"  Oh  !  the  Church  is  moving  on,  the  Church  is  moving  on, 
From  lowland  and  from  valley,  from  mountain  top  they  rally, 
The  battle  bow  is  strong,  the  banner  is  outflung, 
And  giant  wrong  no  more  is  strong  for  the  Church  is  moving  on." 

'Twas  Richard  Allen  brave,  a  legacy  who  gave, 
Of  freedom,  and  of  courage  true  ; 

Then  Brown  and  Waters  came,  with  heart  and  mind  the  same, 
And  laid  down  work  for  us  to  do. 

Chorus — "Oh!  the  Church  is  moving  on,  etc." 

The  western,  wor-k  begun,  by  Quinn  a  noble  son, 
Who  labored,  preaching  night  and  day  ; 
Then  Nazrey  took  the  field,  and  Payne  with  mighty  zeal 
Did  go  forth,  lighting  up  the  way. 

Chorus — "  Oh  !  the  Church  is  moving  on,  etc." 

Then  Wayman  entered  in,  and  Campbell  did  begin, 
To  set  forth  words  of  truth  and  might; 
And  Shorter,  Ward  and  Brown,  did  labor  for  the  crown, 
And  ceased  not  struggling  for  the  right. 

Chorus — ;'  Oh  !  the  Church  is  moving  on,  etc." 

Of  Turner  next  we  sing,  a  mighty  host  did  bring 
Of  royal  men,  and  women  too, 

And  Dickerson,  and  Cain,  who  did  not  long  remain, 
Are  resting  with  the  tried  and  true. 

Chorus — "  Oh  !  the  Church  is  moving  on,  etc." 

Then  Disney  from  afar,  with  mighty  men  of  war, 
Did  cry  out,  from  across  the  sea  ; 

Our  only  daughter  came,  and  we  with  hearts  aflame, 
Will  help  her  good  and  true  to  be. 

Chorus — "  O.h  !  the  Church  is  moving  on,  etc." 

With  Gaine's  and  Arnett's  force,  we'll  keep  our  steady  course, 

And  millions  bring  into  the  fold  ; 

With  Tanner  and  with  Grant,  we  never  will  recant, 

The  landmarks  set  by  men  of  old. 

Chorus — "  Oh  !  the  Church  is  moving  on,  etc." 


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Bishop  Arnett  stated  that  Dr.  J.  H.  A.  Johnson  would  not  speak 
this  afternoon,  as  he  desired  a  little  more  time  to  prepare,  so  we  will 
have  a  Quarto-Centennial  love  feast.  Rev.  William  M.  Thomas, 
presiding  elder  of  the  Abbeville  District,  Columbia  Conference,  was 
introduced,  and  spoke  concerning  the  way  the  church  was  established 
on  the  Edisto  Island,  as  follows : 

Class  leaders  were  prominent  in  forming  missions.  In  old  times 
class  leaders  could  not  preach  ;  he  could  only  hew  ;  but  in  summer 
during  the  visits  of  masters  to  the  mountainous  regions,  the  class 
leaders  would  go  over  to  Edisto  and  preach.  So  when  the  church 
came  the  class  leaders  called  their  former  congregations  together  and 
established  the  church.  The  first  African  church  was  torn  down  by 
the  slave  owners  and  the  lumber  sent  over  to  Ashepoo.  The  old  men 
and  women  were  careful  about  their  organization,  so  that  when  the 
war  closed  the  people  were  ripe  for  a  full  harvest. 

Elder  Dart  said  Presiding  Elder  Thomas  has  said  a  great  deal, 
but  not  enough — that  is,  about  those  on  the  other  side  of  the  flood — 
Graham  and  others  were  ever  busy  in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord,  and 
many  sinners  were  converted  to  God.  Because  of  the  cause  of  Christ 
my  back  was  lacerated  often  with  a  red  cowhide.  We  worked  vigor- 
ously, we  stood  in  the  field  till  now.  God  moves  mysteiiously.  The 
time  came  when  they  fired  on  Fort  Sumter  and  the  Star  of  the  West, 
and  soon  I  was  told  I  was  free.  Brother  Graham  told  me  right  at  old 
Bethel's  door,  we  can  worship  God  under  our  own  vine  and  fig  tree. 
Under  his  leadership  James  F.  Dart,  W.  M.  Thomas,  Abner  Scott  and 
others  marched  out.  I  wis  ordained  deacon  by  Bishop  Brown  and 
received  my  first  appointment  from  him.  The  work  was  hard.  I 
have  come  home  sometimes  with  only  15  cents  in  my  pocket,  slept  on 
straw  many  times  and  had  to  raise  an  umbrella  if  a  rain  should  come. 
I  served  under  Elder  Thomas,  Bishop  Cain  and  others  and  never  had 
I  asked  once  to  be  removed.  Now  see  the  contrast,  instead  of  soup 
without  meat,  it  is  chicken,  turkey  or  pig,  and  instead  of  a  bench  for 
a  table  we  are  served  with  these  things  on  nice  linen  cloths,  silver 
knives,  etc.    I  have  lived  a  model  man  for  ail  of  these  fifty  years. 

Brother  Hazle  said  :  'Twas  a  day  of  gladness  in  my  heart  when 
God  called  me.  It  was  before  the  war.  Memory  doesn't  serve  me  as 
well  as  it  does  Brother  Dart.     In  those  dark  days  we  could  have  no 


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meeting  without  the  presence  of  a  white  man.  I  started  from  Trinity 
Church  and  travelled  John's  Island,  James's  Island  and  Wadmalow. 
Often  behind  trees  we  had  to  hide  from  patrols.  God  was  in  the 
work  then  I  believe.  He  is  in  the  work  now.  Several  of  us  went 
away  from  here  on  the  eve  of  the  war.  I  am  one  of  those  who  took 
the  Christian  Recorder  when  it  was  but  a  small  shoo  fly.  In  this 
church  once  the  people  had  to  hold  umbrellas  over  them.  In  times 
gone  by  it  was  not  so  hard  to  preach  the  gospel  as  it  is  now.  Though 
sometimes  you  had  to  hide  from  the  enemy,  even  though  you  couldn't 
speak  plain,  if  you  could  but  say  Cesus  for  Jesus,  some  one  would  un- 
derstand you.  In  all  of  my  ministry  I  never  was  called  to  account  for 
any  thing  wrong.  Have  always  got  bread.  I  never  expect  to  stop 
until  God  says,  "  Come  up  higher." 

Elder  Gibson  said:  In  1838  I  joined  the  Trinity  Church  under 
Bishop  Capers.  Adam  Brown  was  my  leader.  On  this  plat  of  ground 
all  of  the  probationers  met  for  prayer.  I  was  able  to  write  a  little  and 
of  course  used  to  write  tickets  for  my  friends.  Suspicion  rested  often 
upon  me,  but  I  escaped  all.  We  raised  a  society  called  the  Cross. 
While  we  read  the  book  we  had  a  watchman,  and  if  any  one  was  ap- 
proaching the  watchman  whistled  and  the  singing  was  stopped,  etc. 
After  the  war  I  chose  the  African  church.  In  building  this  church 
•  women  came  here  with  boards  on  their  shoulders,  and  some  with  three 
cents  worth  of  nails.  In  1872  I  was  elected  a  delegate  to  the  General 
Conference.  I  have  been  through  all  the  firey  trials  of  the  church 
and  I  expect  to  continue  to  the  end. 

Rev.  M.  B.  Salter  being  introduced  said :  I  feel  myself  honored 
in  being  one  of  the  pioneers.  I  was  associated  with  the  older  ones. 
My  place  was  to  keep  watch  for  the  patrol.  I  used  these  words  when 
they  were  coming,  "  The  buckra  coming."  I  was  the  first  to  make 
my  escape.  I  used  to  put  my  ear  to  the  ground  to  hear  the  tramp  of 
the  horse.  I  first  learned  to  row  a  boat  under  Brother  Graham  in 
crossing  Cooper  river.  Brother  Graham  was  a  grand  old  man.  On 
our  way  once  I  thought  that  we  would  all  have  been  drowned.  I  saw 
the  old  father  whipped.  It  was  to  our  interest  to  get  in  favor  with  the 
overseer  and  bribe  the  driver  so  that  we  could  have  our  meetings.  It 
was  death  for  three  to  five  negroes  to  meet  to  pray  in  private.  We 
used  to  pray  that  God  would  bless  the  Union,  but  in  public  for  the 


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Confederacy.  I  was  in  the  marsh;  as  my  name  is  Moses  I  sought  the 
bulrushes.  I  saw  Brother  Gibson  in  the  tree  and  said  "  Zacheas. 
come  down."  I  made  the  60th  person  who  joined  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church;  this  was  in  1865.  Elder  W.  M.  Thomas  was  the  first  man 
to  help  me  to  preach.  Tnomas  was  bishop  and  Selters  presiding  elder. 
I  really  did  not  know  what  I  preached.  I  learned  the  watchmaker's 
trade;  after  this  I  went  to  live  with  Bishop  Cain,  and  was  lisenced  to 
preach.  Was  made  presiding  elder.  Walked  many  Sabbaths  thirty 
odd  miles  to  preach,  and  preached  thrice.  With  a  membership  of 
fifteen  I  returned  with  fifteen  churches. 

Singing :    "A  charge  to  keep  I  have 
A  God  to  glorify." 

led  by  Rev.  Flegler,  presiding  elder  of  the  Mt.  Pleasant  District, 
South  Carolina  Conference.  Rev.  J.  F.  Dart  of  the  Charleston  Dis- 
trict, South  Carolina  Conference,  was  next  introduced  who  spoke  on 
the  same  subject  as  did  Elder  Thomas.  "Out  of  all  the  Lord,  has 
brought  us  by  his  grace,"  was  sung  with  great  spirit,  led  by  Rev.  P. 
W.  Jefferson  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference.  Remarks  by  Bishop 
Arnett.  Rev.  S.  W.  Hazel  of  the  South  Charleston  Conference  was 
next  introduced,  who  spoke  concerning  the  early  period  of  the  church 
in  this  and  other  states.  "Come  ye  that  love  the  Lord,''"  was  sung, 
led  by  Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson,  presiding  elder  of  the  Sumpter  District, 
Columbia  Conference.  Bishop  Arnett  next  called  on  Rev.  E.  M.  Gib- 
son of  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  who  also  spoke  as  to  the  early 
history  of  the  church  in  South  Carolina.  Remarks  by  Bishop  Arnett. 
Dr.  J.  H.  A.  Johnson  also  made  a  few  remarks.  Resolution  by  Rev. 
I.  S.  Lee  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  desiring  telegram  of  greet- 
ings sent  to  Quarto-Centennial  Conference  now  in  session  in  the  state 
of  Georgia,  which  was  as  follows  : 

"  The  African  Methodists  of  South  Carolina  send  greetings  to 
the  African  Methodists  of  Georgia,  '  United  we  stand,  divided  we 
fall,'    in   behalf   of  the    Quarto-Centennial   Conference   of  South 
Carolina." 

Motion  that  a  telegram  also  be  sent  to  the  Philadelphia  Con- 
ference now  in  session.  Adopted.  Doxology.  Benediction  by  Rev. 
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NIGHT  SESSION. 

The  services  began  with  chant  by  choir.  Rev.  S.  F.  Flegler 
opened  with  the  283d  hymn  : 

"  How  did  my  heart  rejoice,  to  hear 
My  friends  devoutly  say,"  etc. 

He  also  led  in  prayer.  "  O  for  a  heart  to  praise  my  God,"  on  the 
491st  page,  was  sung.  A  collection  was  taken  up  at  this  junction. 
Bishop  Arnett  then  introduced  Rev.  Dr.  Salter,  who  gave  some  inter- 
esting reminiscences  of  the  early  days  of  the  church.  The  Bishop 
asked  Brother  Washington,  one  of  the  old  members  of  Emanuel,  to 
sing  an  old  time  hymn  of  his  own  selection;  he  sang  "How  tedious 
and  tasteless  the  hour,"  etc.  Bishop  Arnett  then  introduced  Rev. 
Dr.  J.  A.  Handy  of  Washington,  D.  C,  as  one  of  the  special  speakers. 
He  gave  a  splendid  talk  (quod  vide).  The  congregation  joined  in 
singing,  "Take  the  name  of  Jesus  with  you."  A  collection  was  then 
taken  up.  Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson  of  the  Sumpter  District,  Columbia 
Conference,  led  in  singing,  "I  long  to  go  home  to  that  mansion 
above,''  etc.  Following  this  the  congregation  sang,  "Come  ye  fhat 
love  the  Lord."  Collection,  $10.35.  Bishop  Arnett  requested  all 
the  presiding  elders  to  meet  him  at  the  parsonage  of  Emanuel  to-mor- 
row morning  at  10  o'clock;  he  also  gave  notice  that  the  "  Lord's  Sup- 
per" would  be  given  to  the  conference  some  time  to-morrow  at  the 
request  ot  Bishop  John  M.  Brown.  Doxology.  Benediction  by  Rt. 
Rev.  John  M.  Brown,  D.  D.,  D.  C.  L.,  of  Washington,  D.  C. 


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SECOND  DAY. 

MORNING  SESSION. 

The  conference  opened  at  10.30  o'clock  A.  M.,  Rt.  Rev.  B.  W. 
Arnett,  D.  D.,  presiding.  Devotional  services  were  conducted  by 
Rev.  H.  Young  of  the  Columbia  Conference.  Singing,  hymn  287, 
"  Jesus  from  whom  all  blessings  flow."  Rev.  James  T.  Baker  of  the 
Columbia  Conference  led  in  prayer.  Organ  chant.  Rev.  H.  Young 
read  scripture  lesson  from  the  12th  chapter  of  the  letter  to  the  Romans; 
he  then  led  the  ritual  service.  Bishop  Arnett  introduced  Rev.  D.  T. 
McDaniel  of  St.  Matthews,  Columbia  Conference,  who  discussed  the 
subject,  "  How  to  save  our  young  men."  Bishop  Arnett  commended 
to  the  brethren  the  wholesale  advice  given  by  Brother  McDaniel ; 
then  followed  Dr.  J.  H.  A.  Johnson  who  read  an  eminently  fine  paper 
on  the  subject  of  the  early  days  of  African  Methodism  in  the  states  of 
South  Carolina  and  Georgia.  The  eloquence  of  the  doctor's  speech  was 
such  that  it  wrought  the  house  up  to  the  highest  tension,  and  often  he  was 
compelled  to  stop  till  the  congregation  gave  vent  to  its  feelings  in 
many  hearty  amens.  Rev.  D.  J.  Lites  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  South  Caro- 
lina Conference,  led  in  singing,  "Hold  the  fort,"  etc.,  which  was 
sung  with  great  spirit. 

Bishop  Arnett  spoke  of  the  minuteness  with  which  Dr.  John- 
son could  speak  of  the  important  events  of  his  life ;  being  able 
to  speak  of  the  things  of  twenty-five  years  ago  as  though  they 
happened  yesterday,  being  able  not  only  to  give  day  and  date, 
but  hour  and  minute  as  well.  "  See  the  importance  of  jotting  down 
the  things  that  transpire  each  day,"  said  the  Bishop.  Bishop  Arnett 
then  in  his  inimitable  happy  manner,  went  on  to  show  up  the  statistics 
of  the  church  lor  twenty-five  years.  Motion  by  Dr.  J.  H.  A.  Johnson 
that  a  fine  Autograph  Album  be  purchased,  and  the  names  of  the 
members  of  this  Quarto-Centennial  Conference  be  written  therein  and 
the  same  be  sent  to  Bishop  Daniel  A.  Payne  as  a  souvenir  from  this 
conference.  Motion  adopted.  Motion  that  a  telegram  be  sent  to 
Bishop  Payne  out  of  the  respect  with  which  his  memory  is  held  by  the 


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members  of  this  conference.  Adopted.  Rev.  William  M.  Thomas 
of  the  Abbeville  District,  Columbia  Conference,  read  a  paper  on  the 
reminiscences  of  the  church.  By  request  of  Bishop  Brown,  the 
brethren  sang,  "Praise  God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow."  Rev. 
George  C.  Roe  of  the  Congregational  Church,  Charleston,  and  Rev. 
Mr.  Brown  of  the  Protestant  Methodist  Church,  Charleston,  were  in- 
troduced. Brother  J.  D.  Price,  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the 
church,  was  introduced  and  made  some  remarks.  Rev.  B.  H.  Wil- 
liams asked  that  Brother  Price  be  made  conspicuous  in  the  picture 
which  is  to  be  taken  of  the  conference.  Bishop  Brown  asked  Elder 
Thomas  to  tell  how  they  can  come  into  possession  of  the  first  ground 
owned  here.  Rev.  J.  S.  Mobly  was  introduced.  Doxology.  Bene- 
diction by  Rev.  P.  W.  Jefferson  of  Beauford,  South  Carolina 
Conference. 

AFTERNOON  SESSION. 

Bishop  Arnett  called  the  Conference  to  order  at  4.30.  Rev. 
L.  L.  Carson  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  led  in  singing  "In 
the  shadow  of  the  rock."  Rev.  P.  W.  Jefferson  being  introduced 
read  the  paper  of  Rev.  A.  Weston  of  Winnesboro,  Columbia  Confer- 
ence, on  the  subject,  "How  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  was  introduced  in 
the  Up  Country."  Bishop  Arnett  announced  that  it  would  soon  be 
time  to  gu  out  and  break  ground  for  the  "  New  Emanuel."  The 
bishop  stated  that  the  president  of  the  Charleston  Recorder  Publishing 
Company,  Rev.  D.  J.  Lites,  desired  him  to  say  something  concerning 
said  paper.  The  bishop  recommended  the  project  very  highly,  say- 
ing that  a  local  church  paper  would  do  much  good. 

The  bishops  and  ministers  then  passed  down  the  isle,  while  all 
united  in  singing,  "Children  of  the  heavenly  king."  Outside  two* 
barrels  had  been  prepared,  into  one  the  bishops  and  ministers  put  a 
piece  of  money,  and  in  the  other  a  bit  of  dirt.  After  the  ministers 
returned  the  congregation  followed  in  the  same  order.  Bishop  Arnett 
announced  that  Rev.  S.  G.  Cross  would  read  an  original  poem,  dedi- 
cated to  the  new  Emanuel.  The  poem  by  Rev.  Cross  was  a  beautiful 
composition. 

Bishop  Arnett  said  that  the  services  for  the  night,  and  to-morrow, 
are  so  varied  that  I  cannot  tell  it  all,  "  for  this  thing  has  grown  on  my 
hands."    To-night,  he  said,  an  interesting  paper  would  be  read  by 


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Rev.  J.  E.  Hayne,  B.  D.,  and  another  by  Rev.  M.  B.  Salter,  D.  D., 
of  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  besides  speeches  by  other  distin- 
guished brethren.  To-morrow  morning  the  officers  (lay  members)  of 
the  church  would  hold  their  meeting;  and  at  3  p.  m.  the  women 
would  hold  theirs,  Rev.  Mrs.  C.  S.  Riley  conducting  the  religious  ex- 
ercises of  this  meeting.  Among  its  speakers  to-morrow  would  be 
Miss  Hallie  Q.  Brown,  of  Wilberforce,  Ohio,  besides  others.  Doxology. 
Benediction  by  Rev.  Mr.  Dutton,  of  Centenary  M.  E.  Church,  Charles- 
ton, S.  C. 

NIGHT  SESSION. 

The  services  were  commenced  by  singing  the  hymn, 

"  forever  here  my  rest  shall  be, 
Close  to  thy  bleeding  side,"  etc., 

read  by  Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson  of  the  Orangeburg  District,  Columbia 
Conference.  Rev.  William  D.  Chappelle,  presiding  elder  of  the 
Manning  District,  Columbia  Conference,  led  in  prayer.  Bishop 
Arnett  introduced  Rev.  J.  E.  Hayne,  of  the  South  Carolina  Confer- 
ence, who  read  a  paper  on  the  subject,  "  How  African  Methodism 
was  introduced  on  the  Islands  adjacent  to  Charleston."  After  the 
speech  Bishop  Arnett  introduced  Prof.  Joseph  W.  Morris,  A. B.,  LL.B., 
president  of  Allen  University,  Columbia,  S.  C,  who  read  a  highly 
c'assical  paper  on  the  subject  of  "The  Educational  interest  of  the 
Church  in  the  State  of  South  Carolina.'''  When  Prof.  Morris  was 
through,  Bishop  Brown  said  : 

"Some  years  ago  I  voted,  as  trustee  of  Harvard  University, 
Washington,  D.  C,  to  award  a  class  of  three  young  men  diplomas; 
all  have  proven  themselves  worthy,  and  are  doing  much  for  the  up- 
lifting of  the  race.  One  of  them  is  a  distinguished  doctor  of  medi- 
cine, another  is  professor  of  mathematics,  and  the  other,  in  the  person 
of  Prof.  Morris,  is  a  college  president." 

Bishop  Arnett  announced  that  Miss  Hallie  Q.  Brown  would  speak 
to-morrow,  etc.  Rev.  I.  S.  Lee  read  appointments  for  Sabbath.  Col- 
lection taken  up  of  $5.16.  Rev.  B.  H.  Williams  said  that  all  the 
ministers  must  go  over  to  the  parsonage  immediately  after  service. 
Doxology.   Benediction  by  Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson,  Columbia  Conference. 


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THIRD  DAY, 

MORNING  SESSION. 

The  Quarto-Centennial  Conference  assembled  at  10.30  a.  m., 
Bishop  Arnett  presiding.  Devotional  exercises  conducted  by  Rev. 
N.  B.  Sterrett,  D.  D.,  presiding  elder  of  Georgetown  District,  South 
Carolina  Conference.  Singing.  Prayer  by  Rev.  B.  F.  Witherspoon 
of  "Old  Bethel"  M.  E.  Church,  Charleston,  S.  C.  Bishop  Arnett 
then  introduced  Rev.  C.  M.  Crosby,  B.  D.,  pastor  of  Bethel  A.  M.  E. 
Church,  Columbia  Conference,  Columbia,  S.  C,  who  read  a  paper 
on  "Church  Finance."  Rev.  I.  S.  Lee,  of  Mt.  Zion  A.  M.  E. 
Church,  followed  with  the  paper  of  Bishop  Payne's.  Next  followed 
Rev.  M.  B.  Salter,  D.  D.,  of  Morris  Brown  Chappel,  Charleston,  who 
spoke  from  the  subject,  "Woman,  her  influence."  Motion  by  Rev. 
B.  H.  Williams,  that  the  following  resolution  by  Rev.  R.  E.  Wall,D.D., 
be  adopted : 

There  being  no  funds  in  hand  or  collectable  for  the  printing  of 
the  proceedings  of  the  Quarto-Centenary  meeting,  as  also  the  papers, 
essays,  etc.,  incident  thereto,  therefore 

Be  it  Resolved,  That  this  meeting  request  Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett 
to  accept  the  compilation,  and  superintend  the  printing  of  the  Minutes 
of  this  meeting,  that  its  proceedings  may  be  preserved  to  posterity. 

Announcements  for  afternoon, etc.,  were  then  made  by  Bishop  B.W. 
Arnett,  D.D.  Doxology.  Benediction  by  Rev.  J.  H.  A.  Johnson,  D.  D. 

AFTTRNOON  SESSION. 

Devotional  services  conducted  by  Rev.  Mrs.  C.  S.  Riley,  South 
Carolina  Conference.  Hymn  859  was  sung.  Rev.  D.  J.  Lites,  of 
Mt.  Pleasant,  prayed.  Bishop  Arnett  introduced  Miss  Hallie  Q.  Brown, 
of  Wilber force,  Ohio,  who  read  a  well  prepared  paper  on  the  subject, 
"  How  to  save  our  young  girls."  Bishop  Arnett,  after  complimenting 
Miss  Hallie  on  her  finely  prepared  paper,  introduced  Rev.  Mrs.  C.  S. 
Riley,  who  read  a  beautiful  poem,  prepared  and  dedicated  to  the  oc- 
casion.   Dr.  J.  H.  A.  Johnson  read  a  poem  which  was  prepared  for 


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and  dedicated  to  the  occrsion  by  Miss  Josephine  Prioleau,  of  St. 
Matthews,  S.  C. 

Bishop  Arnett  said  the  time  had  arrived  to  adjourn.  He  thanked 
all  for  their  presence  and  support.  He  spoke  feelingly  of  the  minis- 
ters who  had  held  up  the  standard  of  the  Lord  in  this  city  (Charleston), 
many  of  whom  slept  the  eternal  and  happy  sleep  of  the  just.  Miss 
Hallie  Q.  Brown  sung  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  "Rally  Song,"  "The 
world  is  moving  on,':  etc.  Dr.  J.  H.  A.  Johnson  moved  that  Miss 
Hallie  Q.  Brown  be  requested  to  recite  a  poem — motion  prevailed, 
and  a  beautiful  poem  was  read  by  this  great  elocutionist. 

Bishop  Arnett  requested  Bishop  J.  M.  Brown  to  speak  a  few 
parting  words,  which  he  did  with  feeling  and  pathos.  Said  Bishop 
Brown  :  "I  have  just  written  a  letter  home  expressing  my  gratitude 
in  being  in  the  city  of  Charleston,  and  in  the  meeting.  At  the  Semi 
Centennial  Conference  we  will  not  all  meet  :  twenty-five  years  will 
bring  many  changes  ;  some  glorious,  and  some  sad.  Many  changes 
have  taken  place  in  the  past  twenty-five  years;  many  of  your  girls 
and  boys  are  now  graduates  of  colleges  and  high  schools.  If  we  have 
done  so  well  in  the  past,  let  us  try  and  do  better  in  the  future,  and 
may  God  bless  you.'' 

"Praise  God  from  whom  ail  blessings  flow,"  etc..  was  sung. 
Benediction  by  Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett.  D.  D. 

REV.  JAS.  D.  BARKSDALE. 

Secretary  of  Proceedings. 


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ORGANIZATION  ESSENTIAL  TO  SUCCESS. 


BISHOP  DANIEL  A.  PAYNE,  D.  D. ,  LL.  D.  READ  BY  REV.  I.  S.  LEE,  B.  D. 

For  Quarto- Centennial  of  African  Methodism  in  the  South. 

The  word  Organization  is  generic  and  therefore  may  be  applied 
to  any  body  of  men,  or  women,  associated  under  a  written  constitu- 
tion for  the  accomplishment  of  some  one  or  more  specific  purpose  ; 
therefore  any  number  of  persons,  who  have  agreed  to  co-operate  for 
scientific  pursuits,  for  the  enlargement  of  the  domains  of  human 
knowledge,  may  be  called  a  Scientific  Organization ;  if  for  philosophi- 
cal pursuits  to  enlarge  the  empire  of  philosophy,  it  may  be  called  a 
Philosophical  Organization;  or,  if  to  promote  the  interests  of  merchants, 
it  may  be  called  a  Commercial  Organization ;  but  any  number  of  men 
or  women  associated  for  religious  purposes,  may  be  called  a  Religious 
Organization.  It  may  be  such  an  association  as  the  American  Bible 
Society,  or  the  Church  Missionary  Society.  But  whenever  a  number  of 
men  and  woman  associate  for  the  public  worship  of  the  living  God,  in 
the  house  of  God,  which  is  the  Church  of  the  living  God,  the  ground 
and  pillar  of  the  truth,  it  may  be  called  an  Ecclesiastical  Organization, 
proven  to  every  body  and  recognized  by  the  common  people  as  the 
Church. 

But  few,  very  few  are  they,  who  comprehend  "the  house  of 
God,"  "the  Church  of  the  living  God,"  as  St.  Paul  designates  her — 
for  his  term  embraces  every  man,  woman  and  child  bearing  the  name 
of  Christ,  in  every  land  and  of  every  race,  color  or  clime.  The 
majority  of  people,  who  are  religious,  confine  the  application  to  their 
own  denomination  ;  others  still  more  narrow-minded,  confine  its  ap- 
plication to  a  dedicated  house,  in  which  they  meet  to  hear  preaching, 
to  sing,  to  pray  and  to  get  happy.  The  Church  of  the  living  God  is 
his  property  which  no  one  man  can  claim  as  he  has  the  right  to  claim 
his  own  house,  which  he  has  built  to  shelter  himself  and  his  family,  or 
his  household.  In  his  letter  to  the  Ephesian  christians  St.  Paul  re- 
gards the  church  as  the  bride  of  Christ,  Eph.  v.  22-27.  So  also  St. 
John  "  sees  her  coming  down  from  God  out  of  heaven,  prepared  as  a 
bride,  adorned  for  her  husband."  The  Elohim,  Jehovah,  Adonai  is 
her  sole  lord  and  master,  which  he  has  purchased  with  the  precious  and 
purifying  blood  of  His  Beloved  Son. 

Originally  "one  unite,"  the  pride,  ambition  and  strife  of  men 
have  split  her  outward  form  into  many  divisions  which  human  device 
has  called  denominations.  Therefore  we  have  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  the  Lutheran  Church,  the 
Church  of  England,  the  British  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church,  the 


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Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  the 
Baptist  Church,  the  Unitarian  and  the  Quakers,  known  also  as  the 
Society  of  the  Friends.  All  these  are  of  purely  European  origin,  or- 
ganized by  our  white  christian  brethren  and  controlled  entirely  by 
them.  Every  one  of  these  were  small  and  insignificant  in  their  be- 
ginnings, but  Jehovah  has  enabled  every  one  of  them,  excepting  the 
Quakers,  to  develope  themselves  into  numerous  and  powerful  religious 
bodies,  powerful  on  account  of  their  learning,  wealth,  influence  and 
resultant  usefulness. 

Many,  if  not  all  of  these  denominal  organizations  are  the  offsprings 
of  internal  troubles,  quarrels  and  schisms.  In  like  manner  the  African 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  was  born  into  this  world. 

a.  Her  first  appearance  was  in  Philadelphia  in  1816. 

b.  Her  second  appearance  was  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  in  1817-18. 

c.  In  Philadelphia  the  movement  was  led  by  Richard  Allen  and 
Daniel  Coker,  of  Baltimore,  Md. 

d.  In  Charleston  the  movement  was  led  by  Morris  Brown  and 
Henry  Drayton,  of  Charleston,  S.  C.  This  organization  embraced 
about  one  thousand  persons  (181 7).  In  1822  it  numbered  about  three 
thousand.  The  leaders  of  these  three  thousand  were  Morris  Brown, 
Henry  Drayton,  Charles  Carr,  Amos  Cunckshanks,  Marcus  Brown, 
Smart  Simpson,  Harry  Bull,  John  B.  Matthews,  James  Eden,  Lon- 
don Turpin,  and  Aleck  Houlston.  This  band,  or  little  church,  was 
well  organized,  and  had  acquired  a  building  lot  upon  which  a  commo- 
dious but  plain  house  of  worship  was  built.  They  also  owned  their 
own  burial  ground,  or  field  of  graves.  Happy  among  themselves, 
they  were  at  peace  and  concord  with  one  another  up  to  1822.  When 
the  contemplated  insurrection  led  by  Denmark  Vesy,  a  slave  man, 
was  discovered,  in  destroying  which,  the  civil  authorities  of  the  city 
and  state  deemed  it  wise  to  crush  the  little  band  of  christians.  None 
ot  these  religious  leaders  were  implicated  in  the  contemplated  insur- 
rection. But  the  love  of  freedom  and  the  right  to  worship  God  ac- 
cording to  one's  own  conscience  led  Henry  Drayton,  Charles  Carr, 
father  of  the  gifted  and  devout  Jost  ph  M.  Carr;  Marcus  Brown,  and 
Amos  Cunckshanks  to  follow  Morris  Brown  to  Philadelphia.  James 
Eden  with  a  majority  of  the  most  intelligent  united  themselves  with 
the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church,  which  was  at  that  time  located  at  the 
corner  of  Meeting  and  Tradd  streets,  next  to  the  then  princely  mansion 
of  Nathaniel  Russell,  esq. ,  the  father-in-law  of  Bishop  Theodore  Dehone. 
James  Eden,  perhaps  the  most  intelligent  of  those  who  became  mem- 
bers of  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church,  subsequently  sailed  with  the 
first  emmigrants  from  Charleston  to  Liberia,  where  he  lived  many 
years,  and  died  respected  and  lamented  by  all  who  knew  him.  Thus 
was  the  African  M.  E.  Church  in  South  Carolina  blotted  from  the 
pages  of  Ecclesiastical  History.     But  after  the  lapse  of  sixty-eight 


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years  we  are  here  assembled  to  celebrate  the  Quarto-Centenary  of  her 
Renaiscence  in  South  Carolina,  and  of  the  expansion  into  Georgia, 
Florida,  Alabama  and  Tennessee. 

When,  how  and  by  whom  has  her  present  condition  been  brought 
into  existence?  In  the  spring  of  1863  the  Rev.  C.  C.  Leigh,  a  white 
preacher  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  visited  the  Baltimore 
Annual  Conference  then  in  session  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  desired  to 
know  whether  I  could  send  two  missionaries  to  take  charge  of  the 
social,  moral  and  religious  interests  of  the  Freedmen  in  South  Carolina, 
who  were  like  sheep  without  a  shepherd.  I  told  him  I  believed  I 
could.  Then  said  I  to  him,  ' '  how  soon  do  you  want  them  ?  "  He  said, 
"  within  ten  days."  In  about  ten  days  Rev.  James  Lynch,  born  in 
the  city  of  Baltimore  and  a  member  of  the  Baltimore  Conference,  also 
Rev.  James  D.  S.  Hall  of  the  New  York  Conference  (then  stationed 
in  Sullivan  street  A.  M.  E.  Church)  were  sent  into  these  regions. 
They  landed  at  Port  Royal  and  immediately  commenced  operations 
on  that  island  and  at  Beaufort,  afterwards  at  Charleston,  and  after  that 
James  Lynch  organized  a  little  band  at  Savannah,  Ga. 

The  two  James  were  very  unlike  each  other.  James  Lynch  was 
always  hopeful,  James  Hall  was  always  fearful  of  coming  evil ;  Lynch 
was  the  bold  lion,  Hall  the  timid  sheep ;  Hall  was  the  witty  Irishman, 
Lynch  the  sagacious  statesman  ;  Lynch  was  born  to  be  the  skillful  or- 
ganizer, Hall  the  trembling  follower,  ready  to  run  away  from  the  ranks 
at  the  barking  of  a  rat-tarrier,  or  the  howling  of  a  bull-dog.  Each  of 
these  missionaries  worked  successfully,  according  to  their  heaven  be- 
stowed ability,  and  made  it  possible  for  the  organization  of  the  South 
Carolina  Conference  on  Monday  morning,  May  16,  1865.  That  took 
place  in  the  Colored  Presbyterian  Church,  Calhoun  street.  The  two 
itinerant  elders  were  James  Lynch  and  James  A.  Handy;  the  two 
licentiates  were  James  H.  A.  Johnson  and  Theophilus  G.  Stewart — 
these  licentiates  from  the  North  were  subsequently  ordained  deacons. 
A  local  preacher  named  William  Bently  constituted  the  five  persons 
present  at  the  opening  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference.  Subsequently 
Elder  R.  H.  Cain  from  the  New  York  Conference,  Elder  Anthony  L. 
Stanford  and  George  A.  Rue  from  the  New  England  Conference  were 
added.  The  natives  of  the  state  who  joined  the  South  Carolina  Con- 
ference were  Charles  L.  Bradwell,  N.  Murphy,  Robert  Taylor  and 
Richard  Vanderhorse.  The  whole  number  of  persons  within  the 
boundaries  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  was  supposed  to  be  about 
4000.  That  number  embraced  North  Carolina,  South  Carolina  and 
Georgia,  along  the  coasts  and  all  the  islands.  Reports  on  temperance, 
education  and  missions  were  discussed  and  adopted;  an  Historic  and 
Literary  Society  was  formed,  also  a  Preachers'  Aid  Society.  Thus 
equipped  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  like  an  armed  ship  launched, 
was  sent  forth  to  conquer  the  lands  of  the  South. 


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The  greater  number  of  these  4000  people  had  been  members  of 
the  M.  E.  Church  South,  others  had  been  converted  through  the  min- 
istry of  Lynch  and  Hall.  Here  was  a  field  broad,  long  and  rich  in 
its  soil.  But  can  any  field  take  care  of  itself?  Xo.  Left  to  itself 
briers,  brambles  and  weeds  will  soon  over  run  it.  To  develope  its 
possibilities  there  is  need  of  stout,  intelligent  laborers,  system  and 
order ;  also  an  overseer  skilled  in  farming,  to  direct  the  movements  of 
the  laborers,  to  work  out  the  system  and  to  preserve  the  order  of  the 
whole,  as  regards  time,  place  and  manner.  All  these  things  are  essen- 
tial for  successful  farming,  and  this  is  organization.  Here  was  also  a 
multitude  of  men  and  women  who  called  themselves  Soldiers  of  the 
Cross.  But  there  was  no  one  sufficiently  trained  to  classify  and  ar- 
range them  into  an  effective  army.  Therefore  they  needed  an  officer 
trained  in  the  military  school,  who  had  experience  in  the  battle  field, 
to  classify  and  arrange  them  into  companies  and  regiments,  then  to 
put  them  under  the  drill  of  good  Captains  and  Colonels,  Brigadier-Gen- 
erals and  Major-Generals,  these  all  under  one  Commander-in-Chief  to 
control  their  movements  in  time  of  peace,  and  especially  in  time  of  war. 
But  from  the  Commander-in-Chief  down  to  the  Corpora]  law  and  order 
must  be  respected  voluntarily  by  all,  if  not  compulsion  must  be  used 
to  maintain  government.  This  is  another  illustration  of  organization. 
But  the  divine  idea  of  organization  is  given  by  St  Paul  in  the  2d  epis- 
tle to  the  Corinthian  Church,  xii.  4-27.  which  is  taken  from  the  splen- 
did structure  of  the  human  body,  in  which  we  see  the  arms  completed 
by  the  hands,  and  the  legs  by  the  feet  ;  two  eyes  are  set  in  the  face  to 
see  how  to  operate  the  hands  and  the  feet ;  there  are  two  ears  also  to  listen 
to  the  sounds  which  strike  the  tympanum,  while  the  eyes  look  around 
to  see  whence,  from  whom  and  from  what  the  sounds  proceed.  Then 
are  all  the  parts  dependent  upon  one  another  as  related  and  necessary 
to  the  beauty  and  efficient  operation  of  the  entire  person.  But  of  what 
value  are  ail  these  related  members  if  there  were  no  intellect  to  direct 
and  control  their  movements  and  operations,  and  no  power  to  say,  "I 
will  or  will  not,  you  shall  or  you  shall  not?  " 

Now  we  see  that  the  Apostle  used  this  figure  to  indicate  the 
ecclesiastical  organization  of  his  day,  and  to  prove  that  organization 
of  the  whole  church  of  the  living  God  was  essential  to  its  existence,  its 
expansion  and  its  perpetuity.  His  metaphor  also  teaches  us  that  while 
organization  is  essential  to  success,  there  are  certain  elements  in  which 
it  must  involve  in  order  that  it  might  be  a  living  and  perpetual  force, 
generating  life  as  the  breath  in  the  human  being,  and  diffusing  life 
through  all  its  parts,  purging  itself  of  all  that  is  injurious  to  its  nature. 
What  are  these  essential  elements  to  the  organism,  essential  to  its  vig- 
orous perpetuity.  Harmony  must  be  in  it ;  involve  at  its  birth  if  pos- 
sible, if  not  before  its  birth.  Harmony  signifies  concord  or  agreement 
in  facts,  opinions,  manners  or  interests.    So  says  Webster.  Crabb 

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says  it  means  aptitude  of  minds  to  coalesce.  It  is  mostly  employed 
for  those  who  are  in  close  connection  and  obliged  to  co-operate.  Con- 
flict is  the  opposite  to  harmony.  Therefore  if  conflict  obtains  for  any 
length  of  time  it  will  develope  into  antagonism  and  endanger  the  exis- 
tence of  the  organization.  If  antagonism  becomes  fixed  in  its  heart, 
disintegration  will  be  the  result.  Harmony  in  regard  to  facts,  opinions, 
sentiments  and  interests  will  bind  the  members  together,  and  be  ever 
invigorating  and  stimulating  all  to  labor  as  one  man  for  the  i  ttainment 
of  the  same  end. 

And  another  element  of  life  in  an  organization  is  unity  of  motion, 
unity  in  planning  and  unity  in  executing  the  measures  which  have 
been  approved  and  adopted.  Unity  regarding  the  character  of  the 
agents  who  are  to  be  chosen  from  the  candidates  for  official  positions 
in  the  organism.  If  this  kind  of  unity  can  be  obtained,  the  organiza- 
tion will  be  preserved,  strengthened,  enlarged  and  perpetuated  from 
ages  to  ages.  The  chief  apostle  doubtless  had  this  principle  in  con- 
templation when  he  commanded  and  urged  the  church  at  Ephesus  to 
endeavor  to  keep  the  unity  of  the  spirit  in  the  bonds  of  peace.  Unity 
of  the  spirit  is  unity  of  judgment,  affection  and  feeling  among  those 
who  constitute  the  body  of  Christ.  So  says  Dr.  Scarff.  On  this  sub- 
ject Dr  Clarke  says:  ''By  the  unity  of  the  spirit  means  to  under- 
stand, not  only  a  spiritual  unity,  but  also  a  unity  of  sentimei  ts,  de- 
sires and  affections,  such  as  one  worthy,  and  springs  from  the  spirit  of 
God," — what  the  infallible  head  of  the  church  inspired  St.  Paul  to 
write  the  church  at  Ephesus.  He  promisee  by  the  pen  of  Jeremiah 
to  bestow  upon  the  Jewish  church — Jeremiah  xxxii,  wmich  ele- 
ment he  emphasized  in  his  sacerdotal  prayer  beseeching  the  Father  that 
the  whole  church  "may  be  one,"  as  he  is  in  the  Father,  and  the 
Father  in  Him.  That  they  all  may  be  perfect  in  one,  John  xvii,  21, 
That  all  may  be  one.  This  oneness  produces  perfection  through  all 
nature.  It  produces  both  beauty  and  goodness  in  the  church  of  the 
living  God,  every  branch  of  it,  in  every  twig  of  every  branch. 

We  now  call  your  attention  to  some  evils  which  can  break  up  an 
ecclesiastical  organization,  among  every  and  any  age. 

The  re  vaulting  ambition  of  a  bold,  restless  man,  whose  tongue  is 
full  of  fire,  as  ignorant  people  call  it,  but  which  educated  and  intelli- 
gent persons  justly  denounce  as  "flippant  oratory  and  glittering 
rhetoric."  The  revaulting  ambition  of  Absolum  raised  a  revolt  against 
the  throne  of  his  own  father,  and  would  have  overthrown  it  if  God  had 
not  pledged  and  used  omnipotence  to  perpetuate  it.  Thus  like  Absolum 
the  ambitious  will  employ  deception,  suppression  and  the  lowest  means, 
even  murder,  to  obtain  the  goal,  be  it  crown  or  Bishopric.  It  therefore 
becomes  the  duty  of  upright  men  to  guard  the  ecclesiastical  organiza- 
tion against  the  ambitious  leaders  of  the  people.    So  also  envy  may 


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disturb  the  peace,  break  the  harmony  and  disintegrate  the  ecclesiasti- 
cal organization. 

Relationships  as  well  as  pretended  friendships  are  sometimes  em- 
ployed by  envy  to  produce  discord,  antagonism  and  destruction  to  an 
ecclesastical  organization.  It  was  this  infernal  spirit  that  moved  Aaron 
the  brother  and  Miriam  the  sister  of  Moses  against  that  chosen  and 
faithful  leader  of  Israel,  and  they  doubtless  would  have  succeeded  in 
disorganizing  the  encampment  if  God  himself  had  not  defended  his 
servant,  Moses,  and  smitten  Miriam  with  leprosy.  See  Numbers  xii,  1-15. 
So  also  the  envy  Korah  Dathan  and  Abiram  would  have  disintegrated 
the  church  in  the  wilderness  if  Jehovah  had  not  made  the  quaking 
earth  open  her  mouth  and  swallow  them  up.  But  how  great  was  the 
suffering  of  that  consecrated  hoast  ?  The  result  of  these  three  envious 
rivals  of  Moses  was  the  death  of  14,240  persons.  Therefore  every 
ecclesiastical  organization  ought  to  guard  itself  against  the  envious 
church  leader. 

Ungodliness  within  the  ecclesiastical  organization  can  destroy  it. 
This  evil  utterly  destroyed  the  Jewish  Church,  and  swept  from  the 
face  of  the  earth  the  seven  churches  of  Asia.  Notwithstanding  all 
these  evils  to  which  organization  is  exposed,  it  is  essential  to  the  suc- 
cess of  both  state  and  church.  Because  organization  is  government. 
Destroy  that  and  the  state  falls  into  anarchy.  Destroy  that  and  the 
church  disintegrates.  Without  organization  the  birth  of  any  denomi- 
nation is  impossible.  Witfield  went  through  this  country  publishing 
salvation  in  all  places,  but  organizing  no  churches,  and  therefore  his 
converts  have  no  existence  at  the  present  hour.  Wesley  organized 
one  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and  that  one  has  multiplied  itself  into 
tens  of  thousands,  into  millions,  and  thus  the  Conference  organized  at 
Charleston  May  16,  1865,  has  produced  eleven  vigorous  conferences, 
and  the  four  thousand  souls  have  multiplied  themselves  into  more  than 
a  hundred  thousand.  To  Him  that  sitteth  upon  the  throne,  and  to 
the  lamb  that  was  slain  be  all  the  glory,  all  the  honor,  all  the  wisdom, 
all  the  riches,  all  the  praise  forever  and  ever,  amen. 


THE  FIELD  AND  THE  WORKMAN. 


REV.    JAMES  A.    HANDY,  D.  D. 

Bishops  and  Members  of  the  Quarto- Centennial  Conference,  1  greet  you 
on  this  your  natal  day. 
You  can  to-day  look  back  upon  twenty-five  years  of  work, 
work,    progressive    work.      Elders,    Deacons,    Licentiates :  You, 
with  keen  interest  in  the  success  of  every  movement,  every  step  taken 


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in  the  work  of  this  organization  can  but  take  courage,  and  thank  God, 
who  has  so  blessed,  preserved  and  brought  us  to  this  Conference — Afri- 
can Methodism — born  in  the  storm,  raised  in  adversity,  it  had  to  be. 
It  came  into  being  at  the  right  time,  possessed  with  the  attributes  of 
fixedness.  It  came  to  stay ;  like  the  Ark  of  old,  it  came  to  rescue  a 
race,  scattered,  peeled  and  scarred,  from  the  flood  of  ignorance,  moral 
and  spiritual  death.  One  of  the  brightest  spots  in  Methodist  history  is 
its  maternity  of  Richard  Allen,  and  thus  the  mother  of  African  Meth- 
odism. Wesley,  Asbury,  Allen.  Methodism  has  her  mission,  a  grand 
one  it  is ;  African  Methodism  also  has  her  mission  to  the  world  in  gen- 
eral, and  to  the  darker  races  in  particular.  We  must  co-operate  with  the 
darker  race  at  home  and  in  the  West  India  Islands,  South  and  Central 
America  and  Fatherland,  we  must  go  there  with  our  Methodism ;  it  is 
the  work,  a  part  oi  the  work  before  us.  The  millions  of  the  Hamatic 
race,  wherever  found  located,  are  calling  upon  the  A.  M.  E.  Church 
for  our  Methodism,  our  organization. 

First.    Peace,  good  will  to  all  mankind. 

Secondly.  Its  mission  as  to  the  darker  races  of  the  world — the 
three  Americas,  Africa  and  the  Islands  of  the  Sea.  It  must  go  there 
in  its  very  best  form,  young,  strong  in  faith,  in  cultivated  and  refined 
christian  developed  man  and  womanhood,  in  possession  of  all  the 
machinery  of  a  well  and  complete  organized  christian  body.  It  must 
go  there  with  all  the  chances,  humanly  speaking,  only  secondarily 
considered,  go ;  the  church  of  Allen  must  go,  and  as  God  gives  the 
opening  and  the  means  to  do  her  part  of  the  grand  work  of  assisting 
in  bringing  the  world  to  Christ.  Allen  may  have  looked  into  the  ages 
passed  and  seen  the  perfiguration  of  the  work  to  be  done  by  this 
church,  and  hence  he  laid  the  foundation  of  this  organization  broad, 
deep,  strong.  We  sometimes  say  that  men  build  wiser  than  they 
know ;  this  may  or  it  may  not  apply  to  Richard  Allen,  but  this  much 
is  true,  he  gives  us  a  church  broad  enough  and  strong  enough  and 
with  an  adaptability  suitable,  not  only  for  the  three  Americas,  Africa 
and  the  Islands,  but  for  ages. 

WHAT  HAS  GOD  WROUGHT. 

May  14,  1865,  brought  Bishop  D.  A.  Payne,  James  A.  Handy, 
James  H.  A.  Johnson,  James  Lynch  and  Theo.  G.  Steward.  James 
Lynch  had  visited  Charleston  some  days  in  advance  of  the  Bishop  and 
his  three  associates.  Then  and  now,  north  of  the  Potomac,  the 
A.  M.  E.  Church  numbered  in  her  following  not  more  than  100,000 
persons.  Then  we  had  three  departments,  viz.,  Publication,  Educa- 
tion and  Missionary.  Then  we  had  four  bishops,  one  educational — 
Wilberforce — preachers  203,  supplies  19,  total  222.  Collection  upon 
the  old  plan,  nominal  missionary  money  less  than  $1000.  Publication 
Department's  business  less  than  $12,000.    Educational  interest  was 


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on  crutches.  Thus  we  were  struggling  up  to  1 86 1-2-3-4.  Nevertheless 
we  were  self-managing  and  self-supporting ;  building,  preaching  and 
possessing  ourselves  of  property;  training  our  people  in  virtue,  moral- 
ity, industry,  economy,  and  preparing  them  for  usefulness  in  the 
world,  and  when  the  war  opened  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  had  her  son 
prepared  and  ready  to  fill  the  opening  that  providence  set  before  the 
Afro-Americans  of  the  country. 

In  1865  the  march  of  Sherman  from  the  mountains  to  the  sea 
opened  the  door  that  had  long  been  closed;  and  in  the  grand  old  city, 
the  home  of  Morris  Brown,  Joseph  M.  Carr,  D.  A.  Payne  and  other  noble 
heroes,  who  have  gone  to  their  reward.  The  3000  African  Methodist 
Episcopalians  that  Brown  left  in  1818  in  Charleston  had  gone  to  swell 
the  number  over  there.  May  14,  1865,  found  the  long  closed  door 
opened  again  and  Daniel  A.  Payne,  James  Lynch,  James  A.  Handy, 
James  H.  A.  Johnson  and  T.  G.  Steward,  came  in  through  the  door 
and  on  the  15th  day  of  May,  1865,  in  the  city  of  Charleston  unfurled 
the  banners  of  African  Methodism.  We  organized  the  South  Carolina 
Conference,  embracing  or  including  in  its  territorial  limits  the  states 
of  South  Carolina,  North  Carolina,  Georgia  and  Florida.  The  organ- 
ization was  completed  on  that  day,  twenty-five  years  ago.  The  mem- 
bers present : 

Bishop  Presiding — Rt.  Rev.  Daniel  A.  Payne,  D.  D. 

Elders — James  A.  Handy,  Secretary  ;  James  Lynch,  James  H.  A. 
Johnson,  T.  G.  Steward. 

Preachers — C.  L.  Brandwell,  John  Graham,  William  Stewart. 

Absent  Elders— R.  H.  Cain,  A.  S.  Stanford,  G.  A.  Rue,  G.  W. 
Brodie. 

The  following  appointments  were  made  : 

Elders — R.  H.  Cain,  Charleston,  S.  C;  A.  L.  Stanford,  Savanah, 
Ga.;  James  A.  Handy,  Wilmington,  N.  C. ;  James  H.  A.  Johnson, 
Hilton  Head,  S.  C;  T.  G.  Steward,  Beaufort,  S.  C. 

Preachers — C.  L.  Bradwell,  Edisto  Island,  S.  C:  John  Graham, 
John  Island,  S.  C;  George  W.  Brodie,  Raleigh,  N.  C.;  George  A. 
Rue,  Newburn,  N.  C;  William  Stewart,  Florida. 

Then  we  had  less  than  thirteen  appointments  and  not  one  hundred 
members  in  these  four  states ;  not  one  foot  of  ground  or  board,  shing- 
les or  brick  in  all  this  goodly  land.  But  now — who  can  tell  ?  If 
Baalam  could  exclaim  as  he  stood  upon  the  high  ground  of  Mohab 
and  looked  at  Israel  so  beautifully  encamped  in  the  plains,  the  old 
prophet,  as  with  inspiration,  exclaimed:  "Who  can  count  the  dust 
of  Jacob  or  number  the  third  part  of  Israel." 

And,  may  I  not  conclude,  that  our  great  enumerator,  Bishop 
B.  W.  Arnett,  cannot  number  the  numbers  that  to-day  are  being 
moulded  and  prepared  and  led  on  to  grandeur  and  to  greatness  by 
Him  that  ruleth.    I  will  not  attempt  to  tell  the  numbers,  or  the  wealth 


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or  work  that  you  have  done  and  are  doing  in  lifting  up  the  race  up 
higher  still.  And  thus  this  handful  ol  grain  planted  here  by  Payne 
and  his  co-adjutors  in  1865  has  yielded  30-60  and  an  hundred  fold  in 
the  quarter  century  ended  to-day.  Who  can  tell  what  the  harvest  will 
be  when  the  full  round  of  one  hundred  years  has  come?  (1965). 

One  word  Mr.  Chairman  in  relation  to  that  great  and  good  man, 
Rt.  Rev.  D.  A.  Payne,  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C.  It  seems  to  us  that 
God  raised  him  up  for  a  special  purpose — the  work  of  educating  men 
for  the  christian  ministry :  truly  may  he  be  called  the  Apostle  of  an 
educated  ministry  in  the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  I  think  I  am  safe  in 
making  the  remark,  that  forty  years  of  his  life  has  been  given  to  this 
work,  and  that  he,  more  than  any  one  else,  has  done  more  to  give  an 
intellectual  and  scholastic  training  to  our  present  strong  and  progres- 
sive ministry. 

In  South  Carolina — John  Graham,  A.  T.  Carr,  John  Adams, 
Paul  Wind,  Saby  Green,  Abram  Smith. 

In  Georgia — Andrew  Brown,  Mack  Stewart,  Harry  Stubbs. 

In  North  Carolina — James  Galley,  James  Scull,  David  Jones. 

In  Virginia — Richard  Parker,  James  Tines,  David  Owens. 

In  Florida — Charles  H.  Pearce,  Robert  Mechem,  William  Brad- 
well,  William  Stewart. 

But  time  would  fail  me  to  tell  of  them  all. 

Men  of  work,  men  of  God,  men  that  stood  and  worked,  dared 
and  suffered  and  faltered  not,  but  accomplished  the  work  they  found 
to  do. 

The  history  of  the  church  is  the  aggregated  history  of  individuals  ; 
millions  of  men  live  and  die  like  the  flower  that  is  "  born  to  blush  un- 
seen," but  their  influence  is  not  like  "sweetness  wasted  on  the  desert 
air."  In  human  life  the  silent  forces  of  character  act  and  counteract 
upon  mankind,  as  in  the  physical  world,  so  in  church  work.  Every 
individual,  like  the  pebble  dropped  into  the  sea,  starts  a  ripple  that, 
though  lost  in  the  vastness  of  old  ocean  and  in  the  fierceness  of  surging 
billows,  never  stops  entirely,  but  rolls  ever  onward. 

So  with  these  men :  their  unwritten  history  of  sermons,  exhorta- 
tions, songs  and  prayer,  tears  and  smugglings ;  unnoticed  and  forgot- 
ten by  many,  will  be  stars  in  their  crowns  of  rejoicing  forever  and 
forever. 

The  old  blacksmith  shop  is  gone,  but  Six  and  Lombard  holds  the 
grandest  structure  among  the  three  thousand,  four  hundred  and  fifty- 
seven  churches  of  our  growing  connection ;  and  from  that  starting 
point,  influences  have  gone  out  that  are  belting  the  globe.  Thus,  the 
opening  of  Bethel  A.  M.  E.  by  Allen,  under  Asbury,  was  the  com- 
mencement of  a  work,  the  culmination  of  which  will  bring  (as  the  in- 
strument) millions  to  rejoicing  in  God  their  salvation. 

When  this  ship  was  launched,  officers  and  members,  all  told, 


FOUNDING  OF  THE  SOUTH  CAROLINA  CONFERENCE. 


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were  less  than  three  thousand  persons ;  to-day  our  communicants 
number  five  hundred  thousand ;  attendants  upon  our  ministration 
number  over  one  million ;  our  influence  is  being  felt  everywhere 
among  our  people. 

Bishop  and  members  of  the  Quarto-Centennial  Conference  of 
African  Methodism  in  the  South  Land  :  Much  has  been  acccomplished 
in  our  first  twenty-five  years  of  work  under  the  government  of  our 
blessed  Methodism.  Millions  of  property  has  been  accumulated  to 
the  race  ;  moral  and  intellectual  training  of  the  race,  worth  more  than 
rubies,  crown  the  labors  of  your  twenty-five  years  of  work.  And  now, 
sirs  :  Going  out  from  this  Conference,  looking  ahead,  along  the  lines 
of  our  coming  semi-centennial,  1915,  you  nor  I  may  not  be  present, 
but  the  bishops,  elders-  and  licentiates,  with  the  church  increased  an 
hundred  fold,  wTill  celebrate  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  introduction 
of  African  Methodism  in  this  beautiful  South  Land. 


THE  FOUNDING-  OF  THE  SOUTH  CAKOLINA  CONFEKENOE  OF 
THE  A.  M.  E.  OHUEOH  IN  1865. 


REV.   JAMES  H.    A.   JOHNSON,    D.  D. 

The  transpiration  of  great  events  is  something  to  be  held  as  mem- 
orable in  the  annals  of  history.  That  which  is  done  to'better  the  con- 
dition of  society  in  a  spiritual  sense  is  worthy  of  the  highest  degree  of 
commendation. 

The  organization  of  churches,  the  founding  of  ecclesiastical  sys- 
tems of  government,  and  the  opening  of  new  fields  of  labor  that  the 
light  of  salvation  may  be  made  to  flow  into  the  souls  of  men,  are  events 
of  the  greatest  moment  in  the  course  of  ages.  No  centennial  period, 
nor  semi-centennial,  nor  quarto-centennial  should  be  permitted  to 
come  and  go  without  a  striking  of  harp-strings,  a  blowing  of  trumpets 
and  a  raising  of  voices  in  celebration  of  such  events.  It  is  mete  and 
right  to  bring  the  participants  in  such  events  from  every  part  of  a 
land  that  they  may  offer  praises. 

It  is  for  this  reason  that  many  have  been  called  hither  ward  to-dav. 
Twenty-five  years  ago  a  little  deed  was  done  that  has  been  the  cause 
of  a  growth  of  wonderful  proportions.  In  1865  (April)  Bishop  Daniel 
A.  Payne  began  to  lay  his  hands  on  such  men  in  the  Baltimore  An- 
nual Conference  as  he  desired  to  go  with  him  into  the  far  South  for 
the  purpose  of  opening  up  a  highway  for  the  African  Methodist  Church. 
In  doing  this,  he  brought  into  his  service  the  well  known  churchman, 


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James  A.  Handy,  regularly  ordained  elder,  and  your  humble  servant, 
an  accepted  licentiate  in  the  Baltimore  Conference.  In  obedience  to 
the  Bishop's  transfer  and  command,  I  began  to  make  preparation  to 
lay  down  an  established  business  that  I  might  leave  the  city  of 
Baltimore  for  the  South.  On  Friday,  May  5,  1865,  entering  a  hack 
with  my  sick  wife  and  youngest  brother,  I  went  to  the  President  street 
depot,  Baltimore,  got  my  ticket  and  stepped  on  a  train.  I  bade  adieu 
to  wife  and  brother,  and  at  8. 25  a.  m.  started  for  the  city  of  New  York. 
Rev.  James  A.  Handy  was  in  company  with  me.  At  7  p.  m.  we  ar- 
rived in  New  York  City. 

It  was  a  greater  undertaking  to  travel  two  hundred  miles  at  that 
time  than  it  is  to-day.  It  took  us  ten  hours  and  thirty-five  minutes  to 
make  a  journey  then  that  is  made  now  within  five  hours.  When  we 
arrived  in  New  York  we  were  received  by  that  good  man,  Rev.  R.  P. 
Gibbs,  and  were  soon  in  company  with  Bishop  D.  A.  Payne  and  licen- 
tiate T.  G.  Steward.  It  was  not  long  before  I  discovered  that  Brother 
Stewart  was  my  superior  in  learning  and  education,  as  he  is  to  this 
day.  He  was  also  one  of  the  chosen  ones  to  participate  in  founding 
the  great  Southern  A.  M.  E.  work. 

We  spent  Saturday  and  Sunday  in  New  York,  and  in  this  city  on 
Sunday,  May  7,  I  preached  my  first  sermon  as  an  itinerant  preacher 
in  the  A.  M.  E.  Sullivan  street  Church.  The  text  was;  "And  God 
blessed  the  seventh  day  and  sanctified  it;  because  that  in  it  he  had  rested 
from  all  his  work  which  God  created  and  made.'" — Gen.  xi,  3. 

On  Monday,  May  8,  we  went  to  the  American  Missionary. 
Bishop  Payne  went  with  us  and  had  certificates  prepared  to  enable  us 
to  work  in  the 'sight  of  the  military  authorities  who  were  then  control- 
ling every  part  of  the  destined  field  of  labor.  Thus  commissioned  by 
the  energetic  workings  of  Bishop  Payne,  in  rain  and  storm  we  went, 
on  Tuesday,  May  the  9th,  to  Pier  37,  New  York,  and  embarked  on 
the  steamer  Arago  for  Hilton  Plead  and  Charleston.  Not  being  used 
to  any  such  experience,  it  is  now  admitted  that  I  was  right  down 
scared  and  considerably  agitated.  I  started  out  sick  and  was  sick 
from  Tuesday  until  Thursday  ;  but  was  encouraged  by  a  knowledge 
of  the  fact  that  we  were  on  a  mission  for  the  Lord.  I  was  not  able  to 
eat  any  more  than  two  meals  in  three  days,  and  as  twelve  dollars  had 
to  be  paid  for  three  days  meals  in  advance,  those  two  meals  cost  six 
dollars  a  piece,  and  have  been  tasting  like  green  backs  ever  since. 

We  arrived  at  Hilton  Head  eighteen  minutes  past  three,  Friday 
afternoon,  May  12,  1865. 

Rev.  James  Lynch,  our  forerunner  and  our  able  missionary  in  the 
Department,  met  us  and  conducted  us  to  the  Military  Headquarters 
that  we  might  have  our  passes  put  in  order.  This  being  done  we  went 
and  paid  our  respects  to  Brigadier-General  Littlefield,  and  then  went 
to  Mitchellville,  the  colored  settlement  on  Hilton  Head,  named  I  be- 


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lieve,  after  General  Mitchell.  This  settlement  was  controlled  by  an 
uneducated  distinguished  colored  individual  known  as  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Murchison,  Judge,  Mayor  and  Medical  Doctor. 

When  night  came  on,  we  returned  to  the  white  people's  settle- 
ment, called  Hilton  Head,  the  name  of  the  island,  and  embarked  for 
the  bombarded  city  of  Charleston.  We  went  to  the  pier,  I  think, 
about  10  o'elock  and  went  aboard  of  a  little  steamer  named  W.  W.  Coit; 
on  this  we  heard  the  banjo  sounding  and  colored  jig-dancers  dancing. 

We  1  ft  the  pier  about  n  o'clock  and  sailed  all  night.  When 
twilight  began  to  dawn  on  Saturday,  May  13,  the  beauties  of  Charles- 
ton harbor  appeared  to  view.  When  daylight  had  fully  dawned,  the 
ruins  of  Sumpter  and  Moultrie  were  conspicuous  whilst  the  famous 
battery  could  be  seen  extending  along  the  water's  edge.  At  7  o'clock 
we  landed  at  the  lonesome  wharf. 

Bishop  Payne  put  himself  at  the  head  of  his  companions  and  led 
them  up  through  the  city.  Charleston  was  then  in  a  forlorn  condi- 
tion. The  streets  were  growing  grass,  and  pastures  were  forming  in 
the  foundations  of  demolished  houses.  There  was  no  necessity  for 
cows  to  betake  themselves  to  the  meadows.  The  band  of  organizers 
proceeded  through  the  city  to  the  locality  where  the  hospitality  of  the 
people  awaited  them.  There  they  prepared  for  the  inauguration  of 
the  great  work  that  was  before  them:  and  there  Western  Howard, 
Sasportas  and  others  did  their  best  to  make  the  advent  of  their  clerical 
visitors  memorable  and  pleasant. 

One  of  the  first  steps  taken  for  a  consummation  of  the  work,  was 
the  holding  of  a  Quarterly  Conference  on  Saturday  night. 

Rev.  James  Lynch  busied  himself  in  making  preparations  and  all 
necessary  arrangements  for  the  organization  of  the  Annual  Conference, 
and  held  the  Quarterly  Conference  to  give  more  success  in  the  organi- 
zation. The  interest  in  this  direction  was  increased  on  Sunday, 
May  14,  by  devotional  exercises  held  in  Zion  Church.  Bishop  Payne 
at  these  services  preached  from  Philippians  ii,  5,  lt  Let  this  mind  be 
in  you  which  was  in  Christ  Jesus."' 

The  deepest  interest  was  taken  in  the  services  and  the  people 
seemed  to  regard  them  as  the  most  important  events  of  their  lives  and 
were  anxious  for  the  succeeding  ones. 

Monday,  May  15,  came  to  satisfy  them.  On  this  day  Bishop 
Payne  and  his  ministerial  aids  assembled  in  Zion  Church,  the  spacious 
and  well  known  building  of  the  Presbyterian  denomination.  The 
Bishop  took  the  chair,  called  the  house  to  order  and  conducted 
religious  exercises.  Afterward  a  motion  was  made  for  a  secretary, 
committees  were  appointed  and  the  South  Carolina  Conference  was 
organized,  composed  of  Bishop  Daniel  A.  Payne  :  Elders  James 
Lynch  and  James  A.  Handy ;  Licentiates  Theophilus  G.  Steward  and 
James  H.  A.  Johnson.    Charles  L.  Bradwell,  Richard  Vanderhost 


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and  others  were  then  admitted.  This  incipient  organization  starting 
under  such  favorable  circumstances,  directed  by  a  native-born  South 
Carolinian  in  the  person  of  Bishop  Payne,  backed  up  by  the  American 
Missionary  Society  and  the  United  States  Government,  attracted  the 
attention  of  prominent  men  who  were  in  the  Military  Department 
doing  good  work. 

Mr.  James  Redpath,  one  of  Old  John  Brown's  right  hand  men, 
and  Rev.  Timothy  Lewis,  a  missionary  worker  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  appeared  at  this  session  and  delivered  addresses. 

Mr.  Redpath  took  much  interest  in  the  success  of  the  organiza- 
tion whilst  Rev.  Mr.  Lewis  was  working  as  a  counteracting  influence. 
This  session  of  the  morning  closed  after  substantial  business  had  been 
done ;  and  then  there  was  with  the  people  and  minister  a  great  shak- 
ing of  hands  over  this  great  movement  that  made  the  Son  of  Righteous- 
ness more  refulgent  in  their  eyes.  This  enthusiasm  was  increased  in 
the  afternoon  when  Conference  reassembled  and  Rev.  James  A.  Handy 
preached  unto  the  people.  Deacon's  orders  were  voted  to  Theophilus 
G.  Steward  and  James  H.  A.  Johnson. 

The  second  day's  session,  Tuesday,  May  16,  was  burdened  with 
important  transactions.  Applicants  were  examined  for  admission  (I 
had  the  honor  of  being  a  member  of  the  committee).  T.  G.  Steward 
and  I  were  examined  for  the  Deacon's  orders  voted  to  us,  and  Rev. 
J.  A.  Handy  presented  us  also  for  election  to  Elder's  orders.  The 
demands  of  the  times  were  for  rapid  progress.  The  whole  field  was  a 
missionary  one — the  harvest  was  ripe  and  the  laborers  were  but  few. 
There  was  no  time  for  experiments,  or  for  the  observance  of  the  tech- 
nical forms  of  law.  The  delicate  work  to  be  performed  could  not  be 
enti  usted  to  disqualified  hands  or  restricted  licentiates. 

Necessity  peremptorily  commanded  the  Bishop  to  say :  "Take 
thou  authority  to  execute  the  office  of  a  deacon  in  the  church  of  God, 
in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Amen."  But  it  was  conceded  that  by  the  nature  of  the  case  this  alone 
was  not  sufficient.  The  relentless  rule  of  slavery  had  trampled  down 
the  matrimonial  ties  and  kept  away  the  sacred  blood  of  Jesus  from  the 
lips  of  humble  subjects.  Wrongs  had  to  be  righted,  shattered  columns 
had  to  be  reconstructed  and  the  church  had  to  be  built  up  for  the  good 
of  society.     Hence  the  Conference  said  : 

"  Let  the  Bishop  and  Elders  lay  their  hands  on  the  heads  of  those 
who  have  not  been  thus  consecrated,  and  let  the  Bishop  say:  'The 
Lord  pour  upon  thee  the  Holy  Ghost  for  the  office  and  work  of  an 
Elder  in  the  Church  of  God  now  committed  unto  thee  by  the  imposition 
of  our  hands.  And  be  thou  a  faithful  dispenser  of  the  word  of  God, 
and  of  His  holy  sacraments  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son, 
and  of  the  Holy  Ghost.     Amen.'  " 

And  so  the  time  was  appointed  for  such  an  edict  to  be  obeyed. 


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Rev.  R.  H.  Cain,  at  the  conclusion  of  this  hour,  preached  the  word 
of  God  and  the  people  went  away  with  the  benediction. 

When  Conference  reassembled  on  the  third  day,  Wednesday, 
May  17,  it  went  to  work  on  the  subject  of  Temperance.  Your  hum- 
ble servant  had  the  pleasure  of  writing  the  report  and  submitting  it. 
He  subsequently,  according  to  the  desire  of  the  Bishop,  made  some 
remarks  upon  it,  and  also  received  instruction  from  the  Bishop  con- 
cerning the  duties  to  be  performed  in  the  ministry.  Being  appointed 
to  preach  in  the  afternoon,  I  took  the  following  text :  Repe?it  for  the 
kingdom  of  heaven  is  at  hand.     Matt,  iv,  17. 

On  the  fourth  day  of  the  Conference,  Thursday,  May  18,  the 
temperance  report  was  further  discussed,  and  in  the  afternoon 
Theophilus  G.  Steward  and  James  H.  A.  Johnson  were  ordained  to 
the  diaconate. 

Whilst  the  Conference  sessons  were  being  held  that  distinguished 
individual,  Major  Martin  R.  Delany  of  the  United  States  Army,  ap- 
peared and  made  a  commotion. 

On  Friday,  May  19,  the  fifth  day  of  the  Conference  session,  in 
the  afternoon,  he  appeared  and  lectured  before  the  body  on  The  Unity 
of  the  Races.  Being  a  colored  man  of  a  marked  type,  he  was  an  un- 
compromising advocate  of  his  people's  rights,  and  a  persistent  student 
of  ethnological  science.  His  address  made  a  pleasant  closing  up  of 
the  arduous  conference  labors  of  the  week. 

On  Saturday,  May  20,  there  was  freedom  pro  tempore  from  busi- 
ness obligations ;  and  so  some  went  to  one  place  and  some  went  to 
another.  Rev.  R.  Vanderhost  in  his  wagon  took  some  out  to  see  the 
city  of  Charleston.  The  mam  body  of  members,  though,  went  in  the 
evening  to  a  sumptuous  repast  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Samuel  Weston. 
The  kind  treatment  of  that  evening  forms  a  part  of  our  history.  It 
was  proved  unto  all  in  attendance  that  the  bombs  of  Gilmore  and  the 
shot  and  shell  of  Sherman  had  not  destroyed  all  the  hospitality  of 
Charleston. 

The  cessation  from  labor,  and  the  pleasantries  of  this  day  put  the 
minds  of  the  members  in  a  good  frame  for  the  dawn  of  the  Sabbath, 
May  2i,  the  seventh  day  of  the  Conference  session.  All  the  living 
people  and  ministers  of  that  time  will  bear  testimony  that  that  was  a 
great  day  and  all  hearts  were  aglow. 

The  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  by  its  new  Conference 
organization- — an  accomplished  fact — had  made  an  inerasable  impres- 
sion and  had  moulded  the  minds  of  the  people  for  the  solemn  Sabbath 
services.  There  was  a  great  gathering  of  people  early  in  the  morning 
at  Zion  Church  to  form  the  Conference  Lovefeast.  It  proved  to  be 
more  than  a  "  feast  of  reason  and  a  flow  of  soul.  "'  It  was  a  feast  of 
'•marrow  and  fat  things,"  a  flow  of  grace  from  "cloven  tongues  of 


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fire."  Many  were  the  shouts  of  praises  and  happy  were  the  Confer- 
ence members. 

If  any  of  that  day  and  generation  had  ever  sang  in  former  times, 
"  There'll  be  Lovefeast  in  Charleston  bye  and  bye," 

their  brightest  anticipations  were  realized  on  that  great  day. 

Succeeding  events  all  combined,  morning,  noon  and  evening, 
made  that  day  inexpressibly  glorious.  Bishop  Payne  preached  at  the 
1 1  o'clock  services.  His  text  from  the  33d  chapter  of  Deuteronomy, 
8th,  9th  and  10th  verses,  was  as  follows: 

' '  And  of  Levi  he  said,  Let  thy  Thummim  and  thy  Urim  be  with 
thy  holy  one,  whom  thou  didst  prove  at  Massah,  and  with  whom  thou 
didst  strive  at  the  waters  of  Meribah ; 

Who  said  unto  his  father  and  to  his  mother,  I  have  not  seen  him ; 
neither  did  he  acknowledge  his  brethren,  nor  knew  his  own  children  : 
for  they  have  observed  thy  word,  and  kept  thy  covenant. 

They  shall  teach  Jacob  thy  Judgments,  and  Israel  thy  law  :  they 
shall  put  incense  before  thee,  and  whole  burnt  sacrifices  upon  thine 
altar." 

The  sermon  on  this  text  was  preached  in  Trinity  Church  on  Hazel 
Street,  and  after  it  the  Bishop,  assisted  by  Rev.  James  A.  Handy  and 
Rev.  James  Lynch,  ordained  to  the  Eldership,  Deacon  T.  G.  Steward 
and  Deacon  James  H.  A.  Johnson. 

Next  to  the  intense  interest  of  this  memorable  day  came  the 
closing  scenes  of  the  Conference  session.  Monday,  May  22,  was  the 
eighth  and  last  day.  Business  was  finished  up  and  the  appointments 
were  announced.  T.  G.  Steward  was  sent  to  Beaufort  and  James 
H.  A.  Johnson  to  Mitchellvilie,  Hilton  Head.  The  appointments, 
although  hard,  were  cheerfully  received  for  the  further  advancement 
of  the  work. 

A  notable  feature  in  the  closing  events  of  the  day  was  a  fine 
dinner  given  by  Mr.  Howard,  on  Anson  street.  The  historic  signifi- 
cance of  this  compliment  was  in  the  fact  that  the  table  was  set  in  a 
hall  that  had  been  once  occupied  by  Bishop  Payne  as  his  school  room. 
This  was  something  of  great  interest  to  all  concerned,  and  was  signally 
appreciated  by  them.  The  closing  event  of  this  day  was  at  the 
house  of  Mr.  J.  Wilson,  on  Nassau  street.  The  members  of  Confer- 
ence took  tea  with  him  in  the  evening. 

The  time  was  now  at  hand  for  the  founders  of  the  Conference  to 
take  their  departure.  They  had  completed  their  work,  laid  the  foun- 
eation  deep,  wide  and  strong,  so  that  others  could  build  upon  it  and 
extend  the  work  in  every  direction.  And  so  the  time  was  appointed 
to  leave  this  field  of  great  accomplishments.  It  was  to  be  on  Wednes- 
day, May  24.  When  this  day  came  some  unavoidable  cause 
prevented  the  Bishop  and  his  companions  from  leaving  the  city  ;  it 


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was  then  decided  that  they  should  leave  at  4  p.  m.  on  Thursday. 
May  25.  At  this  time  all  were  ready  and  started  for  the  pier  to  take 
passage  for  Hilton  Head.  When  they  got  to  the  pier  they  found 
nothing  but  a  little  insignificant  propeller  called  The  Loyalist,  that  was 
not  suitable  for  either  river  or  sea.  And  then  the  wind  was  blowing 
a  perfect  gale.  But  aboard  this  frail  craft  we  had  to  go  ;  and  so 
Bishop  Payne,  Lynch,  Handy.  Steward  and  I  passed  down  the  gang- 
way on  to  the  contracted  deck.  There  we  awaited  the  signal  for  the 
casting  loose  of  hawsers  ;  after-  some  delay  it  was  given  and  we  moved 
out  towards  the  Atlantic.  The  trip  we  were  to  make  required  only 
seven  or  eight  hours  :  but  as  we  progressed  and  night  came  on.  the 
blowing  gale  turned  into  a  raging  storm.  The  wind  howled.  With 
the  down-pouring  rain  and  billows  rolling  high,  it  was  a  fearful  storm. 
In  it  that  frail  craft,  groaning  and  creaking,  careering  and  trembling, 
was  beaten  about  by  that  angry,  surging  sea.  from  evening  until  morn- 
ing, and  until  almost  every  heart  had  given  up  in  dispair.  It  seemed 
that  nothing  but  a  total  wreck  and  a  watery  grave  was  to  be  the  end. 
I  said  to  Bishop  Payne  whilst  he  was  lying  on  some  freight.  ,;  Bishop, 
do  you  think  there  is  any  danger?"  He  calmly  replied,  "  Nothing 
but  God  can  save  us."  We  all  then  silently  prayed  and  waited  for 
the  result. 

We  should  have  been  at  the  landing  about  11  o'clock  on  Thurs- 
day night,  but  Friday  morning,  May  26,  dawned  and  found  us  still 
being  tossed  about  in  that  raging  storm  ;  and  we  continued  to  be  until 
the  morning  was  pretty  well  spent. 

Finally  an  abatement  came  and  we  were  able  to  make  headway 
towards  land.  As  we  were  doing  sc  a  steamer  hove  in  sight  and  we 
found  it  to  be  one  that  had  left  Hilton  Head  to  see  what  had  become 
of  us.  Without  her  assistance  The  Loyalist  made  port  at  3  o'clock  on 
Friday  afternoon.  When  we  landed  we  felt  as  though  we  had  escaped 
from  the  jaws  of  death,  and  that  God  himself  had  saved  us. 

On  reaching  this  destination,  the  Bishop  and  ail  of  us  began  to 
make  practically  effective  the  work  at  Charleston.  The  Bishop  turned 
his  attention  to  Savannah,  Ga.:  Stewart  his  to  Beaufort.  S.  C,  and  I 
mine  to  Mitchellville,  Hilton  Head.  A  great  amount  of  work  was  to 
be  done,  especially  on  the  islands. 

The  Sacramental  Ceremony,  by  slavery  made  so  strange  to  the 
people,  had  to  be  taught  them  as  you  would  teach  a  lesson  to  a  little 
child.  They  knew  not  how  to  take  the  bread  :  and  so  wide  opened 
their  mouths  that  the  bread  might  be  dropped  into  them.  The  domes- 
tic relationship  was  so  debasing  by  an  ignorance  of  connubial  rites, 
that  some  remedy  had  to  be  supplied  for  it.  Those  who  had  been  for 
a  long  time  living  together  as  man  and  woman  were  joined  together  as 
husband  and  wife. 

Funerals  had  to  be  regulated  to  be  characterized  with  that  solem- 


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nity  due  them.  It  was  sad  to  see  coffins  nailed  up  with  hammers  and 
put  into  carts  for  mourners  to  be  sitting  on  them,  whilst  others  would 
be  following  on  in  huddles,  and  women  among  them  would  have  their 
sleeves  rolled  up  to  their  elbows. 

The  people  had  to  be  trained  to  sing  as  they  sing  in  Charleston 
to-day ;  for  then  they  sang  any  kind  of  a  composition  that  came  into 
their  minds,  such  as 

"  Come  my  Fader  Handy,  come  and  go  along  wid  me, 
Come  my  Fader  Johnson,  come  and  go  along  wid  me," 
and  so  on. 

Society  among  the  colored  people  at  that  time  needed  as  much 
reconstruction  as  did  the  political  machinery  of  the  whole  South.  The 
movement  that  was  made  urider  the  illistrious  Bishop,  Daniel  A.  Payne, 
was  made  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  on  this  reconstruction.  It  was 
designed  to  bring  up  South  Carolina,  Georgia,  Florida  and  all,  like 
phenixes  from  the  smouldering  ruins  of  slavery.  The  founders  there- 
fore went  to  work  immediately  after  the  adjournment  of  the  first  South 
Carolina  Conference.  They  went  to  different  places  to  give  encourage- 
ment by  their  presence. 

I,  with  Steward,  on  Friday,  June  2,  1865,  took  passage  on  the 
steamer  Nelly  Baker  and  went  to  Beaufort  and  spent  the  night  with 
him  and  with  Dr.  A.  T.  Augusta,  who  is  now  a  practicing  physician 
in  the  city  of  Washington,  D.  C.  I  took  the  same  steamer  on  Satur- 
day, June  3,  and  returned  to  Hilton  Head  and  met  Bishop  Payne, 
James  A.  Handy  and  Charles  L.  Bradwell  who  had  just  returned  from 
Savannah.  This  meeting  at  Hilton  Head  was  for  the  purpose  of 
having  a  glorious  service  on  Sunday,  June. 4. 

When  this  day  came  Bishop  Payne  preached  in  the  morning,  ad- 
ministered the  Sacrament  and  had  me  engaged  in  it  for  the  first  time 
in  my  life.  He  baptized  children  and  married  two  persons.  Rev. 
James  A.  Handy  officiated  in  the  afternoon. 

The  Bishop  being  desirious  of  utilizing  all  the  time  at  his  com- 
mand and  of  acquainting  himself  with  the  methods  adopted  for  the 
promotion  of  public  interests,  secured  an  ambulance  from  the  head- 
quarters of  General  Littlefield  to  go  to  Seabrook,  on  the  island,  on 
Monday  June  5,  and  so  at  this  time  we  all  went  and  visited  the  schools 
to  see  how  the  educational  work  was  being  carried  on  by  the  white 
teachers  from  the  North  under  the  superintendency  of  Mr.  Strieby,  of 
New  York.  We  made  a  full  observation  and  then  returned  to 
Mitchellville.  After  this  I  was  left  alone;  but  on  Sunday,  June  18. 
the  Bishop  and  Elder  Handy  returned  from  Charleston  with  the  inten- 
tion of  taking  the  steamer  to  New  York.  They  were  disappointed  in 
this  and  had  to  remain  thereiore  at  Mitchellville.  This  being  the  case 
the  Bishop  at  once  decided  to  make  the  prolonged  time  still  more 
effectual  for  the  good  work.    He  saw  a  chance  of  increasing  the  effi- 


FOUNDING  OF  THE  SOUTH  CAROLINA  CONFERENCE. 


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ciency  of  the  ministerial  ranks,  and  said  to  me  on  Friday,  June  23, 
whilst  I  was  writing  a  letter,  "I  wart  you  to  go  to  Savannah,  Ga., 
and  bring  William  Gaines  to  Hilton  Head  that  I  may  ordain  him  to 
the  diaconate."  In  obedience  to  orders,  then.  I  went  to  the  wharf  in 
a  hard  storm  and  found  the  water  very  rough.  The  steamer  Resolute 
was  lying  at  the  high  pier  receiving  passengers.  She  kept  on  bouncing 
up  and  down  at  such  a  lively  rate  that  I  passed  up  the  narrow  gang- 
way and  got  aboard  at  considerable  risk.  I  arrived  at  Savannah  at 
half  past  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  and  went  to  Bro.  Bradwell's 
house,  and  then  to  Mrs.  Polly  Boyd's  where  Rev.  A.  L.  Stanford  was 
stopping.  It  was  necessary  for  me  to  go  that  night  to  Elder  Stan- 
ford's church,  and  this  I  did,  as  the  night  was  dark  and  the  town  was 
without  lights,  by  plunging  through  water  and  mud  to  do  it.  I  was 
paid  by  finding  the  object  of  my  visit  in  the  person  of  William  Gaines. 
He  and  I  left  Savannah  on  Saturday,  June  24,  on  the  steamer  Emily, 
bound  for  Hilton  Head.  We  arrived  there  in  a  storm.  The  ordina- 
tion services  were  to  be  held  in  my  church  on  Sunday,  June  25,  1865. 

When  the. time  had  come  and  the  people  in  the  morning  had  con- 
vened, Bishop  Payne  preached  the  ordination  sermon  and  afterward 
assisted  by  me  and  Elder  Handy  ordained  Mr.  Gaines  to  the  deacon- 
ate.  This  was  the  last  notable  deed  done  at  that  time  by  those  who 
had  gone  down  to  found  the  South  Carolina  Conference. 

It  was  the  finishing  touch  of  their  work,  and  so  Bishop  Payne 
and  Rev.  J.  A.  Handy  went  on  Monday,  June  26,  to  Hilton  Head 
and  departed  on  the  steamer  Fulton  for  the  city  of  New  York.  Sick 
almost  unto  death  I  remained  at  my  post. 

On  Sunday,  July  9,  the  steamer  Fulton  again  arrived  and  brought 
among  her  passengers  R'ev.  R.  H.  Cain  and  his  wife.  Up  to  this 
time  I  had  grown  to  be  exceedingly  ill.  I  went  to  church  on  this 
Sunday,  but  at  the  concluson  of  the  services  was  to  sick  to  leave  the 
building.  Two  benches  were  put  together  as  a  bed  for  me  and  then 
Elder  Cain  attended  to  me  with  a  marked  degree  of  brotherly  kindness 
and  advised  me  to  get  home  as  soon  as  possible.  At  the  first  oppor- 
tunity I  left  for  New  York ;  arrived  in  Baltimore  suffering  from  a  vio- 
lent attack  of  the  jaundice,  remained  in  a  critical  condition  for  some 
time,  and  experienced  the  effects  of  it  for  near  three  years.  This  was 
the  end  of  my  service  in  the  state  of  South  Carolina. 

Rev.  James  A.  Handy,  stationed  nearer  home,  fought  the  battle 
through,  although  he,  too,  a  goodly  part  of  his  time  was  exceedingly 
sick.  It  seemed  at  one  time  that  he  never  would  be  restored  to  health. 
He  came  out,  though,  more  than  victorious  and  afterwards  did  much 
more  in  forwarding  on  the  Southern  work.  He  has  been  self-sacrific- 
ing, energetic  and  indispensable.  He  has  hewed  his  way  up  to  his 
present  position,  and  is  known  as  James  A.  Handy,  D.  I).  Honor 
be  unto  him ! 


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Rev.  Theophilus  G.  Steward  was  by  kind  providence  permitted 
to  remain  in  his  field  of  labor.  He  married  a  Charleston  lady, 
pioneered  his  way,  organized  societies  and  built  churches  until  he 
made  himself  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  of  the  founders  of  this 
Southern  work.  He  has  futhermore  made  himself  distinguished  in 
the  literary  world. 

Rev.  James  Lynch,  the  leading  pioneer  in  this  work,  after  the 
Conference  adjourned,  concluded  that  he  would  see  what  were  the 
prospects  for  the  church  in  the  interior  of  the  South.  And  so  disguis- 
ing himself  as  a  contraband,  he  pushed  his  way  through  Georgia,  al- 
though the  whole  country  was  excited  by  the  pursuit  and  capture  of 
Mr.  Jefferson  Davis.  It  was  some  time  before  he  was  heard  from ; 
and  it  was  thought  that  he  had  come  to  an  untimely  end,  but  he  per- 
formed his  daring  feat  and  finally  came  to  the  North  "right  side  up 
with  care."  He  left  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  though  and  died  Secretary 
of  the  state  of  Mississippi. 

Bishop  Daniel  A.  Payne  has  traveled  from  conference  to  confer- 
ence since  the  work  has  extended  from  the  organization  at  Charleston, 
and  now  he  lives  a  ripe  octogenarian  to  look  in  satisfaction  on  it.  His 
character  is  that  in  which  should  be  the  delight  of  all  South  Caro- 
linians. And  now  let  me  say,  here  we  have  before  us  all  of  those 
who  pioneered  an  ecclesiastical  movement  that  has  grown  to  propor- 
tions beyond  the  accurate  preconception  of  mortal  man.  It  has  grown 
and  will  continue  to  grow  until  it  shall  fully  develope  the  moral  beauty 
of  the  Negro  in  the  South.  It  shall  grow  until  this  fair  region  is  cau- 
terized and  christianized  to  be  free  from  all  the  ungodly  differences  ex- 
isting by  complexions.  It  shall  grow  until  all  outrageous  proceedings 
shall  be  overcome,  and  communities  of  every  state  shall  realize  that 
God  formed  this  organization  to  make  all  men — white  and  black,  rich 
and  poor  in  the  South,  better  by  its  existence.  Then  let  this  flag  of 
religious  freedom  remain  nailed. to  the  mast-head  until  the  love  of  God 
in  every  heart,  and  good  will  to  all  men,  shall  be  the  ruling  spirit  of 
the  South. 


NOW  AO  THEN." 


REV.   T.    G.   STEWARD,   D.  D. 

My  Brethren  in  the  Ministry,  and  Dear  Sisters  and  Brethren  of  the  State 
of  Georgia: 

As  I  stand  in  your  midst  to-day,  my  mind  goes  back  to  the  15th 
of  May,  1865,  twenty-five  years  ago,  and  I  see  again  the  South  Caro- 
lina Conference,  the  mother  of  us  all  in  these  South  Atlantic  and  Gulf 


*Rev.  T.  G.  Steward  was  prevented  from  attending  the  meeting  on  account  of  sickness. 
We  give  the  address  prepared  for  Georgia. 


NOW  AND  THEN. 


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States,  opening  and  organizing  in  the  city  of  Charleston.  The  meet- 
ing takes  place  in  what  is  known  as  the  Zion  Presbyterian  Church,  a 
large  brick  structure  of  rather  awkward  appearance.  The  venerable 
Bishop  Payne  presides,  and  Revs.  James  A.  Handy  and  James  Lynch 
are  chosen  secretaries.  The  crowd  of  spectators  is  large,  including 
many  prominent  military  officers. 

The  following  brethren,  transferred  from  other  conferences,  com- 
posed the  new  Conference,  to-wit :  A.  L.  Stanford  and  T.  G. 
Steward,  from  the  Philadelphia  Conference;  Geo.  W.  Brodie,  from 
the  British  M,  E.  Church ;  George  A.  Rue,  from  the  New  England 
Conference;  and  R.  H.  Cain,  from  the  New  York  Conference;  and 
James  A.  Handy  and  James  H.  A.  Johnson,  from  the  Baltimore  Con- 
ference. 

Of  these  only  J.  A.  Handy,  J.  H.  A.  Johnson  and  T.  G.  Steward 
were  present.  It  must  be  remarked  here,  that  the  first  regularly  com- 
missioned missionaries  to  the  Freedmen  of  the  South,  as  they  were 
then  termed,  were  Rev.  J.  D.  S.  Hall  and  James  Lynch,  and  it  was 
through  the  labors  of  Brother  Lynch,  that  the  South  Carolina  Confer- 
ence was  brought  into  being.  Brother  Lynch  was  there  with  his  clear 
black  eye,  his  massive  forehead,  his  hair  black  as  the  raven's  wing, 
and  his  tongue  oiled  with  that  sweet,  almost  matchless  eloquence  that 
charmed  and  delighted  us  all.  Rev.  James  Lynch  was,  by  far,  the 
most  prominent  figure  of  that  Conference.  He  was,  indeed,  the  cen- 
ter about  which  it  turned,  and  the  sun  giving  it  light. 

We  must  also  include  m  the  preparatory  work,  the  quiet  impres- 
sive visit  of  Bishop  Way  man,  and  the  late  Rev.  Elisha  Weaver,  father 
of  the  Christian  Recorder.  Bishop  Wayman  describes  their  arrival  in 
Savannah,  as  follows  : 

"Next  morning  we  reached  Savannah.  Then  we  started  out  to 
look  for  our  friend,  Rev.  James  Lynch,  but  before  doing  so,  we  re- 
ported to  the  Provost  Marshal. 

' '  After  walking  some  few  squares  looking  at  the  destruction  pro- 
duced by  Sherman's  men,  we  came  to  the  house  of  a  good  christian 
Baptist  minister,  who  took  us  in  and  gave  us  a  good  breakfast.  We 
then  went  on  our  way,  and  soon  were  at  the  house  of  Rev.  Charles  L. 
Bradwell,  and  there  we  .found  Rev.  James  Lynch.  We  spent  a  few 
days  in  Savannah,  visiting  the  families,  and  also  went  out  to  see  some 
of  the  colored  regiments  stationed  there." 

From  Savannah  they  went  to  Hilton  Head,  and  thence  to  Charles- 
ton, and  in  this  same  old  Zion  Presbyterian  Church,  where  the  first 
Conference  we  are  describing  assembled,  on  the  26th  of  March  pre- 
ceeding  the  Conference  session,  Bishop  Wayman  preached  his  famous 
sermon  from  the  text,  "  I  seek  my  brethren." 

To  return  to  the  Conference.  The  seven  men  who  composed 
this  Conference,  had  been  selected  to  inaugurate  this  movement  by 

E 


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Bishop  Payne,  and  selected  with  great  care.  Whether  the  selection 
had  been  well  made  or  not,  the  experiences  of  the  quarter  of  a  century 
just  closed,  must  furnish  the  answer.  It  may  be  safely  remarked, 
however,  that  both  the  men  in  their  subsequent  lives,  as  well  as  the 
work  developed  from  that  small  beginning,  have  fully  justified  the 
timeliness  of  Bishop  Payne's  great  movement.  Rev.  Geo.  A.  Rue, 
the  sweet  and  inspiring  singer,  soon  passed  to  his  rest.  Rev.  James 
Lynch  became  editor  of  our  only  church  organ,  left  us  honorably, 
united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  subsequently  closed 
a  useful  career;  Rev.  A.  L.  Stamford,  the  able  and  dashing  man  of 
both  nerve  and  genius,  after  pursuing  an  erratic  course,  died  in  Africa. 
Profound  in  genius,  earnest  and  zealous,  we  pay  a  tribute  to  his  mem- 
ory, and  drop  a  tear  over  his  great  mistakes.  He  once  stood  at  the 
head  of  our  Publishing  interests.  Rev.  James  A.  Handy  is  our  present 
efficient  and  acceptable  Secretary  ;  Rev.  J.  H.  A.  Johnson,  long  since 
honored  with  the  title  of  Doctor  of  Divinity,  has  occupied  many  places 
of  importance  in  the  church,  while  his  name  is  known  to  stand  for 
sterling  integrity,  fervent  piety  and  careful  scholarship;  and  your 
present  speaker  bows  his  head  before  you  in  grateful  recognition  of 
marks  of  honor  received  from  the  church  of  his  choice  and  of  his  life. 

To  these  seven  men  were  added  Charles  L.  Bradwell,  William 
Bently,  James  HilL  Gloucester  Taylor,  R.  M.  Taylor,  Cornelius  Mur- 
phy, William  G.  Steward,  Richard  Vanderhorst  and  John  Graham. 
These  nine  men,  associated  with  the  seven  transferred  men,  making 
sixteen  in  all,  constituted  our  whole  ministerial  force. 

It  is  worthy  of  note,  that  the  General  Convention,  which  met  in 
Philadelphia  in  1816,  and  gave  birth  to  the  African  Methodist  Church, 
was  composed  also  of  sixteen  men.  Sixteen  men  around  Bishop  Payne 
in  Charleston  in  1865. 

Of  these  nine  men  who  joined  the  Conference,  however,  only  one 
entered  the  itinerant  ranks.  Rev.  Charles  L.  Bradwell  at  once  en- 
tered upon  the  regular  work,  and  was  appointed  that  year  to  Edisto 
Island.  Hence,  Rev.  Charles  L.  Bradwell  is  to-day  the  oldest  native 
itinerant  preacher  to  be  found  in  our  South  Atlantic  work. 

There  went  forth  from  the  Conference  of '65,  eight  regular  itinei- 
ant  preachers  going  to  the  following  places :  Rev.  A.  L.  Stanford  to 
Savannah,  R.  H.  Cain  to  Charleston,  James  A.  Handy  to  Wilming- 
ton, G.  W.  Brodie  to  Raleigh,  T.  G.  Steward  to  Beaufort,  J.  H.  A. 
Johnson  to  Hilton  Head,  G.  A.  Rue  to  Newburn,  and  C.  L.  Brad- 
well to  Edisto. 

One  year  from  that  date,  the  Conference  met  in  Savannah,  when 
thirty-eight  new  preachers  were  admitted  on  trial.  This  was  the  first 
meeting  of  African  Methodist  ministers  held  in  the  state.  Bishop 
Tanner  in  his  Apology  speaks  of  this  Conference,  as  follows  :  ' '  The 
sessions  of  this  Conference  will  doubtless  never  be  forgotten  by  those 


NOW  AND  THEN. 


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whose  privilege  it  was  to  be  present.  The  Bishop  (Payne)  spoke  of  i  t 
in  the  most  glowing  terms.  The  progress  we  had  made  during  the 
previous  year,  the  large  accession  of  members jand  preachers,  the  num- 
bers presented  by  the  Elders  for  the  itinerant  service,  the  number  or- 
dained, all  gave  assurance  that  African  Methodism  was  victorious, — 
that  the  prayer  and  the  work,  and  the  blood  of  our  poverty-stricken 
missionaries  had  accomplished  more  than  treasures  of  fine  gold." 

I  shall  never  forget  the  solemn  scene  when  Bishop  Payne,  with 
voice  tremulous  with  emotion,  and  eyes  overflowing  with  tears  of  grat- 
itude, set  apart  forty-six  persons  as  Deacons  and  Elders.  Among 
those  who  joined  and  were  ordained  at  this  Conference,  were  Henry 
Strickland,  Andrew  Brown,  Robert  Anderson,  E.  L.  Bailey,  S.  B. 
Jones  and  W.  J.  Gaines. 

On  the  30th  of  March,  1867,  the  Conference  met  in  Wilmington, 
N.  C,  and  forty-six  more  ministers  joined  our  traveling  ranks,  and 
ninety-eight  ministers,  including  both  Deacons  and  Elders,  were  or- 
dained. I  take  this  to  have  been  the  largest  number  of  ministers  or- 
dained at  any  one  time  by  any  Methodist  Conference  in  the  world. 
The  number  of  appointments  had  grown  from  twelve  in  1865,  whh 
only  eight  of  these  supplied,  to  one  hundred  and  two  with  nearly  all 
supplied.    The  membership  was  reported  to  be  47,891. 

In  1866,  fifty  years  after  the  organization  of  the  church  by  the 
first  sixteen,  the  membership  of  the  whole  church  as  given  by  Bishop 
Payne  in  his  retrospection,  not  counting  this  new  work,  was  50,000. 
In  1S67,  two  years  after  the  opening  of  this  new  work  by  the  second 
sixteen,  the  membership  of  this  New  Conference  amounted  to  about 
the  same.  "Here,"  said  Dr.  Tanner,  "is  to  be  the  heart  of  our 
church,  that  is  to  throw  through  the  whole  body,  the  virilizing  blood." 

Up  to  this  date,  to-wit,  March,  1867,  the  South  Carolina  Confer- 
ence included  the  work  carried  on  in  South  Carolina,  Georgia,  Florida 
and  Eastern  Alabama  ;  but  the  Conference  at  Wilmington  saw  the 
necessity  of  dividing  this  work  into  several  conferences. 

Before  we  give  attention  to  these  separate  conferences,  permit  a 
brief  glance  in  review,  and  in  doing  so,  I  beg  to  emphasize  two  very 
important  facts — two  facts  bearing  directly  and  powerfully  upon  the 
question  of  domestic  missions,  if  not  on  the  whole  problem  of  missions. 
They  are  these  :  First,  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  sent 
but  very  little  money  into  all  this  great  field.  She  did  not  send  the 
money,  simply  because  she  did  not  have  it  to  send;  Second,  she  sent 
but  few  men  into  this  field.  She  did  not  send  the  men,  because  she 
did  not  have  them  to  send. 

The  wisdom  of  the  world  said,  the  African  M.  E.  Church  has 
neither  the  men  nor  the  money  to  prosecute  this  work.  The  wisdom 
of  God  takes  the  weak  things  of  the  world  to  confound  the  mighty. 
The  foolishness  of  God  is  wiser  than  the  wisdom  of  men.  Deficient 


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in  men,  entirely  lacking  in  money,  we  were  indeed  the  weak  things  of 
the  world,  and  were  just  in  a  condition  for  God  to  use  us.  We  had 
the  treasure  of  the  gospel,  not  in  golden  vessels,  not  in  silver  vessels, 
but  in  the  very  cheapest  of  earthern  vessels,  and  hence  the  excellency 
of  the  power  by  which  we  wrought,  could  not  be  accredited  to  learn- 
ing, to  eloquence,  to  skill,  or  to  money ;  but  to  the  gracious  Lord  of 
the  harvests  who  alone  can  give  substantial  increase. 

The  General  Conference  of  1864  had  decreed  that  there  should 
be  organized  two  new  Conferences,  to- wit :  the  South  Carolina  Con- 
ference and  the  Louisiana  Conference ;  but  necessity  required  more 
than  that,  and  hence  the  Florida  Conference  was  organized  in 
Tallahassee  the  8th  of  the  following  June,  the  Georgia  Conference  on 
the  30th  of  May;  and  thus  was  gradually  and  grandly  opened  up  this 
magnificent  work. 

So  far,  these  Conferences  were  merely  mission  Conferences  and 
our  church  constitution  was  such  that  there  was  no  method  according 
to  law,  by  which  they  might  be  represented  in  the  ensuing  General 
Conference.  The  Constitution  of  the  church  then  required  that  a 
man  must  have  been  for  six  years  a  traveling  elder  in  order  to  be  a 
member  of  the  General  Conference,  and  there  were  few  men  of  this 
sort  in  all  the  South.  In  the  Georgia  Conference  at  its  second  session, 
which  took  place  in  Macon  in  March,  1868,  there  were  but  two  men 
who  were  qualified  for  membership  in  the  General  Conference  under 
the  then  existing  laws.  Bishop  Wayman,  who  was  presiding  over  the 
Conference,  made  the  following  statement  and  recommendation  to  the 
Conference. 

' '  The  Bishop  remarked  that  as  there  were  but  two  members  of 
the  Georgia  Annual  Conference  who  were  legal  members  of  the  Gen- 
eral Conference,  and  as  the  laity  were  without  legal  representation 
also,  not  having  any  local  preachers  of  four  years  standing  in  the 
church,  it  would  be  well  to  select  a  number  of  itinerant  delegates,  and 
trust  their  admission  to  the  magnanimity  of  the  General  Conference." 

The  Conference,  in  accordance  with  this  recommendation  elected 
the  following  brethren :  Andrew  Brown,  C.  L.  Bradwell,  W.  J.  Gaines, 
W.  H.  Noble,  T.  G.  Steward,  H.  Stubbs,  H.  Strickland,  S.  B.  Jones, 
David  Pickett  and  S.  N.  Drayton,  with  Robert  Crumly,  Peter  McLane 
and  Thomas  R.  Brown  as  reserves  or  alternates. 

These  brethren  met  the  General  Conference  in  Washington. 
Rev.  H.  M.  Turner  and  Rev.  R.  P.  Gibbs  were  members  of  the  Gen- 
eral Conference  under  the  laws  which  then  obtained. 

The  question  of  admitting  the  delegates  sent  by  the  Georgia  and 
other  mission  Conferences  occasioned  long  and  earnest  discussion.  On 
the  one  hand,  it  was  plain  that  according  to  the  constitution  of  the 
church  as  it  had  been  construed  for  over  fifty  years,  they  had  not  the 
shadow  of  a  claim  to  seats  in  that  body ;  on  the  other  hand,  it  was 


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equally  clear  that  the  interests  of  the  church  and  the  principles  of 
brotherly  love  required  that  they  should  be  seated.  Hence,  on  the 
1 2th  of  May,  when  the  late  Rev.  William  Moore,  of  the  Philadelphia 
Conference,  arose  and  offered  a  motion  to  admit  all  these  delegates 
and  accord  them  all  the  rights  of  membership,  and  supported  his 
motion  with  a  graceful,  earnest  and  most  thoroughly  christian  speech, 
the  opposition  yielded,  the  motion  prevailed,  the  delegates  were  seated, 
the  new  Conferences  recognized,  and  the  Constitution  of  the  African 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  was  essentially  changed. 

It  is  worthy  of  note,  that  the  most  important  change  ever  made 
in  the  constitution  of  our  church,  a  change  which  affected,  not  only 
one  part  of  the  General  Conference,  or  one  class  of  its  members,  but  a 
change  which  dissolved  into  absolute  nothingness,  the  previous  method 
of  making  up  the  General  Conference  and  constituted  that  body  there- 
after according  to  an  entirely  different  plan,  and  upon  an  entirely  dif- 
ferent principle — a  change  equivalent  to  a  revolution  was  accomplished 
by  an  unwritten  motion  offered  by  the  late  William  Moore,  and  adopted 
by  the  General  Conference  of  1868;  and  this  revolution  has  been 
thoroughly  concurred  in  for  more  than  twenty  years,  though  never  for- 
mally-sanctioned by  any  congregation,  Quarterly  Conference  or  Annual 
Conference  in  the  church.  Nor  indeed  was  it  ever  submitted  to  any 
such  body  for  ratification  or  approval. 

But  to  return  to  the  history  of  the  period  and  its  instructive  les- 
sons. The  new  Conferences,  as  we  have  seen,  were  recognized,  and 
their  boundaries  were  definitely  fixed  by  the  General  Conference  of 
1868,  and  Bishop  Brown,  newly  consecrated  to  that  office,  took 
charge  of  the  work. 

Amid  the  social  and  political  throes  incident  to  the  reconstruction 
era — an  era  which  calls  to  mind  the  consular  era  of  France,  in  which 
society,  almost  totally  overthrown  by  the  sad  fortunes  of  war,  was 
seeking  to  regain  its  feet,  the  church  went  on  its  way  of  clearing  the 
soil,  and  sowing  its  precious  seed.  Good  houses  of  worship  were 
erected  in  the  principle  cities,  notably  in  Charleston,  in  Macon,  and 
in  Atlanta,  while  hundreds  of  cheap  chapels  and  brush  arbors  were 
thrown  up  on  plantations,  and  by  country  roadsides,  and  the  glorious 
gospel  was  preached,  if  not  with  skill,  certainly  with  earnestness,  in 
hundreds  of  new  places.  In  the  enthusiastic  words  of  the  late  Rev. 
Andrew  Brown,  "God  having  planted  the  batteries  of  the  gospel  on 
nearly  every  available  spot  throughout  this  newly  opened  South  land, 
was  in  a  limited  sense,  '  Shelling  the  world.'"  Everywhere,  on  a 
bright  Sabbath  morning,  or  in  the  calm  of  a  summer  Sabbath  evening, 
might  be  heard  the  hymns  of  God's  children,  and  the  clear  ringing 
voice  of  the  untutored  but  earnest  African  Methodist  preacher. 

The  ministers  of  that  period,  braved  dangers,  and  suffered  hard- 
ships and  persecutions,  amounting  in  some  instances  to  death  itself, 


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but  they  planted  and  watched  the  church.  They  did  their  work,  and 
God  blessed  their  labors,  and  added  to  his  church. 

From  1868  to  1872  pass,  and  in  1876  the  General  Conference  of 
the  whole  church  convenes  in  the  city  of  Atlanta.  The  first  Annual 
Conference  is  held  in  the  state  in  1866,  and  in  1876,  just  ten  years 
later,  the  General  Conference  meets  there.  Nine  years  after  the  birth 
of  the  Georgia  Conference,  the  church  becomes  strong  enough  in  the 
state  to  entertain  the  General  Conference. 

The  General  Conference  of  i88q  gave  us  two  Bishops,  Rev.  R. 
H.  Cain  and  Rev.  H.  M.  Turner;  both  selected  for  this  new  work, 
and  chosen  with  special  reference  to  it.  Fifteen  years  after  opening 
the  work  in  Charleston,  that  work  gave  the  church  two  men  for  the 
Bishoprick.  The  General  Conference  of  1888  selected  your  own 
Gaines  and  his  co-laborer  Grant  for  the  same  high  office,  and  thus 
brought  squarely  to  the  front  those  who  were  among  the  first  in  laying 
the  foundation  of  our  church  work  in  the  South. 

The  original  South  Carolina  Conference  has  now  grown  into  eight 
Conferences,  any  one  of  which  is  much  larger  than  was  the  Confer- 
ence held  in  Charlestown  in  1865.  Our  church  is  no  longer  a  Northern 
church.  Indeed  it  is  rather  becoming  in  a  certain,  that  is  in  a  purely 
geographical  sense,  a  southern  church,  as  it  ought  to  be.  It  can  no 
longer  be  said  that  it  collects  money  to  send  North,  nor  that  it  is  man- 
aged exclusively  by  Northern  men.  While  all  must  accord  respect 
to  age  and  experience,  and  while  age  and  experience  are  to  some  ex- 
tent on  the  side  of  the  North,  yet  when  numbers  and  work  are  con- 
sidered, all  must  also  acknowledge  that  the  men  in  whose  hands  the 
destiny  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  rests  to-day,  are 
to  be  found,  to  a  large  extent,  within  the  Conferences  which  have 
grown  out  of  the  old  South  Carolina  Conference.  To  you  Bishops  and 
Itinerants ;  to  you  brethren  and  sisters  of  the  laity — the  movement  in- 
augurated by  Allen  nearly  a  century  ago,  a  movement  which  had  its 
second  birth  when  Bishop  Payne  opened  the  South  Carolina  Confer- 
ence twenty-five  years  ago,  is  committed,  accompanied  with  all  the 
tears  and  prayers  of  our  fathers,  and  all  the  hopes  of  our  coming  gen- 
erations. As  one  of  the  old  Guard,  which  dies  but  ne'er  surrenders, 
let  me  beseech  you  to  receive  this  trust  as  from  God's  own  hand,  and 
guard  it  more  sacredly  than  ever  Levite  guarded  the  ark  of  the  Holy 
Covenant. 

In  this  territory  are  now  found  our  most  important  and  most 
prosperous  church  schools,  excepting,  of  course,  our  Mother  Univer- 
sity, the  modest  but  realy  successful  Wilberforce.  In  North  Carolina 
we  have  the  Kittrell  Institute,  in  South  Carolina  Allen  University,  in 
Florida  the  Divinity  and  High  School  at  Jacksonville,  and  in  Georgia 
Morris  Brown  College.  These  schools  are  all  fairly  equipped  and 
fairly  prospering. 


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It  is  not  for  me  to  attempt  to  sum  up  the  total  results  of  the  labors 
of  this  first  quarter  century.  They  are  great  in  many  respects.  Great 
in  increase  of  members  on  earth,  great  in  the  number  of  those  who 
have  gone  on  to  their  rest ;  great  in  the  development  of  character 
among  the  thousands  of  men,  women  and  children  who  are  coming  up 
under  the  influence  of  the  church — great  in  acquisition  of  church  and 
school  property,  and  in  the  development  of  educational  work.  I  say 
the  results  are  great.  Not  so  great,  perhaps,  in  the  absolute  sense  ; 
not  so  great  when  compared  with  what  other  denominations  have  done 
during  the  same  period;  but  great  indeed  when  comp.  red  with  the 
condition  of  our  people  twenty-five  years  ago,  and  when  kept  in  the 
light  of  social  facts  that  have  marked  our  pathway  since.  It  is  to  be 
admitted  that,  the  South  taken  as  a  whole,  has  not  improved  greatly 
during  this  period,  yet  the  colored  people  have  been  able  to  build  and 
furnish  hundreds  of  churches,  and  also  support  a  Christian  ministry. 

The  work  done  by  the  African  Methodists  of  the  South  I  pro- 
nounce a  great  work  when  considered  in  the  light  of  the  facts  of  1865, 
and  up  to  1890. 

While  upon  this  point,  allow  me  further  to  say,  that  I  do  not  hesi- 
tate to  pronounce  the  progress  made  by  the  colored  people  since  their 
emancipation,  considering  the  many  hinderances  which  have  been 
placed  in  their  way,  as  the  marvel  of  the  age.  This  fact  of  progress 
alone  stamps  the  American  Negro  at  least  as  a  decidely  superior  race. 

A  learned  and  careful  foreigner  thus  paints  this  fact  as  he  sees  it. 
"In  my  travels  in  this  country,  and  my  observations  among  the 
colored  people,  I  have  been  struck  with  the  marked  improvement 
which  they  have  made  in  the  brief  period  since  the  fundamental  laws 
of  the  land  have  recognized  their  manhood.  The  history  of  no  modern 
people  furnishes  such  evidences  of  Providential  guidances  and  innate 
possibilities. 

Twenty  years  of  freedom  find  the  Russian  Serfs  very  little,  if  any, 
better  off  than  they  were  when  freed  from  their  masters.  The  Ameri- 
can Negro,  in  view  of  his  achievements  in  five  and  twenty  years  is  a 
wonder  of  the  world,  and  among  the  candid  observers  of  his  history, 
he  inspires  the  hope  and  confidence  in  his  capacity  for  the  future." 
As  an  illustration  of  the  progress  made  by  our  church,  and  also  as  a 
striking  proof  of  the  fact,  <hat  the  church  can  no  longer  be  regarded 
as  a  Northern  church,  I  quote  from  Bishop  Grant  the  following  sum- 
mary of  the  "One  Dollar  Collection"  in  his  district: 

Total  membership  of  district  is  16,497;  total  dollar  money 
$7999.10,  lacking  90  cents  of  being  $8000.  This  amount  very  nearly 
doubles  any  report  ever  made  from  the  district. 

You  will  see  by  this  report  that  we  have  raised  48  cents  per  mem- 
ber of  whole  district.  Of  the  amount  collected  we  sent  to  the  Finan- 
cial Secretary  the  sum  of  $4799.46,  and  the  remainder,  $3199.64,  was 


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distributed  in  our  Conferences,  using  said  amount  to  assist  our  widows, 
needy  churches,  ministers  or  poor  charges,  and  in  building  up  the 
educational  work.    We  assisted  fifty-seven  churches. 

The  introduction  of  this  quotation  gives  me  the  opportunity  to 
call  attention  to  the  remarkable  increase  which  has  taken  place  in  our 
connectional  collections  since  the  General  Conference  of  1888.  The 
"  One  Dollar  Collection  "  which  is  accepted  as  the  financial  gauge  of 
our  strength,  has  been  nearly  doubled  throughout  the  entire  South. 
The  districts  presided  over  by  Bishop  Arnett,  Bishop  Grant  and  your 
own  Bishop  Gaines  have  gone  ahead  almost  one  hundred  per  cent. 
While  doubtless  many  causes  have  contributed  to  this  general  advance, 
yet  in  my  opinion  the  one  cause  contributing  more  than  all  others 
combined,  was  the  selection  of  the  three  men  above  named  for  the 
office  of  Bishops  in  the  church.  It  is  indeed  a  gratifying  thing  to  me 
to  be  able  to  say  to  you  here,  as  I  stand  in  the  midst  of  your  success, 
that  for  years  I  have  honestly  and  earnestly  labored  to  this  end.  I 
believed  years  ago  that  the  interests  of  our  church  demanded  the 
election  of  some  bo7ia  fide  Southern  born  and  Southern  reared  men, 
not  because  I  personally  favored  any  sectional  lines  or  prejudices,  but 
because  I  believed  such  a  thing  necessary,  in  order  to  silence  calumny 
on  the  one  hand,  and  furnish  inspiration  on  the  other,  and  the 
marked  results  following  the  election  of  1888  have  fully  justified  the 
views  I  have  held. 

And  now,  brethren,  let  me  close  as  I  began,  by  bringing  again 
before  us  the  opening  scene  of  our  period;  and  this  time  I  do  it  in 
order  to  contrast  it  with  the  closing  scenes.  To-day  we  look  out  over 
a  field  of  eight  Conferences  with  their  numerous  churches  and  minis- 
ters, their  missions,  circuits,  and  great  stations ;  their  presiding  elders, 
and  District  Conferences;  their  schools  and  their  proiessors;  their 
journals  and  their  editors,  and  their  distinguished  bishops,  and  bring 
this  rich  and  attractive  field  in  contrast  with  the  handful  of  men  who 
twenty-five  years  ago  unfurled  the  banner  of  our  church  in  the  city  of 
Charleston,  and  with  truly  Wesleyan  fervor,  we  may  exclaim,  what 
hath  God  wrought ! 

The  last  General  Conference  held  before  this  new  work  was  or- 
ganized, sat  in  Philadelphia  in  1864.  The  first  held  after  this  new 
work  was  recognized  met  in  Nashville  in .1872,  when  the  delegates 
from  this  new  work  outnumbered  the  General  Conference  of  1864. 
The  membership  of  the  whole  church  in  1866,  not  including  this  new 
work,  was  according  to  Bishop  Payne  50,000.  In  1867  the  South 
Carolina  Conference  reported  over  47,000  members,  while  to-day 
these  eight  Conferences  number  not  less  than  150,000  members. 

While  numbers  are  not  always  strength,  and  while  I  make  no 
effort  to  arouse  pride  by  referring  to  our  host,  I  do  point  to  these 
numbers  with  gratitude.    I  do  not  forget,  however,  that  we  have  all 


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come  far  short  in  our  duty,  and  that  our  membership  ought  really  to 
be  much  larger  and  much  more  efficient  than  it  is.  But  in  the  light 
of  these  encouraging  results,  notwithstanding  our  inefficiency  and  un- 
faithfulness, we  may  lift  our  hearts  to  God  in  thankfulness  for  having 
owned  and  blessed  our  poor  labors.  Through  Him  we  have  planted 
the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  these  South  Atlantic  and 
Gulf  States,  and  under  Him  it  has  nourished  as  the  vineyards  of  Car- 
mel.  Let  us  praise  Him  to-day  for  all  the  fruits  of  the  Quarter  Cen- 
tury. Let  us  devote  ourselves  anew  to  His  service,  and  go  on  plant- 
ing and  building.  Let  us  cherish  the  memory  of  the  heroes  who  have 
fallen  in  the  noble  work,  and  lifting  our  banner  Heavenward,  let  us 
go  on  with  invincible  faith  conquering  and  to  conquer  in  His  Name. 
Brethren,  "  quit  you  like  men."  And  now  may  I  ask  you  to  join  with 
me  in  singing  our  old  doxology,  "  Praise  God  from  whom  all  blessings 
flow." 


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REV.    D.   T.   M'DANIEL,   A.  B. 

I  am  like  Aeneas  when  visiting  the  Temple  of  Jupiter,  I  am  lost 
in  wonder  and  ecstacy.  I  know  not  where  to  begin  or  how  to  sing 
peans  of  this  grand  old  church.  Every  side  I  glance  my  eyes  I  see 
the  errudite  and  profound  thinkers  of  the  church  and  race.  I  stand 
before  D.  D.'s,  LL.  D.'s  and  other  high  titles,  and  fathers  of  wide  ex- 
perience and  ripe  with  years  of  thought  and  study.  The  time  has 
been  so  short  since  I  knew  what  my  subject  was,  that  I  have  not  had 
sufficient  time  to  make  the  desired  preparation  for  this  ever  historic 
occasion  that  shall  ever  be  told  in  songs  and  poems  to  the  unborn 
nations. 

While  I  am  but  a  youth  of  twenty-six  brief  summers,  beset  by 
many  hinderances,  yet  I  am  glad  that  I  was  born  when  I  was,  and 
live  in  this  great  age  of  startling  wonders  and  stirring  events,  when 
not  but  the  brave  can  live !  *Let  me  thank  the  local  committee  for 
their  remembrance  of  me  in  placing  my  name  among  others  on  the 
programme  to  be  present  at  this  Quarto-Centenary,  and  the  laying  of 
the  corner-stone  of  the  State  Mother  Church.  I  esteem  it  an  honor  to 
be  present.  Permit  me  to  say  if  our  mother  be  as  prolific  in  the  future 
as  she  has  in  the  past,  what  "  shall  the  harvest  be  ?"  Her  children 
will  be  as  the  stars  of  heaven  for  number  and  the  sand  on  the  seashore 
innumberable.  With  grateful  hearts  and  love  unspeakable,  we  cherish 
the  memory  of  the  heroes  of  Christian  Manhood,  viz. ,  Richard  Allen 


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in  Philadelphia,  Daniel  Coker  in  Baltimore,  Shederick  Bassett  in 
Maryland,  John  Boggs  in  Western  Pennsylvania,  Moses  Freeman  in 
Cincinnati,  O.,  W.  P.  Quinn  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  the  now  venerable 
sire,  Bishop  John  M.  Brown,  in  New  Orleans,  John  Wilkerson  in 
Colorado,  the  firey  Henry  M.  Turner  in  Georgia,  the  lion-chrouched 
voiced  T.  M.  D.  Ward  on  the  Gold  Coast,  the  immortal  Richard  Har- 
vin  Cain  in  South  Carolina.  We  can  not  forget,  not  never  till  our 
latest  breath,  the  venerable  Bishop  Daniel  A.  Payne,  D.  D.,  LL.  D., 
Drs.  James  A.  Handy,  and  James  H.  A.  Johnson.  The  imperisha- 
ble Carr,  Thomas  Gaines,  with  many  brave  women  whom  we  style  the 
nucleus  and  heroes  of  African  Methodism  in  the  South.  They  labored, 
fought,  bled  and  died,  but  bid  the  sable  sons  of  Ham  unite  and  worship 
God  under  their  own  vine  and  fig  tree.  Let  me  stop,  for  my  tongue 
would  grow  weary  in  the  vain  effort  to  lisp  the  names  of  the  heroes  of 
this  great  church.    To  the  subject 

HOW  TO  SAVE  OUR  YOUNG  MEN. 

Salvation  implies  peril,  or  some  danger  that  should  be  shunned. 
Life's  path  lie  thick  with  dangers,  and  none  but  the  prudent  can 
escape.  The  head  must  be  well  balanced,  in  order  that  the  hands  or 
feet  may  be  guided  aright.  The  parents  are  the  heads  or  should  be. 
It  is  becoming  to  them  that  they  should  be  religious,  sober,  moral, 
brave,  industrious  and  economical.  The  mother,  which  is  the  con- 
necting link  between  heaven  and  earth,  should  be  religious,  chase, 
virtuous,  modest,  playing  well  her  part  as  the  queen  of  household 
affairs. 

The  triumph  of  mind  over  matter  is  something  grand  to  contem- 
plate. The  greatest  trouble  of  the  day  is  that  the  family  altar  has 
been  torn  down  and  sacred  rites  abolished  and  scattered  to  the  four 
winds  of  the  heavens.  Erect  your  altars  and  institute  her  sacred  rites 
and  we  see  at  once  the  bud  of  promise,  hope  for  our  young  men. 
Home  influences  commence  with  our  birth,  goes  with  us  through  life, 
clings  to  us  in  death,  and  then  reaches  forth  their  hands  and  grasp 
eternity.  They  strike  their  roots  into  the  human  heart  and  spread 
their  branches  wide  over  our  whole  being.  The  influence  is  felt  as 
soon  as  the  little  child  is  able  to  take  notice  of  the  objects  around.  The 
child  looks  up  in  its  mother's  face  and  recognizes  at  once  the  mother's 
countenance.  In  joy  or  sorrow,  in  weal  or  woe,  she  is  soon  the  first 
object  of  its  thoughts.  Give  us  good  mother's  and  women  and  we 
have  great  and  noble  men !    Early  impressions  are  not  easily  erased. 

No  one  can  tell  the  hour  when  the  human  mind  is  not  in  a  condi- 
tion to  receive  impressions.  The  women  have  a  great  influence  over 
the  characters  of  individuals,  over  families  and  over  the  destinies  of 
nations.  It  is  a  fact  that  some  of  our  noblest  patriots,  most  profound 
scholars  and  our  holiest  minister's  were  stimulated  by  their  mother's 
untiring  zeal  and  effort. 


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Woman's  influence  is  the  chief  anchor  of  society,  and  the  influ- 
ence of  purifying  the  world.  The  work  she  has  already  done  will  last 
forever. 

Costly  stones  yield  to  the  corroding  touch  of  time,  but  woman's 
influence  reaches  beyond.  With  educated  and  refined  mother's,  I  see 
a  salvation  for  our  young  men  brighter  than  an  unclouded  summer's 
sun,  fairer  than  than  the  moon,  and  more  terrible  than  an  army  with 
banners.  For  as  the  flowers  gather  the  sun  beams  in  their  bosom  and 
convert  them  into  beautiful  colors,  so  will  our  young  gather  good  im- 
pressions and  character  in  their  bosom  and  cherish  the  memory  of 
their  friends. 

Let  the  fathers  take  their  sons  to  heaven's  altar  and  swear  them 
eternal  vengence  against  rum,  immorality  and  vice,  which  degrades  a 
nation,  and  sink  an  empire,  and  destroy  the  Church  of  God. 

The  age  in  which  we  live  demands  that  we  properly  train  our 
sons,  least  they  be  lost  in  the  whirl  of  the  great  agitations,  and  stunned 
by  the  noise  of  conflicting  elements.  What  a  grand  thing  it  is  to  live 
at  such  a  time  as  this,  with  the  noise  of  conflict  of  individuals,  nations, 
parties  and  empires  all  around  us.  Let  us  grapple  with  the  mysteries 
and  think  upon  our  responsibility  we  owe  to  our  sons  and  the  future. 

There  is  a  need  of  men  with  the  courage  of  heroes  and  the  faith 
of  martyrs  to  hew  down  the  thrones  and  temples  of  iniquity  with  the 
stroke  of  battle  axes,  and  meet  the  armed  forces  of  wrong  on  the 
bloody  field.  Teach  our  sons  the  lesson  that  they  are  not  to  expect 
an  easy  passage  through  life.  Our  path  lies  amid  rocks  and  crags  and 
not  on  lawns  and  among  fragrant  lilies.  Many  of  us  fail  because  we 
are  expecting  an  easy  passage  through  life.  Some  will  say  what  is  the 
use  of  so  much  preparation  and  care  of  our  sons,  they  will  never  be 
anything  in  this  country  where  Prejudice  is  rampant,  Mob  Law  a  tem- 
ple, Judge  Lynch  her  shrine,  before  which  so  many  of  us  are  made  to 
worship,  always  before  '"'unknown  parties."  Permit  me  to  say  in 
reply,  with  a  very  few  exceptions  the  worshipers  at  Judge  Lynch's 
shrine  have  been  chiefly  among  the  sub-classes.  When  in  reaches  the 
other  classes  then  comes  the  "Tug  ot  War." 

We  answer  again  that  "  of  one  blood  had  God  made  all  the  nations 
of  the  earth  for  to  dwell  upon  the  face  of  the  earth."  We  are  going 
to  dwell  upon  the  earth  somewhere;  if  not  in  South  Carolina,  the 
South  or  West,  we  shall  dwell  somewhere ;  not  as  dead  men,  but  as 
living  men,  educated  religiously,  morally  and  economically,  bearing 
aloft  the  torch  of  christian  civilization  wrapped  in  the  mantle  of  faith 
in  God  and  the  possibilities  of  the  race. 

Again,  if  our  fathers  have  accomplished  so  much  with  their  limited 
graces,  there  remains  to  be  accomplished  a  grander  and  nobler  work 
by  the  young  men,  which  eye  has  not  seen,  ear  hath  not  heard,  and 
neither  has  it  been  revealed  what  we  shall  accomplish  with  God  at 


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our  head,  and  the  righteous  acts  of  the  fathers  as  our  examples,  with 
our  abundant  graces. 

It  is  needless  to  attempt  to  mention  the  immortals  in  church  and 
state,  for  my  tongue  would  grow  weary  in  the  effort  to  name  them. 
Fatherly  kindness  finds  its  echo  in  the  nobility  and  character  of  the  son 
who  comes  to  wear  his  father's  mantle  and  fill  his  place.  But  it  is 
none  the  less  true  that  from  unhappy,  misgoverned  and  ill  ordered 
homes  go  forth  sons  who  will  inevitably  make  other  homes  miserable, 
and  continue  the  sorrow  and  sadness,  the  contentions  and  strife  that 
made  their  own  early  life  miserable.  Never  think  any  thing  unimpor- 
tant that  has  to  do  with  the  training  of  home.  Compared  with  home 
the  school,  the  college,  the  government  and  general  society  sink  into 
insignificance  as  means  of  spiritual  life  and  growth.  Thus  homes 
which  are  nurseries  of  children  who  grow  up  into  men  and  women 
will  be  good  or  bad  according  to  the  power  that  governs  them. 

Where  the  spirit  of  love  and  duty  pervades  home,  where  head 
and  heart  bear  rule,  where  the  life  is  honest  and  virtuous,  where  the 
government  is  sensible,  kind  and  loving,  then  may  we  expect  from 
such  a  home  an  issue  of  healthy,  useful  and  happy  children,  capable 
as  they  gather  the  requisite  strength,  of  following  the  footsteps  of  their 
parents,  governing  themselves  wisely  and  contributing  to  the  welfare 
of  those  about  them.  Sanctify  the  family  altar  and  the  whole  work  is 
accomplished. 

Then  let  the  fathers  be  faithful  in  the  performance  of  their  duty 
and  sacred  trust.  And  may  life's  short  day  glide  on,  peaceful  and 
bright  as  can  well  be  given  mortals,  with  no  more  clouds  than  enough 
to  glisten  in  the  air  and  temper  the  beams  of  the  sun,  with  no  more 
rain  than  enough  to  fling  across  the  arching  heavens  the  man-hued 
bow.  And  when  in  the  bosom  of  the  West  the  weary  sun  sinks  to 
rest,  and  darkness  gathers  about  us,  we  will  ' '  not  like  the  Galley  Slave 
scourged  to  his  dungeon,"  but  relying  on  the  promises  of  the  Infinite 
One,  wrap  the  mantle  of  faith,  hope  and  charity  about  us,  "and  lie 
down  to  pleasant  dreams." 


REMINISCENCE  OF  THE  PIONEERS. 


REV.    WILLIAM  M.   THOMAS,  P.  E. 

To  you  brethren  and  friends  it  has  pleased  Almighty  God,  in  his 
miraculous  arrangements  in  the  governing  of  affairs  of  men,  society 
and  nations  to  convene  us  together  after  a  lapse  of  twenty-five  years 
to  inspect  the  ranks  of  the  volunteers  as  of  yore. 


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Sad,  passing  sad  is  it  to  us  to  listen  to  the  absentees,  but  inspires 
us  with  that  zeal  that  endeared  the  act  to  venture,  we  can  but  look  to 
them  with  pride  and  cherish  their  memories.  God  likes  valor  that  has 
characterized  their  existence  and  departure.  To  release  the  past  is 
but  to  open  the  wallet  that  time  carries  as  a  record  of  events,  and  from 
its  moulded  dusty  sheets  we  paint  for  the  minds  of  the  youth  that 
which  he  may  cherish  as  a  relic  too  old.  His  eyes  must  sparkle,  his 
heart  beats  loud  and  fast  as  he  thinks  of  the  early  days,  and,  like  the 
"Pilgrim  Fathers,"  they  had  to  confront  difficulties  almost  insur- 
mountable, wickedness,  privations  and  hunger.  But  so  dear  was  the 
cause,  so  unmindful  of  the  grave  responsibilities  that  were  devolved 
upon  them,  that  not  one  of  these  things  moved  them.  It  would  be 
well  to  note  that  this  army,  like  all  others,  was  ill  for  the  deserters 
though  they  at  first  were  of  the  tried  and  few,  in  other  words  they 
were  modern  Gidianites. 

If  we  could,  with  natural  eyes,  see.  and  with  a  natural  mind  con- 
ceive, the  swadling  bounty  that  these  brethren,  such  as  Charles  Van- 
derhorst,  Richard  Vanderhorst,  John  Graham,  Charles  Cattle,  James 
Johnson,  Edward  Roache,  Anderson  Smalls,  Moses  Adams  and  John 
Everett,  James  Nesbitt  and  Abner  Scott.  We  have  every  reason  to 
believe  that  these  are  sharing  the  glory  of  the  upper  world,  for  John 
says  :  ' '  His  reward  is  with  him,  and  to  every  man,  as  his  work  shall  be. " 

The  Rev.  James  Lynch  appeared  in  Charleston  about  March  1 
and  talked  freely  with  the  brethren  of  the  M.  E.  Church  before  the 
smoke  of  battle  had  cleared  away.  At  the  house  of  Moses  Vander- 
horst we  held  a  meeting  to  perfect  our  arrangements.  We  decided 
then  and  there  to  go  into  the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  All  the  brethren  were 
Class  Leaders  and  as  they  went  their  classes  followed  them.  Shortly 
afterward  Bishop  A.  W.  Wayman,  D.  D.,  preached  for  us  on  Sabbath 
morning.  He  took  his  text  from  Genesis  and  were  these  words,  "  I 
seek  my  brethren  and  it  had  a  wonderful  effect." 

One  night  a  large  number  of  people  assembled  at  Zion  Presbyter- 
ian Church  and  were  addressed  by  Bishop  Wayman  and  Revs.  Lewis 
and  Newcomb.  Rev.  Lewis  claimed  all  the  colored  people  were 
Methodists,  and  said  that  we  should  follow  him.  The  house  was  filled 
to  its  utmost  capacity.  We  took  a  vote  and  the  majority  decided  to 
go  with  Bishop  Wayman,  and  so  we  did. 

About  the  15th  of  May  Bishop  Payne  came  to  Charleston  to  or- 
ganize a  Conference.  He  brought  Revs.  Handy,  Cain,  Weaver, 
Stanford,  Brandy,  Johnson  and  Stewart.  Revs.  Stewart,  Johnson  and 
Bradwell  were  ordained.  I  must  not  forget  to  mention  Rev.  M.  B. 
Salter,  who  was  present  at  our  organization.  He  was  only  a  lad  at  that  time. 


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How  African  Methodism  Was  Introduced  In  The  Up  Country. 


REV.    A.  WESTON. 

To  the  President  and  Members  of  the  Quarto- Centenary  Celebration  of 
African  Methodism  in  South  Carolina. 

Dear  Brothers  : — My  subject  is,  "  How  African  Methodism  was 
Introduced  in  the  Up  Country." 

I  was  born  at  Monticelo,  Fairfield  county,  in  July,  1834,  but  was 
carried  to  Newberry,  S.  C,  when  but  a  boy,  at  which  place  I  remained 
until  I  reached  the  years  of  maturity. 

I  was  converted  when  quite  young  and  became  a  member  of  the 
M.  E.  Church,  and  labored  earnestly  in  the  said  church  until  1865. 
Afterwards  we,  the  colored  people  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  commenced 
to  wander  like  sheep  without  a  shepherd.  About  the  first  part  of  1866 
we  were  visited  by  a  minister  named  Hopkins,  of  the  Zion  Connection. 
He  was  permitted  to  preach  for  us  in  the  M.  E.  Church  South  by 
standing  in  the  altar.  His  text  was  Mark  xiii,  33,  "  Take  ye  heed, 
watch  and  pray  :  for  ye  know  not  when  the  time  is."  It  was  the  first 
visit  we  ever  had  from  a  colored  minister,  but  we  did  not  receive  him 
so  he  passed  us  by. 

We  were  still  wondering  what  we  should  do  about  a  church,  and, 
in  1866,  we  sent  two  sisters  to  Columbia,  S.  C,  to  seek  us  a  pastor. 
The  names  of  the  sisters  were  Winnie  Simmons  and  Caroline  Brown. 
They  started  on  their  journey  like  heroes.  They  went  to  Rev.  W.  H. 
Brown,  who  was  then  pastor  of  Bethel  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Columbia, 
S.  C,  and  told  their  errand.  Then  Brother  Brown  and  his  members 
presented  to  them  Brother  Simon  Miller.  They  accepted  of  him  and 
immediately  returned  to  Newberry  bringing  Brother  Miller  with  them, 
and  presented  him  to  us  as  our  pastor,  and  he  was  gladly  received. 
So  the  African  M.  E.  Church  was  organized  in  Newberry,  S.  C,  by 
Rev.  Miller,  of  Columbia,  S.  C,  in  1866.  He  (Brother  Miller)  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  wait  on  Rev.  Black,  the  pastor  of  the  M.  E. 
Church,  for' the  purpose  of  getting  the  books  and  membership  of  the 
colored  people.  Rev.  Black  was  perfectly  willing  for  us  to  have  the 
books,  but  the  presiding  elder  who  was  present  at  the  time  said,  "  no, 
we  will  not  let  them  have  the  books,  because  they  will  all  come  back 
some  day."  The  following  named  persons  comprised  the  committee  : 
Robert  Cannon,  Jasper  Williams  and  Abram  Weston.  We  made  our 
report  and  it  was  agreed  that  we  purchase  new  books,  which  we  did, 
and  the  names  of  the  new  members  were  recorded.  After  we  got 
things  in  working  order,  we  went  out  into  a  grove  and  had  camp  meet- 
ing. It  was  one  of  the  largest  gatherings  the  colored  people  of  New- 
berry ever  had,  and  a  wonderful  revival  was  started  under  the  banner 


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of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  From  then  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  com- 
menced to  branch  out  in  the  country. 

Rev.  Miller  would  send  his  local  preachers  from  ten  to  twelve 
miles  in  the  country  to  organize  churches  and  report  to  him.  One 
Sunday  he  sent  me  about  ten  miles  in  the  country  to  a  place  called 
Kitt  Stand.  I  met  with  an  old  preacher,  who  was  counted  in  those 
days  as  a  great  biblical  preacher,  but  I  had  to  do  the  preaching,  and 
there  was  neither  hymn  book  nor  bible.  I  managed,  however,  to  give 
out  my  hymns  and  text  from  memory,  and  it  was  one  of  the  happiest 
days  of  my  local  administration. 

In  1866  Rev.  H.  D.  Edwards  was  appointed  to  Winnsboro,  S.  C, 
at  which  place  he  organized  the  A.  M.  E.  Church. 

In  1867  Rev.  James  T.  Baker  was  sent  to  Greenwood,  S.  C,  at 
which  place  he  organized  the  A.  M.  E.  Church,  and  remained  there 
one  year. 

In  1868  I  joined  the  Annual  Conference  in  Columbia,  S.  C, 
Bishop  A.  W.  Wayman  presiding,  and  was  appointed  to  the  Green- 
wood Mission,  where  I  remained  one  year  and  organized  churches. 

In  1868  Rev.  David  Glen  was  appointed  to  the  Ninety-six  Mis- 
sion, and  remained  there  about  two  years. 

In  1868  Rev.  H.  D.  Edwards  was  appointed  to  the  Abbeville 
Circuit,  but  the  trouble  was  so  great  he  had  to  flee  to  Columbia,  S.  C, 
for  safety.    So  Abbeville  was  left  alone  that  year. 

In  1869  Rev.  David  Glen  and  myself  were  the  only  pastors  that 
reported  from  that  portion  of  the  country. 

In  1869  we  had  only  two  appointments  in  the  country  above 
Newberry,  S.  C.  Ninety-six  was  one  circuit,  and  Abbeville  and 
Greenwood  were  united  and  called  one  circuit.  I  succeeded  that  year 
in  organizing  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  at  Cokesburg,  S.  C,  and  Rev. 
H.  B.  Presly  came  over  to  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  with  a  congregation 
from  Due  West.  Rev.  Frank  Brown  came  to  me  from  nine  miles 
above  Abbeville  C.  H.  from  the  C.  M.  E.  Church  with  1600  members. 
That  year  I  had  charge  of  Greenwood  and  Abbeville  and  was  in- 
strumental in  putting  up  the  frame  of  the  church  at  Abbeville ;  also 
bought  and  paid  for  the  lot  and  church  at  Greenwood,  S.  C. 

In  1869  I  had  quite  a  number  of  preachers  to  carry  to  the  Annual 
Conference  which  met  at  Charleston,  S.  C.  Their  names  were  as 
follows :  H.  B.  Presly,  Frank  Brown,  Edward  Perrm,  E.  D.  Spear- 
man, P.  W.  Jefferson  and  S.  H.  Jefferson.  After  that  African  Meth- 
odism was  grandly  introduced  through  Abbeville,  Anderson  and 
Greenville  counties . 

The  first  Presiding  Elder  on  the  work  from  Columbia  up  was 
Rev.  William  H.  Brown,  who  presided  two  years  (1866-67),  and  in 
1869  Rev.  David  Pickett  was  transferred  by  Bishop  Brown  from  Col- 
umbus, Ga.,  and  presided  one  year,  after  which  he  h  d  to  give  it  up 


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on  account  of  poor  health.  In  1879  your  unworthy  servant  was  ap- 
pointed by  Bishop  John  M.  Brown  over  the  Columbia  District,  which 
extended  from  Columbia  to  Greenville. 

On  July  29,  1870,  the  Columbia  District  Conference  met  at  New- 
berry, S.  C.  Rt.  Rev.  J.  M.  Brown  was  present.  It  was  a  meeting 
long  to  be  remembered.  Thousands  of  people  gathered.  We  had  to 
go  out  into  a  grove.  The  Bishop  and  Mrs.  E.  A.  Williams  had  to 
stand  in  a  wagon  to  speak.  It  was  agreed  at  this  meeting  to  purchase 
a  place  at  Cokesburg,  S.  C. ,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  a  school. 

And  now  the  grain  of  the  least  seed  that  was  sown  in  Charleston, 
S.  C. ,  in  1865  has  germinated  and  grown  up  to  be  large  and  flourish- 
ing, so  that  thousands  of  souls  are  lodging  in  its  branches,  and  the 
banner  of  the  African  M.  E.  Church  is  floating  in  the  breeze,  and  her 
soldiers  are  singing,  "  Praise  God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow." 


JOHN  GRAHAM  AND  HIS  ASSOCIATES. 


REV.   JOSEPH  E.    HAYNE,  D.  D. 

Mr.  Chairman,  Brethren,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  : 

The  part  assigned  to  me  at  this  historic  gathering  is  quite  a  post 
of  honor.  It  places  me  in  the  position  to  bring  to  light  many  impor- 
tant facts  about  the  founding  of  our  connection  in  these  parts  that  were 
hot  generally  revealed,  and  consequently  hardly  known  to  the  public. 
It  is  a  task  therefore  that  I  enter  upon  and  perform  with  unmeasured 
delight.  How  well  the  work  will  be  accomplished  I  shall  leave  for 
you  to  judge  and  determine.  I  shall  only  do  my  duty  in  the  matter. 
It  is  not  often  that  such  a  grand  and  magnificent  occasion  as  this  brings 
us  together. 

To-night's  scenes  and  joys  connect  us  with  the  struggles  and  vicis- 
situdes of  twenty-five  years  ago.  At  that  time  the  road  to  these  scenes 
and  joys  was  indeed  a  royal  one,  but  it  was  dark  and  gloomy.  The 
thorns  and  briers  incident  to  human  disappointments  fringed  it  on 
the  right,  and  innumerable  perils  bordered  it  on  the  left.  But  for  the 
incandescent  lamp  of  faith,  and  the  sun  of  hope  to  light  and  cheer 
those  who  entered  that  road,  to-night's  scenes  and  joys  would  be  a 
blank  page  in  the  chapter  of  our  history  in  these  parts,  but  especially 
on  the  adjacent  islands  to  Charleston.  It  took  men  of  no  small  amount 
of  courage  and  strong  backbone  to  enter  this  road.  And,  again,  it  re- 
quired men  of  patience  and  self-sacrificing  spirits  to  walk  in  it  contin- 
ually and  successfully  up  to  this  day. 


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EARLY  METHODISM  COMPARED. 

I  shall  take  great  pleasure  in  mentioning  some  of  the  brethren 
who  entered  this  road  twenty-five  years  ago.  But  before  doing  so  per- 
mit me  to  draw  a  few  pictures  by  way  of  comparison.  June  17,  1703, 
one  hundred  years  before  the  birth  of  the  sainted  John  Graham — who 
by  the  way  will  be  the  colossal  figure  in  our  laconic  narration — John 
Wesley  was  born.  Thirty-six  years  glided  away  softly  like  an  evening 
into  the  night,  and  then  on  the  12th  of  May,  1739,  he  laid  the  founda- 
tion of  a  new  christian  sect  that  rivaled  the  Old  Established  Church 
of  England.  At  first  the  work  was  regarded  as  untimely  in  the  ex- 
treme, and  its  days  of  destruction  was  said  to  be  only  a  question  of 
time  ;  but  to-day  the  Methodist  family  is  so  large  that  it  extends  from 
pole  to  pole,  and  from  east  to  west — indeed  the  sun  rises  but  never 
sets  on  the  empire  of  Methodism. 

REV.   JOHN   GRAHAM  AND  AFRICAN  METHODISM  IN  CHARLESTON,  S.  C. 

In  1865,  one  hundred  years  after  the  birth  of  Methodism  in  this 
country,  sometime  in  the  month  of  March,  Rev.  John  Graham,  a  very 
prominent  figure  in  church  work  appeared  on  the  scenes  of  struggles 
for  the  establishment  of  African  [Methodism  on  this  soil. 

He  was  a  christian  spiritual  giant  of  many  cubits,  leading  a  mighty 
host  of  christian  followers  in  and  out  of  this  "grand  old  city  by  the 
sea."  In  physique  he  was  well  proportioned  :  in  moral  courage  and 
christian  fortitude,  he  was  a  fac-swiile  of  St.  Paul  ;  in  natural  ability 
and  far  sightedness  into  future  developments  as  the  results  of  well  laid 
plans,  he  had  few  equals  and  certainly  no  superiors;  in  acquired  liter- 
ary attainments,  he  ranked  generally  with  the  men  of  his  day.  This 
grand  old  man,  and  christian  hero,  at  the  time  he  entered  the  ministry 
of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church,  had  passed  his  meridian  life  in  the  flesh  by 
twenty-two  years,  yet  his  spiritual  life  was  just  in  its  zenith,  hence,  of 
all  the  galaxy  of  men  who  began  this  glorious  church  work  in  those 
days,  the  brightest  among  them  was  John  Graham. 

Rev.  James  Lynch,  who  came  to  Charleston  in  the  interest  of 
African  Methodism,  advocated  the  propriety  of  the  colored  Methodists 
of  this  city  joining  the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  This  timely  declaration 
provoked  many  lively  and  heated  discussions.  The  leading  fathers  of 
the  Methodist  family  in  this  city  took  a  lively  part  in  them.  Their 
places  of  discussion  were  often  on  the  corner  of  the  streets,  in  the 
Upper  and  Lower  Markets,  blacksmith  shops,  tailor  and  shoemaker 
shops,  down  on  the  wharfs,  in  society  meetings,  and  in  and  about 
Trinity  and  Old  Bethel  Churches.  Indeed  the  question  was  in  the  air, 
and  everywhere,  and  in  the  mouth  of  every  body.  It  was  the  topic  of 
the  day ;  at  least  in  the  religious  world. 

It  was  the  general  discussion  that  brought  the  better  thinking 

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classes  of  the  people  closer  together,  and  in  this  way  we  are  able  to 
get  on  the  track  of  four  regularly  organized  meetings  in  which  the  sub- 
ject now  under  contemplation  was  discussed  ably  and  elaborately,  and 
finally  culminated  into  the  birth  of  this  grand  organization  in  this  city 
and  state,  May  15,  1865. 

The  leading  spirit  and  figure  in  these  meetings  that  were  now  in 
lull  operation  was  the  sainted  John  Graham.  Being  a  man  of  great 
prudence,  wide  and  extensive  experience,  profound  judgment,  a  deep 
thinker,  and  an  able  debater,  and  above  all,  a  great  spiritual  counselor, 
he  was  able  to  carry  his  point  when  and  wherever  it  was  made,  hence 
his  great  or  wonderful  influence,  which  was  used  in  the  interest  of  the 
A.  M.  E.  Church.  So  highly  esteemed  was  he  that  whatever  he  ad- 
vised and  did,  his  able  colleagues  accepted  as  both  excellent  and  timely. 

THE    FOUNDERS    OF    AFRICAN    METHODISM    IN    CHARLESTON  AND  THE 
ISLANDS  ADJACENT  THERETO. 

Thomas  Cochran,  Moseau  Adams,  Richard  Vanderhost,  Thomas 
Perroneau,  Charles  Bethume,  Robert  Cattle,  Archie  Walker,  Rev. 
Joseph  White,  Aberdine  Friday  and  P.  N.  Davis.  These  ten  brethren, 
with  the  sainted  John  Graham  as  chairman,  held  their  first  meeting  at 
the  residence  of  Judge  Hugre,  on  Coming  street,  opposite  Green  street. 
Let  it  be  remembered  that  it  was  then  and  there  that  African  Metho- 
dism received  its  impulse  in  these  parts.  This  was  before  the  arrival 
of  Rev.  R.  H.  Cain.  These  men  were  brethren  of  deep  christian 
piety,  broad  charity,  extensive  influence,  both  in  and  out  of  the  city. 
What  is  remarkable,  the  meeting  in  question  contained  three  itinerant 
preachers%and  one  Bishop ;  that  is  to  say,  the  materials  out  of  which 
Bishops  and  preachers  are  commonly  made  or  consecrated.  These 
were  the  following  preachers  and  Bishop :  John  Graham,  Joseph 
White  and  Archie  Walker.  The  two  former  entered  the  ministry  of 
the  A.  M.  E.  Church,  and  the  third  of  the  M.  E.  Church.  Richard 
Vanderhost  left  the  ministry  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  and  joined  that 
of  the  C.  M.  E.  Church,  and  in  1872  was  elected  the  first  Bishop  of 
that  connection. 

These  four  great  christian  heroes  and  Methodist  pioneers  have 
crossed  the  flood  and  are  resting  now  on  the  shining  shore  in  sweet 
Bulah  Land. 

The  second  meeting  of  equal  importance  was  that  held  at  the  resi- 
dence of  Rev.  William  Thomas,  on  Coming  street.  The  brethren 
present  at  that  meeting  were  Revs.  James  F.  Dart,  William  M.  Thomas, 
and  James  Nesbit;  Brothers  Anderson  Smalls,  Sipio  Gourdine,  Charles 
Vanderhost  and  Moses  Vandross.  The  future  itinerant  preachers  in 
that  historic  gathering  were  Revs.  Dart,  Thomas  and  Nesbit.  Each 
one  of  these  three  brethren  rendered  Rev.  John  Graham  great  assis- 
tance in  setting  up  the  banner  of  African  Methodism,  both  in  and  out 
of  this  city. 


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The  third  meeting  of  historic  importance  to  the  A.  M.  E.  Church 
was  at  Brother  J.  D.  Price's  saddle  shop,  on  Ratcliff  street,  one  door 
east  of  Coming  street.  This  meeting  was  called  after  Brother  Price 
had  seen  Rev.  James  Lynch  and  held  a  conversation  with  him  about 
the  birth  and  future  plans  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church,  and  its  work  here. 
The  persons  attending  this  meeting  were  J.  D.  Price,  Wm.  M.Thomas, 
Charles  Vanderhost,  John  Graham  and  J.  S.  Everett.  The  future 
itinerant  preacher  of  that  meeting  Rev.  J.  S.  Everett. 

The  fourth  meeting  of  historic  importance  was  called  and  held  at 
Brother  Moses  Vandross'  residence,  on  Morris  street.  The  brethren 
present  at  that  meeting  were  Rev.  James  Lynch,  J.  D.  Price,  Moses 
Vanderhost  and  Charles  Vanderhost 

The  minutes  of  1865  reveal  this  information  :  that  P.ev.  John 
Graham  was  admitted  on  trial  as  a  traveling  minister.  He  was  at  that 
same  Conference,  under  the  missionary  rule,  ordained  Deacon  in 
Trinity  M.  E.  Church.  The  seat  of  the  Conference  of  this  new  or- 
ganization was  Zion  Presbyterian  Church,  on  Calhoun  street.  At  that 
time  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  was  just  forming,  and  of  course  the  mem- 
bers had  no  place  of  their  own  in  which  they  could  meet.  The  friendly 
and  brotherly  act  of  Rev.  J.  S.  Gibbs,  his  elders  and  the  members  of 
that  church  will  never  be  forgotten  by  the  members  and  ministers  of  the 
A.  M.  E.  Church. 

The  first  Conference  did  not  appoint  Rev.  John  Graham  any 
where  that  year.  The  old  veteran  was  taken  up  in  the  interval  of  that 
session  by  Rev.  R.  H.  Cain,  who  at  this  time  was  becoming  the  head 
and  front  of  African  Methodism  in  this  city  and  state.  The  missionary 
field  has  never  had  on  it  a  more  earnestly  devoted  and  successful  field 
master  and  organizer  than  Father  John  Graham.  Two  better  yoke- 
fellows in  the  early  days  of  toil  and  labor  foi  African  Methodism  in 
South  Carolina  could  not  be  found  any  where  this  side  of  heaven. 
They  were  divinely  chosen  for  the  work,  as  their  remarkable  success 
attests.  Martin  Luther  and  Zwingle,  the  great  reformers,  never  laid  a 
deeper,  a  broader  and  a  more  durable  denominational  foundation  and 
superstructure  than  that  laid  by  Revs.  John  Graham  and  R.  H.  Cain 
in  South  Carolina.  No  man,  as  a  christian  hero  on  the  missionary 
field,  did  more  to  establish,  build  up  and  to  perpetuate  African  Meth- 
odism in  and  about  Charleston  than  Rev.  John  Graham.  The  services 
he  rendered  Rev.  R.  H.  Cain  in  planting  African  Methodism  in  this 
state  is  beyond  the  province  of  mortal  to  estimate.  It  is  information 
only  to  be  had  in  eternity,  furnished  by  Jesus  Christ  himself. 

The  circuits  on  James',  John's  and  Wadmalow  Islands,  and  on 
Christ  Church  Parish,  St.  Thomas  and  St.  Dennis  Parishes  are  the 
direct  fruits  of  the  labors  of  Rev.  John  Graham  before  he  entered  reg- 
ularly into  the  ministry.  So  marvelous  was  his  success  in  1865  on  this 
difficult  field,  for  it  must  be  remembered  that  to  reach  and  toil  on  this 


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missionary  field  at  that  time  was  to  run  the  risk  of  many  great  perils, 
which  did  not  only  endangered  health,  but  even  life  itself.  The  work 
was  truly  the  task  of  a  christian  hero. 

The  sublime  christian  character  of  the  man  shines  out  in  its  strong- 
est colors  when  I  tell  you  that  at  the  ripe  age  of  62  years,  he  began 
this  good  work.  It  was  the  Conference  of  1866  that  gave  him  charge 
of  James'  and  John's  Islands.  This  work  spread  very  rapidly  in  his 
hands,  until  it  encompassed  the  whole  of  St.  Andrews  Parish. 

Just  at  this  point  permit  me  to  call  attention  to  one  important 
fact,  the  man  and  brother  who  stood  by  this  old  christian  soldier  of 
many  battle  scars,  and  who  was  seen  in  his  genial  company  many  times 
on  his  rounds,  was  Rev.  James  F.  Dart.  Rev.  John  Graham  re- 
mained in  this  field  from  1865  to  1868  when  he  was  appointed  to  take 
charge  of  the  Mount  Pleasant  Circuit,  which  he  held  until  the  year 
187 1,  when  he  was  elevated  to  the  position  of  Presiding  Elder  over 
that  district.  He  continued  to  fill  this  office  up  to  the  day  of  his  death, 
which  occured  March  10,  1875.  ^e  A.  M.  E.  Church  will  never 
know  the  value  of  the  sainted  John  Graham,  who  was  one  of  its  truest 
and  greatest  pioneers  in  and  about  this  city. 

It  was  he  who  opened  m  this  region  the  way  for  Rev.  James 
Lynch,  and  it  was  he  who  made  the  way  possible  and  comparatively 
easy  for  Rev.  R.  H.  Cain,  the  man  of  all  men  who  made  by  his  in- 
vincibility impossibility  possible,  the  crooked  strait,  and  the  rough 
smooth,  and  the  ugly  beautiful,  say  what  you  will  or  may  against  him. 

These  remarks  bring  us  face  to  face  with  the  work  of  a  departed 
christian  hero,  which  is  so  extensive  and  ponderous  that  every  one  of 
us  is  perfectly  amazed  over  it,  and  hardly  want  to  believe  our  own 
sight.  With  the  working  materials  at  hand,  gathered  by  Rev.  John 
Graham  and  his  associates,  he  laid  the  corner  stone  of  African  Metho- 
dism deeper,  broader  and  stronger,  and  from  this  old  christian  citadel 
and  great  tower  of  strength  (Emanuel  Church)  many  christian  soldiers 
and  charioteers  have  streamed  through  her  perpetually  opened  gates. 
When  this  modern  Chrysostom,  the  silver  trumpeter  of  his  day,  had 
reached  the  first  climax  of  his  ministry  here,  for  it  was  climatical,  and 
that  was  after  he  had  by  his  oratorical  force  drew  around  him  great 
multitudes  of  people  to  hear  him ;  and  they  were  of  varigated  colors, 
classes,  ages  and  ranks.  The  storm  of  persecution  burst  upon  him 
and  culminated  in  his  arest.  But  having  his  true  and  tried  followers 
to  pray  and  work  for  him,  he  obtained  help  from  God  and  was  released. 
He  was  a  man  of  iron  nerves  and  an  indomitable  will ;  he  never  knew 
when  he  was  defeated  by  friends  or  foes.  I  claim  it  was  not  the  plan 
of  God  to  establish  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  South  Carolina  without 
using  Richard  Harvey  Cain  as  one  of  the  principal  factors  in  this  grand 
arrangement. 

The  part  that  this  able  but  departed  prelate  played  in  establishing 


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African  Methodism  in  Charleston  can  never  be  perfectly  narrated. 
His  glory,  achieved  in  this  grand  work,  is  like  the  immortal  crown  he 
now  wears — ever  bright  with  lustre.  To  him  belongs  more  honor  and 
laudation  than  mortals  are  able  or  even  willing  to  give.  Such  a  man 
as  R.  H.  Cain  was,  to  this  great  church,  he  should  not  be  forgotten 
by  old  or  young,  rich  or  poor,  North  or  South,  East  or  West.  Hence, 
the  daughters  of  this  grand  old  christian  beehive  (Morris  Brown 
Church),  led  by  a  galaxy  of  noble  christian  ladies,  will  in  a  few  months 
raise  to  his  memory  a  tablet  worthy  of  him.  Every  young  man  that 
entered  the  Conference  under  Rev.  R.  H.  Cain,  owes  him  a  gratitude 
that  will  only  be  discharged  when  his  life  work  in  the  ministry  ends, 
and  not  before. 

In  closing  my  remarks,  I  would  do  so  with  the  blessed  memory 
of  the  sainted  John  Graham  in  view.  This  great  and  peerless  pioneer 
of  African  Methodism  in  and  about  Charleston  has  his  lifeless  remains 
resting  in  Old  Bethel  church  yard,  with  nothing  to  mark  the  spot  that 
is  rendered  sacred  by  this  sleeping  prelate,  save  a  flattened  grave,  over 
which  the  storms  of  fifteen  years  have  swept,  and  nature's  own  decora- 
tions— the  green  grass  and  the  beautiful  wild  flowers. 

To  change  these  rude  and  rustic  scenes  around  this  lonely  grave  in 
the  city  of  the  dead  into  lively  ones,  is  the  work  of  the  Church  and 
Conference.  This  duty  the  Edisto  District  Conference,  held  on  John's 
Island,  May  25,  1890,  perceived,  and  projected  plans  by  which  suffi- 
cient means  might  be  collected  for  the  purchase  of  a  monument  that 
will  tell  the  coming  generations  how  much  we  appreciated  our  great 
men  while  living,  by  the  shaft  raised  over  them  when  dead. 


EISE  AND  PROGRESS  OP  EDUCATION  IN  SOUTH  CAROLINA, 


PRES.   JOSEPH  W.    MORRIS,   A.   M. ,    LL.  B. 

The  Columbia  District  Meeting  was  held  in  Newberry,  S.  C, 
July  29,  1870.  At  this  meeting  it  was  agreed  to  secure  a  farm  in  the 
town  of  Cokesbury,  S.  C,  containing  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of 
land,  including  buildings,  for  the  sum  of  $2250  on  time,  or  for  $2000 
for  cash,  the  owner  donating  $100.  That  scholarly  theologian  and 
distinguished  prelate,  Bishop  John  M.  Brown,  the  then  presiding 
Bishop — who  bears  the  eminent  distinction  of  being  the  first  negro  col- 
lege president  in  America,  was  present  and  favored  the  project.  On 
his  return  to  Washington  he  wrote  a  circular  concerning  the  property. 
The  following  committee  was  appointed  at  the  District  meeting  to  pur- 


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chase  the  property:  Revs.  A.  Weston,  Chairman ;  W.  D.  Harris, 
Secretary;  Joseph  Boston,  Simon  Miller  and  Scipio  Blake.  The 
committee  was  endorsed  by  Bishop  John  M.  Brown  and  started  out 
upon  its  work.  The  committee  had  circulars  printed  embodying  their 
plans  and  purposes — with  these  circulars  they  collected  money 
annually. 

They  had  other  plans  in  view  but  finally  settled  down  on  the 
farm  in  the  historic  town  of  Cokesbury — then  in  the  meridian  of  its 
fame — the  Athens  of  the  up  country — bearing  the  name  of  the  distin- 
guished Bishop  Coke.  In  this  beautiful  sylvan  retreat, — dedicated  to 
Methodism  and  learning,  the  fathers  deprived  of  intellectual  training 
and  advantages,  despising  paternalism,  imbued  with  the  sentiment  of 
Liberty;  "  If  Heaven  were  to  offer  me  truth  in  one  hand,  and  the 
search  after  truth  in  the  other  I  would  prefer  the  latter,"  established 
the  first  institution  of  learning  in  the  Commonwealth  of  South  Carolina, 
consecrated  to  negro-self-activity  and  negro  manhood.  They  were, 
undoubtedly,  led  to  this  place  by  the  unmistakable  hand  of  Deity. 
What  more  appropriate  spot  could  have  been  chosen  for  the  establish- 
ment of  a  seat  of  learning ?  Soil  fertile,  climate  sublime;  health-giv- 
ing springs  of  various  medical  waters,  just  sufficiently  sequestrated  for 
classic  grandeur  and  loveliness — "far  from  the  maddening  crowd, 
ignoble  strife;" — dotted  with  groves — such  as  crowned  the  Academus 
filled  with  Socratic,  Platonic  and  Aristolean  wisdom. 

At  the  Conference  of  this  year  the  Columbia  District  was  divided 
and  the  upper  called  the  Abbeville  District.  Brother  Simon  Miller 
was  appointed  Presiding  Elder  of  the  last  named  district,  and  it  is  to 
his  untiring  zeal,  race  pride  and  faithfulness  that  we  are  indebted  for 
the  purchasing  of  the  farm  at  Cokesbury,  where  Payne  Institute  was 
established,  named  for  that  worthy  son  of  South  Carolina,  that  brilliant 
exponent  of  her  genius,  culture  and  dignity,  Bishop  Daniel  A.  Payne, 
primus  inter  pares ,  teacher,  scholar,  theologian,  author — the  synonym 
of  piety,  learning  and  character. 

There  was  also  a  meeting  held  at  Greenwood,  S.  C,  Oct.  6,  187 1, 
in  furtherance  of  the  same  purpose.  The  Rev.  James  T.  Baker  pre- 
sided over  this  meeting,  and  Rev.  Simon  Miller  was  elected  Secretary. 
After  comparing  views  the  meeting  concluded  to  purchase  the  farm  at 
Cokesbury.  The  Annual  Conference  of  1871  by  a  large  vote,  after 
speeches  were  made  by  Hons.  Judge  Wright  and  R.  B.  Elliott  against 
having  a  school  at  Cokesbury,  refused  to  have  the  school  go  into  the 
upper  portion  of  the  state.  But  Elder  Miller,  notwithstanding  the 
odds  against  him,  was  determined  to  have  a  high  school  for  his  people 
in  the  upper  portion  of  the  state.  The  Conference  decided  to  purchase 
a  place  called  Barhamville,  near  Columbia,  S.  C,  but  they  failed 
to  do  so. 

The  Rev.  Miller  renewed  his  efforts  to  purchase  the  property  at 


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Cokesbury  without  the  consent  of  the  Conference.  He  brought  the 
papers  of  the  property  to  the  next  Conference  and  presented  them  as 
the  work  of  the  Abbeville  District.  The  Conference  was  undecided 
as  to  what  steps  to  take  in  respect  to  Elder  Miller's  action.  He  then 
arose  and  said,  "  If  the  Conference  did  not  want  the  papers,  they,  the 
Abbeville  District,  would  keep  them  as  the  papers  of  their  property." 
At  this  juncture  one  of  the  brethren  of  the  Conference  arose  and  moved 
to  receive  the  papers  and  it  was  agreed  to. 

The  Presidents  of  Payne  Institute  have  been  as  follows :  Profs. 
Porter,  Crogman,  Scarborough  and  Morris. 

The  General  Conference  of  1880  having  elected  the  Rt.  Rev. 
W.  F.  Dickerson  one  of  the  bishops  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  and  ap- 
pointed him  to  this  diocese ;  through  him  a  change  was  brought  about 
in  the  educational  work  of  the  state.  The  unsettled  social  and  politi- 
cal status  of  the  state  at  that  time,  causing  unrest  among  the  people 
and  the  further  cause  to  have  the  educational  work  located  in  the  cen- 
tral part  of  the  state,  the  Payne  Institute  was  merged  into  the  Allen 
Uriversity  now  situated  in  Columbia,  S.  C. 

At  the  Annual  Conference  held  in  Sparksburg,  S.  C,  Bishop 
Dickerson  presiding,  the  following  persons  were  elected  a  Board  of 
Trustees:  Rt.  Rev.  W.  F.  Dickerson,  David  Pickett,  Bruce  H.  Wil- 
liams, Silas  H.  Jefferson,  Montgomery  M.  Mance,  Felix  H.  Torrence, 
Paul  W.  Jefferson,  Samuel  Washington,  A.  Thomas  Carr,  W.  M: 
Thomas  and  Hiram  Young,  who  procured  a  charter  from  the  state. 
Approved  December  24,  1880. 

The  property  was  purchased  for  $6000  and  is  pleasantly  and  con- 
veniently situated  in  the  suburbs  of  the  city  of  Columbia.  The  wisdom 
of  the  change  was  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  the  university  rapidly 
grew  in  numbers  and  appreciation  among  the  people.  Much  of  the 
success  and  prosperity  attending  it  was  due  to  the  devotion  and  zeal 
of  its  distinguished  founder,  the  lamented  Bishop  Dickerson, — who 
was  always  willing  to  spend  and  be  spent  in  anything  looking  to  its 
complete  development.  It  suffered  a  great  loss  in  the  death  of  this 
illustrious  man.  He  was  followed  in  the  presidency  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  by  Bishops  Shorter,  Campbell  and  Arnett,  for  whom  it  ap- 
pears it  had  been  left  to  bring  the  university  up  to  a  degree  of  finan- 
cial excellence  as  to  surpass  our  most  sanguine  expectation.  The  evi- 
dences of  his  Napoleonic  genius  and  ability  are  all  around  us. 

There  are  bright  places  on  the  earth  where  the  general  influence 
of  liberty  glows  in  peace — where  song  inspires  the  temple — where  elo- 
quence thrills,  where  learning  lingers — where  the  arts  and  sciences  ex- 
pand into  every  form  of  beauty  and  magnificence — where  learning 
gives  to  literature  its  inexpressible  charms  and  graces. 

A  recent  pamphlet  entitled  11  A  Descriptive  sketch  of  Columbia, 
S,  C.j  its  surroundings  and  advantages  "  has  this  to  say  of  us  :    "  The 


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African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  is  deserving  of  credit  for  its  com- 
mendable zeal  in  the  education  of  the  Negro  race,  and  the  Allen  Uni- 
versity is  an  evidence  of  their  ability  to  found  and  manage  an  institu- 
tion for  the  higher  education  entirely  within  their  own  people.  Iudus- 
trial  pursuits  have  also  been  introduced  and  will  be  added  to  from 
time  to  time,  to  meet  the  growing  requirements.  The  course  of  study 
comprises  a  graded,  intermediate,  Normal,  College  and  regular  col- 
legiate course,  including  law,  medicine  and  theology. 

Any  institution  devoted  to  the  education,  requirement,  refinement 
and  moral  culture  of  the  citizens  of  the  state  should  have  due  credit, 
and  the  success  of  Allen  University  under  the  tutorship,  fostering  care 
and  finances  of  the  colored  people,  is  an  achievement  worthy  of  note 
and  deserving  of  the  sympathy  and  good  will  of  all." 

"  The  Charleston  News  and  Courier"  of  Oct.  8,  1889,  in  its  an- 
nual review  of  the  history  and  progress  of  the  educational  institutions 
of  the  state,  devoted  considerable  space  in  its  columns — showing  with 
commendable  skill  and  conspicuous  fairness  the  marked  success  attend- 
ing Alien  University.  "The  Charleston  World"  with  equal  fairness 
and  ability,  through  its  distinguished  Columbia  correspondent,  spoke 
with  no  uncertain  sound  of  the  excellence  and  progress  of  the  university. 

And  what  has  been  said  of  these  two  influential  dailies,  might  be 
said  of  the  Press  of  the  state.  Twice  has  the  university  been  endorsed 
by  two  democratic  governors  and  executive  officers  of  the  state.  These 
evidences  of  sympathy,  and  respect,  of  recognized  merit  and  mutual 
good  will  on  the  part  of  our  brothers  in  white  speak  volumes  for  us  ; 
and  encourage  us  the  more  to  go  forward  with  renewed  determination 
in  the  intellectual  and  moral  elevation  of  the  youth  of  the  race. 

Kepler,  the  aged  astronomer,  looking  out  in  telescopic  vision  into 
the  far  unknown,  upon  the  myriad  of  worlds  as  they  move  through 
the  immensity  of  space,  exclaimed,  "O  God,  I  think  thy  thoughts 
after  Thee."  We  need  men  schooled  to  moral  reflection  and  to  the 
most  complete  control, — men  who  see  sermons  in  tones,  books  in  the 
running  brooks — in  every  blade  of  grass — in  every  tiny  dewdrop  the 
unmistakable  hands  of  Deity. 

Education  is  the  normal  function  of  the  church — she  is  mother 
and  guardian.  It  is  a  historic  fact  that  the  Methodist  Church  sprang 
from  the  halls  of  learning,  and  is  not  only  the  patron  but  the  founder 
and  guardian  of  Seminaries,  Colleges  and  Universities.  The  school 
house  and  church  are  in  conjugal  relation,  God  has  joined  them,  let 
no  man  put  them  asunder.  His  right  hand  is  upon  the  spire  of  one, 
and  his  left  hand  on  the  dome  of  the  other.  The  grand  work  of  the 
world's  educators  in  its  far  reaching  results,  both  for  time  and  eternity, 
cannot  be  overestimated.  There  is  no  force  so  well  calculated  to  lift 
mankind  from  the  cesspool  of  vice,  ignorance  and  superstition.     It  is 


EDUCATION   IN  SOUTH  CAROLINA. 


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the  sentinel  that  guards  out  liberties.  We  thank  God  for  the  work 
that  has  been  done  and  is  being  accomplished. 

The  number  of  graduates  in  nine  short  years  is  75.  From  the 
Colle  giate  Department,  12;  Law,  15;  Normal,  48.  A  majority  of 
the  Normal  graduates  are  engaged  in  teaching — of  the  Law  graduates, 
in  the  practice  of  law  within  and  outside  of  the  state,  of  the  College 
graduates,  seven  hold  prominent  stations  in  the  church,  one  as  Presid- 
ing Elder,  two  occupy  chairs  within  the  walls  of  their  Alma  Mater, 
one  of  whom  also  as  the  Dean  of  Law,  three  engaged  in  teaching. 

Such  is  the  commanding  influence  of  the  work  that  almost  every 
county  in  the  state  has  been  represented,  to  say  nothing  of  representa- 
tion from  the  states  Virginia,  North  Carolina,  Georgia  and  the  Islands 
of  the  West  Indies. 

I  am  reminded  of  the  sentiment  of  Burke,  "  Enlightenment  and  its 
consequent  improvements  are  the  results  of  universal  education."  The 
youth  is  inspired  by  the  examples  of  patriotism  taught  him  in  the 
school  house.  The  school  is  the  palladium  of  our  liberties  and  its 
maintenance  is  of  the  highest  importance.  The  public  safety  rests 
upon  the  virtue  and  intelligence  of  the  citizen  ;  and  every  power  should 
be  exerted  in  extending  our  educational  needs,  that  the  public  mind 
might  be  refined  and  enlightened,  labor  elevated,  patriotism  purified 
and  the  people  blessed. 

All  now  admit  that  education  should  involve  the  exercise  of  the 
heart,  the  head  and  the  hand.  Upon  the  systematic  training  of  these 
depend  the  true  development  of  the  individual  and  his  complete  prep- 
aration for  life.  This  is  in  full  keeping  with  the  principles  and  the 
teachings  of  Rabelias,  Pestalozzi  and  Comenius.  The  great  aim  of 
education  is  the  elevation  of  the  people,  which  depends  upon  spiritual 
insight  and  intellectual  activity. 

Man  distinguishes  himself  from  the  brute  by  giving. his  attention 
to  energies,  forces,  producing  causes  and  principles. 

Every  community  should  be  trained  to  good  citizenship  and  self- 
help;  to  expound  the  principles  of  government;  to  harmonize  and  pro- 
mote agricultural,  mechanical  and  commercial  interest;  to  develope  the 
reasoning  faculties  of  our  youth,  enlarge  their  minds,  cultivate  their 
morals  and  instil  in  them  the  precepts  of  virtue  and  order;  to  enlighten 
them  with  mathematical  and  physical  sciences,  which  advance  the  arts 
and  administer  to  the  health,  the  subsistence  and  comforts  of  life,  and 
finally  to  form  them  to  habits  of  reflection  and  correct  actions,  render- 
ing them  examples  of  virtue  to  others.  The  education  of  posterity  is 
necessary  to  the  national  and  social  welfare  of  the  people.  They 
should  be  educated  in  accordance  with  the  spirit  and  genius  of  the  in- 
stitutions which  they  are  to  maintain.  Human  development  depends 
upon  the  right  exercise  of  power,  and  occasions  of  this  exercise  are  the 
subjects  of  thought.    The  education  that  improves  the  mind  and  mem- 


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ory,  but  neglects  the  morals  and  religious  training  is  imperfect  and  de- 
fective. "  To  educate  is  to  instil  into  the  mind  principles  of  art, 
science,  morals,  religion  and  behavior."  To  educate  in  the  arts  is 
important,  in  religion  indispensible.  It  is  of  prime  importance  that 
the  intellect  of  our  youth  should  be  developed  that  they  may  go  forth 
armed  with  a  lever  by  which  they  may  elevate  themselves  and  become 
valuable  members  of  society.  It  is  not  enough  for  the  youth  to  have 
secular  education,  but  they  must  receive  a  religious  training.  Religious 
knowledge  is  superior  to  human  science — as  far  above  it  as  the  soul  is 
above  the  body,  the  heavens  above  the  earth,  as  eternity  is  above  time. 
The  youth  who  has  been  imbued  with  the  precepts  of  Christianity  has 
mastered  the  great  problem  of  life ;  he  knows  his  origin,  his  sublime 
destiny  and  means  of  attaining  it.  We  have  a  heart  to  be  formed  for 
virtue,  a  heart  to  be  enlightened;  we  are  to  improve  the  mind  and  di- 
rect the  heart. 

Guizot  of  France  says  :  "to  make  education  truly  good  and  social- 
ly useful,  it  must  be  fundamentally  religious.  The  centripetal  force  of 
religion  should  counterbalance  the  centrifugal  motion  of  free  thought." 

Pardon  this  digression.  Above  the  name  of  Phocion,  above  the 
name  of  Brutus,  above  the  name  of  Castellor,  above  the  name  of  Gam- 
betta,  above  the  name  of  our  own  Toussaint,  we  write  the  name  of  the 
philanthropist,  humantarian,  reformer,  agitator  and  educator,  Richard 
Allen,  who  gave  to  us  and  our  posterity  this  religious,  moral,  intellect- 
ual temple  wherein  shall  be  celebrated  with  appropriate  rites,  even  to 
the  last  generation,  the  Fatherhood  of  God  and  the  Brotherhood  of 
Man. 


WOMAN,  HER  INFLUENCE, 


REV.    MOSES  B.   SAULTER,  D.  D. 

When  woman  possesses  the  right  character,  she  exerts  a  powerful 
influence  on  society.  Being  the  leading  character  of  social  life,  she 
is  in  position  to  do  a  great  good.  She  can  make  her  influence  felt,  in 
words,  actions,  and  general  deportment.  The  community  looks  to 
her  for  a  model  of  excellence  in  all  that  is  pure  and  good.  A  young 
woman  may  exert  much  influence  if  possessed  of  the  proper  charac- 
ter, for  on  her  are  the  eyes  of  the  world,  and  when  she  walks  in  the 
path  of  virtue  and  rectitude,  she  is  looked  upon  as  the  foundation  of 
all  good  society.  There  is  another  important  point  from  which  her  in- 
fluence radiates  to  bless  the  world  of  mankind  wherever  she  moves. 
I  mean  a  religious  stand-point.    Flow  wonderful  is  her  influence  in 

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WOMAN,  HER  INFLENCE. 


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this  respect :  the  poor,  the  downcast  and  erring  ones  draw  encourage- 
ment from  her  example.  As  a  wife,  in  the  true  sense  of  this  term, 
she  exerts  a  powerful  influence  on  her  husband.  The  cares  and  re- 
sponsibilities of  life  press  heavily  upon  him,  nnd  when  it  seems  that  he 
will  give  up  in  despair,  the  cheering  voice  of  an  affectionate  wife  causes 
him  to  take  fresh  courage,  and  push  the  battle  of  life  on  to  victory  and 
renown. 

There  is  no  influence  in  the  home  so  great  as  the  mother's.  Hus- 
band, and  children  alike,  look  to  her  for  direction  in  all  its  sacred  de- 
partments. In  a  well  ordered  home  the  wife  and  mother  is  the  sov- 
ereign. The  children  look  up  to  her  for  protection,  and  all  expect 
from  her  comfort,  counsel  and  sympathy.  "  A  mother  as  a  mother 
is  a  mother  still,  the  holiest  thing  alive."  She  shapes  the  character  of 
the  home  for  time  and  eternity.  With  the  increase  of  her  responsibil- 
ities is  a  corresponding  increase  of  influence.  All  the  hopes  and  as- 
pirations ot  the  young  man  are  shaped  by  the  influence  of  a  faithful 
mother, — a  loving  sister.  He  looks  to  the  mother  for  strength  and  en- 
couragement amidst  the  trials  and  temptations  of  this  world.  In  the 
Church  and  Sunday  School  she  may  be  a  pattern  of  excellence  and 
good  works.  The  Church  looks  to  her  for  its  best  fruits  of  spiritual 
labor.  Though  she  is  not  permitted  to  hold  the  reigns  of  government, 
yet  her  very  silence  has  an  influence  on  all  the  movements  of  the 
Church.  What  would  our  Church  be  without  the  presence  and  sym- 
pathy of  the  woman?  Her  influence  is  greatly  felt  in  the  political 
world.  She  exerts  an  unseen  power  in  the  council  of  the  nations. 
The  destiny  of  mankind  is  largely  held  in  woman's  hand.  Many  a 
statesman  has  been  crowned  with  glory  and  renown  by  listening  to  the 
words  of  his  faithful  wife.  If  our  race  would  be  great  and  noble,  it 
must  properly  appreciate  the  influence  of  woman  in  Society,  Church, 
and  State. 

When  we  look  at  woman  filling  the  position  of  the  minister's  wife ; 
when  we  see  that  his  success  often  depends  upon  the  wisdom  and  gen- 
tle manners  of  his  wife,  we  are  led  to  believe  that  God  sometimes  calls 
a  man  to  the  ministry  because  He  wants  the  services  of  his  wife.  We 
witness  a  beautiful  exhibition  of  woman's  influence  and  power  in  the 
prosecution  of  the  cause  of  Temperance.  Many  a  husband  and  son 
has  been  saved  from  a  drunkard's  grave  by  the  timely  exercise  of  the 
woman's  influence.  What  wayward  can  successfully  resist  the  pathet- 
ic appeals  of  a  loving  mother,  even  after  she  has  gone  to  the  land  of 
light,  "Where  spirits  blend,  and  friend  holds  fellowship  with  friend." 
The  sound  of  her  voice  still  lingers  in  his  ear,  and  the  influence  of  her 
great  faith  will  touch  his  heart  in  some  hour  of  solemn  reflection. 

Woman,  the  noblest  creature  of  God's  earthly  handiwork,  what 
would  the  world  be  without  her  ?  Wilderness,  waste,  and  immensity 
of  nothing. 


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FINANCE  AND  THE  TENURE  OF  CHURCH  PROPERTY. 


REV.    C.    M.   CROSBY,   D.  D. 

Mr.  President,  Members  of  the  Committee,  Fellow  Colleagues  in  the  Gos- 
pel, Ladies  and  Gentlemen  : 

It  has  fallen  to  my  lot  to  open  the  discussion  of  two  very  import- 
ant topics,  as  regards  the  well-being  and  prosperity  of  our  beloved 
Zion.    They  are  "Church  Property"  and  "Church  Finance." 

The  fact  is  self-evident  that  a  basis  is  an  indispensible  requisite  to 
the  existence  of  all  created  things.  To  exist  without  a  basis  makes 
that  existence  independent;  and  not  in  all  the  sphere  in  which  crea- 
tures move  can  such  an  existence  be  found, — No  not  so  much  as  con- 
ceived of.  If  the  creature  is  to  be  supported,  its  foundation  must  be 
adequate.  The  creature  in  whose  interest  we  are  now.  to  speak  is  the 
Church,  an  institution  whose  purpose  it  is  to  lift  up  a  world  deluged 
in  sin,  and  to  support  it  constantly  in  the  favor  of  God. 

Ey  considering  the  world's  inherited  weakness  you  will  readily 
discover  the  magnitude  of  the  work.  But,  despite  its  greatness,  God 
means  to  accomplish  it  through  his  Church.  Hence  the  importance 
of  a  firm  basis  for  this  institution.  Christ  informs  us  that  his  Church 
is  founded  upon  a  rock  and  therefore  secure.  Against  it  not  even  the 
gates  of  hell  shall  prevail.  But  the  Church  has  also  a  material  side, 
and  needs  therefore  a  material  foundation.  It  must  stand,  firmly  root- 
ed, both  in  the  hearts  of  its  votaries  and  in  "soil"  held  by  honest  and 
valid  titles.  Thus  founded  and  secured,  the  first  requisite  necessary 
to  good  and  lasting  work  is  complied  with.  Great  discretion  should 
be  used,  not  only  in  regard  to  the  titles  of  church  property,  b^it  in  the 
location  of  such  property  as  well.  The  mission  of  this  institution  is 
to  catch  men.  The  spider  does  not  construct  its  web  in  a  place  unfre- 
quented by  flies.  Neither  is  the  fisherman  likely  to  drop  his  net  in 
waters  unshoaled  by  fish ;  and  with  like  caution  in  building  churches, 
we  should  not  erect  them  in  places  not  easy  of  access  to  the  masses. 
A  disregard  in  this  respect  has  given  us  already  scores  of  churches, 
whose  very  location  is  a  barrier  to  their  success.  They  are,  perhaps, 
in  some  alley  or  some  other  obscure  place,  where  women  may  justly 
fear  to  go  alone  at  night.  The  first  site  purchased  by  the  Bethel  con- 
gregation in  Columbia,  S.  C,  was  a  place  after  this  sort.  But  by 
chance  they  discovered  their  mistake  before  building,  and  bought  the 
site  on  which  Bethel  now  stands — a  location  which  for  beauty  and  ac- 
cessibility, there  is  no  superior  place  for  a  church  in  all  that  city.  But 
unfortunate  for  our  mission  in  Columbia,  its  location  answers  well 
the  above  description,  and  the  result  is,  the  congregation  in  constantly 
on  the  wane.    I  therefore  suggest  that  a  desirable  sight,  easy  of  access, 


CHURCH  PROPERTY  AND  CHURCH  FINANCE. 


be  kept  predominant  among  the  considerations  in  securing  property 
on  which  to  build  a  church. 

A  word  as  to  how  our  churches  and  parsonages  should  be  con- 
structed we  do  not  regard  as  foreign.  With  reference  to  parsonages 
suffice  it  to  say  that  a  good,  roomy,  convenient  and  comfortable  par- 
sonage, well  furnished,  should  be  considered  the  inseparable  companion 
of  every  church. 

In  regard  to  churches,  we  would  suggest  that  in  their  erection 
strength,  beauty,  convenience  and  completion,  be  constantly  kept  m 
view.  The  occasional  disasters  occurring  in  halls,  chapels,  theaters 
and  churches,  by  falling  floors,  collapsing  walls,  &c. ,  should  teach  the 
propriety  of  guarding  with  caution  the  erection  of  weak  and  question- 
able buildings  in  which  hundreds  and  thousands  of  human  beings  as- 
semble from  time  to  time.  Again  we  recommend  that  a  church  be 
made  attractive  by  combining  in  its  structure  taste  and  beauty.  He 
who  claims  that  one  can  go  to  excess  in  beautifying  God's  house, 
must,  to  say  the  least,  have  a  false  conception  both  of  his  Maker  and 
of  the  cardinal  principles  of  Christianity.  Grace  and  sublimity  con- 
front us  everywhere  in  beholding  the  works  of  God.  Wherever  his 
Divine  finger  touches  the  material  world,  gracefulness,  attraction  and 
beauty  spring  up  as  by  magic.  Go  with  me  to  Solomon's  temple,  and, 
if  you  can,  gaze  upon  it  while  basking  in  the  sunlight.  Concerning 
this  magnificent  structure  history  tells  us  that  from  base  to  summit  and 
from  wall  to  wall,  strength,  beauty,  convenience  and  completion  vied 
with  each  other ;  and  that  precious  stones,  the  choicest  wood,  gold, 
silver  and  burnished  brass  were  so  copiously  lavished  upon  it  that  to 
view  it  in  the  light  of  the  sun  would  be  to  endanger  your  sight.  God 
is  the  architect  of  this  structure.  His  own  finger  drew  the  plan,  and 
by  it  he  stood  while  in  course  of  erection,  saying,  £<  Do  all  things  in 
keeping  with  the  pattern  submitted  on  the  Mount."  Why,  the  very 
object  of  that  religion  sent  down  from  heaven  is  to  so  grace  and  beau- 
tify our  bodies  as  to  constitute  us  worthy,  at  the  appearance  of  Christ, 
to  walk  with  Him  in  white.  Can  it  be  possible  that  the  God  who  has 
done  all  these  things  is  an  abhorer  of  beauty  ?  Certainly  not.  Neither 
am  I  prepared  to  believe  it  possible  to  erect,  anywhere  on  earth,  a 
church  too  fine  for  Him  who  for  the  future  habitation  of  his  saints  has 
built  a  city  whose  walls  are  jasper,  whose  gates  are  pearl  and  who  e 
streets  are  paved  with  gold. 

In  reference  to  convenience  it  is  enough  to  say,  that  wherever 
possible  each  church  should  have,  at  least,  a  lecture-room,  study,  and 
a  number  of  class-rooms  apart  from  the  main  auditorium.  In  the  last 
named  department  great  care  should  be  taktn  to  secure  good  accous- 
tics.  This  room  should  be  furnished  with  the  means  of  securing,  at 
all  times,  the  needed  amount  of  light  and  air.     Finally,  I  would  sug- 


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gest  that  this  room  be  well  supplied  with  doors,  so  that  in  ease  of  an 
emergency  the  means  of  egress  may  be  ample. 

Completion  is  the  next  item  claiming  our  attention.  Scattered 
through  our  great  connection,  we  have  scores  if  not  hundreds  of  half 
completed  churches.  I  mean  churches  that  were  started  five,  ten, 
fifteen  or  twenty  years  ago,  which  the  people  ardently  pushed  forward 
until  inclosure  was  reached,  but  having  found  a  place  under  which  to 
shelter  their  heads,  contentment  suddenly  possessed  them,  and  the  con- 
clusion to  make  out  with  a  half-finished  church  soon  became  general. 
The  preacher,  fearing  he  might  come  up  short  if  the  building  con- 
tinued, said  amen,  and  thus  the  work  ceased.  God  only  knows,  and 
eternity  alone  will  reveal,  the  amount  of  damage  done  by  such 
churches.  For  six  months  possibly  out  of  the  twelve  the  health  of 
both  preacher  and  people  is  jeopardized  as  often  as  they  convene  there 
to  worship.  I  venture  the  assertion  that  many  are  in  their  graves  to- 
day who  contracted  their  death  while  worshipping  in  such  places. 
These  empty  hulls  standing  out  as  monuments  of  ambition  and  zeal 
long  since  dead,  are  unmistakable  signs  of  sluggishness  and  indolence 
upon  the  part  of  the  people  so  using  them. 

We  do  not  believe,  neither  do  we  assert,  that  in  every  case  the 
people  are  wholly  to  blame  for  this  sickening  stagnation.  The  minis- 
ters serving  such  people  may  be  largely  responsible  for  this  state  of  af- 
fairs. For  instance  Brother  A.  is  given  a  charge,  and  he  is  a  man  of 
life,  energy,  thrift.  His  object  for  entering  the  ministry  was  not  a 
livelihood,  a  support.  He  has  not  gone  to  the  pulpit  because  other 
avenues  have  closed  against  him.  But  in  obedi  nee  to  a  call  from 
heaven  he  has  entered  the  Master's  Vineyard  to  do  with  his  might 
what  his  hands  find  to  do.  He  sees  that  the  building  of  a  church  is 
necessary  and  at  it  he  goes.  But  before  this  the  pride  and  ambition  of 
his  life  is  completed.  Brother  A.  either  by  death,  the  Bishop,  or  some 
other  executive  power,  is  called  away,  and  he  is  succeeded  by  the 
Flon.  Rev.  Mr.  B.,  B.  D.,  D.  D.,  or  A.  M.  as  the  case  may  be,  and 
this  highly  titled  and  distinguished  brother,  unfortunate  for  himself, 
and  exceedingly  so  for  the  Church  he  serves,  goes  from  charge  to 
charge  burdened  with  the  idea  that  he's  a  powerful  preacher,  and  that 
that's  his  fort.  After  having  made  an  effort  at  preaching,  if  you  are 
not  careful  to  shun  him,  it  will  be  yours,  most  likely,  to  bear  the  ad- 
ditional pain  of  hearing  him  say,  "Ah!  didn't  I  get  there?"  Now, 
whether  some  one  flatteringly  called  this  brother  a  "  powerful  preacher  " 
or  whether  it's  a  fancy  of  his  own  deluded  mind  I  am  not  prepared  to 
say.  But  he  has  that  idea  and  prides  himself  in  telling  you  "  I  am  no 
church  builder,  but  I  am  a  preacher."  That  is  to  say,  I  presume 
when  rightly  interpreted,  "  I  am  no  account,  I  am  lazy." 

Now,  Mr.  Moderator,  if  you  have  a  Church  you  wish  torn  down, 
I  suggest  that  you  give  it  to  this  man,  he'll  give  you  a  first  class  job 


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and  report  it  finished  at  your  next  Conference.  Call  him  !  Let's  hear 
his  annual  report.  Brother  B.,  contingent,  50  cents;  Dollar  money, 
$25;  pastor's  salary,  $1000;  presiding  elder's  salary,  $25;  collected 
for  building  and  repairs,  nothing.  How  much  for  missionary  purposes, 
education,  etc,,?  nothing.  How  many  conversions?  none.  How 
many  members?  well,  floating  and  all,  living  and  dead,  I  suppose 
about  500.  Total  amount  of  good  done  during  the  year,  none.  Total 
amount  of  harm  done,  eternity  'ill  answer.  This  is  his  true  report 
from  under  the  cover.  Of  the  $408,000  worth  of  church  property 
owned  and  controlled  by  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  this  state,  he  has 
added  absolutely  nothing.  He  has  served  only  as  a  break  on  the 
wheel  of  progress  in  the  work  of  the  Church.  In  obedience  to  the 
programme,  I  now  dismiss  this  topic  to  say  a  word  on  the  great  sub- 
ject ot  "  Church  Finance." 

My  conviction  on  this  subject  is,  that  next  to  saving  valid  religion, 
there  should  exist  in  the  Church  a  smooth,  harmonious  and  well  de- 
fined financial  system.  The  work  aspoused  by  the  Church,  and  for 
the  accomplishment  of  which  its  honor  is  pledged,  makes  this  system 
a  necessity.  The  Church  is  pre-eminently  an  institution  for  the  en- 
lightenment of  the  people.  With  sin  and  ignorance  it  must  not,  it 
dare  not  compromise.  These  sturdy  foes  of  God  and  man  must  be 
shown  no  quarter.  They  must  be  driven  from  their  lurking  places  by 
bringing  to  bear  upon  the  people  light  and  truth  even  as  they  are  in 
Jesus.  But  this  cannot  be  done  without  enlightened  ministers,  and 
enlightened  ministers  cannot  be  had  without  schools  of  training,  and 
these  institutions  cannot  be  maned  without  money.  The  message  of 
salvation  as  committed  to  the  Church  will  not  have  reached  its  objective 
point  until  proclaimed  in  every  land  and  heard  by  every  ear.  "  Go  into 
all  the  world  and  preach  my  gospel  to  every  creature,"  is  the  injunction 
of  Christ  to  his  heralds.  But  without  money  this  behest  cannot  be 
obeyed. 

Again,  to  aid  our  work,  encourage  and  inspire  the  workers,  there 
must  be  kept  a  fiesh,  sparkling  current -of  thought  passing  constantly 
from  each  to  the  other  throughout  the  entire  connection.  This  of 
course  calls  for  a  press,  and  a  press  and  money,  if  not  synonymous, 
there  is  certainly  but  a  hair's  breath  between  them. 

Our  aged  sires  and  veterans,  with  their  whitened  locks  and  wrin- 
kled brow,  now  resting  in  camp,  honorably  discharged  from  war,  I 
men  those  men  who  in  the  dark,  dark  days  of  twenty-five  years  ago, 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  went  out  though  threatened  by  Klu 
Klux  Klans,  the  rifle  ball  and  the  bludgeon  club,  and  amid  these 
perils  sowed  the  seed,  the  rich  and  ripened  fruit  of  which  feasts  our 
souls  to-day.  What  shall  be  done  for  these  "fathers"?  I  answer, 
do  them  honor  by  uncovering  your  head  in  their  presence,  and  by 
pouring  out  in  their  laps  from  the  church  coffers  a  hearty  and  ample 


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support.  This  you  see  is  another  call  for  money,  but  it  must  come, 
for  he  who  shutteth  up  his  bowels  of  compassion  against  such  men  like 
Cain  is  doomed  to  pass  through  this  world  with  a  curse  of  God  upon 
him.  The  honor  of  our  Church  is  pledged  to  care  for  the  widows  and 
orphans  of  such  men  as  have  laid  down  their  life  for  Christ's  sake 
and  the  gospel,  and  to  make  good  this  pledge  we  need  money.  That 
we  may  keep  editors  at  the  press,  secretaries  of  education,  Sabbath 
Schools  and  missions  in  the  field  watching  over  God's  flock  by  night, 
we  must  give  to  them  and  their  families  raiment,  food  and  shelter. 
Hence  another  need  for  money. 

Another  dernand  for  money  arises  from  the  consideration  of  our 
Bishops.  The  amount  of  good  accruing  to  the  Church  from  the  work 
and  worth  of  these  sires  is  beyond  estimation.  No  money  can  be  con- 
sidered as  an  equivalent  to  the  prestage,  force  and  impetus  given  our 
Zion  by  the  labors  of  these  fathers.  Out  on  the  restless  ocean  of 
thought,  when  the  high  seas  of  hate,  spurious  isms  and  conflicting 
opinions  crashed  against  our  bark,  these  noble  fathers,  with  a  courage 
born  of  heaven,  laid  firm  hold  of  the  helm  of  the  old  gospel-ship,  and 
amid  beating  storms  and  driving  tempests,  have  up  to  date  kept  her 
bow  facing  heaven's  pier.  And  shall  not  these  men  be  supported? 
Yes,  they  must  and  shall  receive  a  warm  and  hearty  support  is  the  re- 
sponse coming  up  from  a  united  Church. 

Now  to  meet  these  various  demands  there  exists  in  our  Church  at 
present  what  is  familiarly  known  as  the  Dollar  Money  system.  This 
system,  though  no  one  will  pretend  to  claim  for  it  perfection,  is  the 
best  possibly  the  Church  has  ever  produced.  Since  the  existence  of 
this  Dollar  Money  law,  though  poorly  executed,  the  Church  has  done 
more  towards  the  accomplishment  of  its  mission  on  earth  than  ever 
before.  Our  widows,  orphans  and  disabled  preachers  have  been  bet- 
ter cared  for.  Our  Bishops  and  general  officers  have  been  more 
promptly  paid,  our  educational  and  missionary  fields  have  been 
worked  up  better  than  in  former  times,  and  yet  notwithstanding  all 
these  merits,  the  conviction  of  my  soul  is  that  there  is  still  a  more  ex- 
cellent way  than  the  present  Dollar  Money  system. 

In  the  first  place  this  system  h?s  never  yet  fully,  or  even  in 
any  considerable  degree,  been  complied  with,  and  to  my  mind  it  would 
be  very  unfair  if  it  were.  The  idea  of  collecting  as  much  from  a  widow 
who  lives  in  a  rented  hovel  and  surrounded,  perhaps,  by  ten  or  twelve 
children,  as  from  the  man  snugly  quartered  in  his  own  palace  and  liv- 
ing off  of  the  interest  of  his  money  is  preposterous.  But  you'll  tell  me 
that  the  law  does  not  so  read.  It  says  this  Dollar  Money  shall  be  col- 
lected from  or  for  each  member.  I  stand  corrected,  but  at  the  same 
time  do  declare  that  this  "for"  opens  up  a  gap  too  large  on  the  other 
side,  a  gap  through  which  hundreds  of  able  members  pass  without  pay- 
ing fees.    Frequently  a  minister  is  told  either  in  word  or  action  by 


®j&M&^MM'BM  §  .S  .®  £  5  .0.  0 0  0  1 0  0  00:0. 
©  ©  0  0.0  ©  ©  0  0  0  0  0  ©  0  0  0  0  0  0  ©  ©  0  0  0 


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this  class  of  members,  "  well,  since  this  money  is  to  be  collected  from 
or  for  each  member,  let  some  one  more  able  than  I  pay  for  me  this 
year ;  really  I  am  financially  embarrassed ;  I  am  certainly  in  a  finan- 
cial straight  at  this  time  "  ;  or  perhaps  he'll  say,  "  I  am  about  to  make  a 
purchase  and  I  just  don't  see  how  I  can  spare  a  dollar  now,  but  I'll 
see  you  again."  The  consequence  is,  as  you  all  well  know,  that  in- 
stead of  the  minister  bringing  up  to  the  Conference  a  dollar  for  each 
member,  he  brings  up  the  dwarfed  and  miserable  pittance  of  10,  12  or 
15  cents  per  capita.  But  we  are  doomed  to  be  thus  crippled  and  hin- 
dered by  these  Church  frauds  until  an  effectual  remedy  is  discovered, 
and  may  God,  for  the  sake  of  his  Son  and  Church,  speed  the  day. 

If  1  were  more  than  a  mere  boy  in  the  Church  and  could  conceive 
the  idea  that  a  suggestion  from  a  source  so  humble  would  even  be  con- 
sidered, I  would  tell  the  Church  to  go  back  at  once  to  the  financial 
system  handed  down  from  heaven — I  mean  the  tithing  plan  as  it  ex- 
isted under  the  Mosaic  Regime.  This  system  required  a  man  to  give 
to  God  a  stated  amount  of  his  income  each  year.  Where  can  a  basis 
be  found  to  excel  or  even  equal  this  for  fairness  or  equity?  For  its 
equal  the  world  may  be  searched  over  but  it  will  be  searched  in  vain, 
for  none  can  be  found.  By  this  system  the  giving  is  equalized  among 
the  classes  so  that  each  gives  as  much  as  the  other,  in  that  he  gives 
according  as  God  has  prospered  him.  The  specified  amount  required 
of  a  man  was  one  tenth  of  all  that  he  made. 

O  the  generosity  of  God!  Only  one  tenth  did  he  require.  Can 
such  terms  as  these  be  had  from  our  lords  of  earthly  possessions  ?  Nay, 
verily.  If  they  furnish  you  with  land  and  seed,  with  mule  and  plow, 
it  is  on  the  condition  that  one  half  is  returned,  and  when  harvest 
comes  you  are  required  to  place  in  their  barns  of  all  that  you've  made, 
pound  for  pound,  bushel  for  bushel  and  bale  for  bale,  and  you  are 
only  poorly  furnished  at  that.  But  God  furnishes  a  man  with  a  com- 
plete outfit,  giving  him  land  and  seed,  horse  and  plow,  food  and 
raiment,  health  and  strength,  and  indeed  all  that  a  man  needs  for  work 
and  support,  excepting  possibly  the  resolution  to  do,  and  in  return  re- 
quires only  one  tenth.  This  was  God's  established  rule  respecting 
the  Jews,  and  under  it  Israel  thrived  gloriously.  There  is  a  little 
church  in  Columbia,  S.  C,  that  tried  God's  system  of  tithing  last  year 
and  their  success  was  simply  marvelous.  The  membership  of  that 
church  was  only  eighty-five,  but  it  footed  up,  for  God,  at  the  end  of 
the  year  the  astonishing  amount  of  $5189.91,  and  after  meeting  all  ex- 
penses for  that  year  there  was  left  in  treasury  the  neat  little  sum  of 
$3000.  But  you'll  tell  me  that  this  was  an  able  congregation.  That 
is  true.  They  were  able,  and  so  is  every  one  able  when  he  has  the 
will.  But  your  statement  concerning  their  ability,  accepted  with  your 
meaning,  is  an  argument  against  them.  Have  you  not  yet  learned 
this  universal  rule,  that  the  rich  are  less  liberal  than  the  poor  ?  That 

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they  are  less  inclined  to  acts  of  charity  than  the  poor?  That  young 
man  who  had  great  possessions,  have  you  forgotten  how  sorrowfully 
he  turned  away  from  the  Master  when  he  was  commanded  to  sell  all 
and  give  to  the  poor?  Zacheus,  I  know,  is  a  noble  exception  to  this 
rule,  but  not  until  Jesus  had  entered  his  house  did  he  cry,  "  Behold, 
Lord,  the  half  of  my  goods  I  give  to  the  poor."  Jesus  alone,  the  doer 
of  miracles,  is  able  to  make  rich  men  liberal.  Unconquered  by  grace 
divine,  the  rule  everywhere  obtains  that  they  that  have  riches  shall 
hardly  enter  the  kingdom  of  God. 

That  I  may  give  you  a  "  birds-eye  view"  of  the  financial  doings 
of  our  great  Church,  I  turn  to  the  Budget  for  good  things ;  the  last 
edited  by  our  honored  and  highly  esteemed  Bishop,  Rt.  Rev.  B.  W. 
Arnett,  D.  D.  On  page  332  of  that  Budget  we  have  given  the  entire 
amount  of  money  collected  for  all  purposes  throughout  the  whole 
A.  M.  E.  Connection  for  the  year  ending  May  1,  1884.    I  bid  you 


look  at  these  figures  and  be  astonished. 

Contingent  Money   $    4,634  09 

Presiding  Elder's  Salary   50,580  22 

Pastor's  Support   393*789  23 

Church  Extension   144,669  01 

Missionary  Money     5,358  04 

Pastor's  Traveling  Expenses   16,899  78 

Bishop's  Traveling  Expenses   1,005  51 

Presiding  Elder's  Traveling  Expenses   6,059  09 

Educational  Money   3>I36  43 

Haytian  Mission...,   942  90 

Charity   7*223  40 

Incidental  Expenses  of  T.  T.'s   130,446  25 

Church  Debts   33,962  93 

Delegate  Money   2, 159  01 

Dollar  Money   49,400  00 

Sunday  School  Money   27,400  00 


Grand  Total  $814,647  79 


This  is  the  financial  work  of  the  Church  for  one  year,  with  a 
membership  of  400,000,  and  which  should  have,  according  to  the  law 
then  existing,  reported  as  Dol-ar  Money  alone,  $400,000,  instead  of 
the  $49,400  which  it  did  report.  If  you  desire  to  know  how  near  the 
Church  came  in  that  year  obeying  the  Dollar  Money  Law,  divide  the 
$49,400  equally  among  the  400,000  members  and  you  will  have  it. 
Here  it  is,  12  cents  on  the  dollar  is  the  average  for  each  member. 

I  shall  now  show  you  in  brief  the  many  claims  supposed  to  be 
met  by  this  so-called  Dollar  Money,  but  which  in  truth  is  indeed  12 
cent  money.  Here  they  are  :  First,  Support  of  Bishops,  Efficient  and 
Inefficient;  Second,  Support  of  General  Officers;  Third,  to  aid  in  the 


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Publication  Department;  Fourth,  to  aid  our  needy  Colleges;  Fifth,  to 
aid  the  cause  of  Missions;  Sixth,  the  relief  of  Widows  and  Orphans; 
Seventh,  to  aid  the  Church  Extension  Society;  Eighth,  the  balance  (and 
he  alone  who  can  locate  the  non-existing  can  tell  where  that  is).  It, 
however,  when  and  wherever  found,  shall  constitute  a  chartered  fund. 
Here  you  see  we  have  eight  general  demands  with  a  balance  of  12  cents 
on  hand.  This  being  the  case,  you  readily  see  that  to  make  the  appor- 
tionment equal  the  most  that  can  possibly  be  given  to  any  one  of  them 
is  ij4  cents.  But  we  have  eleven  Bishops  filling  the  first  department. 
Can't  help  it,  12  cents  is  all  we  have  and  it  must  be  divided  among 
them ;  we'll  make  it  go  as  far  as  we  can.  Having  made  the  division 
we  are  compelled  to  send  the  Bishops  off,  one  by  one,  from  each  of 
the  members  of  our  great  Church  with  the  neat  little  sum  of  1  4-1 1  of 
a  mill  in  his  poc':et  to  live  on  himself  and  support  his  family  for  twelve 
months,  and  having  begged  and  coaxed  and  sung  him  up  to  give  this 
wonderful  amount,  you  are  quite  likely  to  hear  him  say,  "well,  I'll 
give  it,  but,  my  Lord,  it's  money,  money,  money,  money,  all  the  time 
money."  O  well,  some  one  says,  if  I  don't  give  for  the  support  of  my 
Bishop  but  1  4- 1  j  of  a  mill  per  year,  I  come  up  on  something  else. 
I  presume  you  are  correct,  but  that  something  else  "  you  come  up  on  " 
my  brother  must  be  outside  of  the  Church,  for  I  fail  to  find  it  inside. 

This  wonderful  Budget  is  good  enough  to  tell  me  how  much  you 
have  paid  for  all  purposes  during  die  year.  It  says  all  that's  paid  for 
Missionary  purposes,  Sabbath  Schools,  Education,  Bishops,  General 
Officers,  Trustees,  Presiding  Elders,  your  Ministers,  charity  and  all 
other  purposes  inside  of  the  Church,  amounts  to  but  two  dollars  and 
a  few  cents  per  annum  from  or  for  each  member  in  our  entire  Church. 
This  being  the  case  is  it  any  wonder  to  you  that  we  have  to  rally  up 
and  rally  down,  and  aside  from  the  so-called  Dollar  Money  have  a 
special  day  for  nearly  every  interest  in  the  Church  ? 

Its  the  most  natural  thing  imaginable.  And  in  my  mind  this  state 
of  things  will  continue  to  exist  until  this  heaven-given  system  of  tithing 
is  made  the  rule  of  collecting  means  in  all  of  our  churches.  Then, 
and  not  till  then,  will  the  good  time  come  when  the  wilderness  and 
solitaray  places  will  under  the  life-giving  influence  of  plenty  of  money, 
be  made  to  blossom  as  the  rose,  for  indeed  we  shall  then  have  money 
enough,  and  to  spare.  Let  each  of  our  members  give  to  his  God  one 
tenth  of  his  income,  and  let  that  income  average  even  $200  per  year, 
and  instead  of  collecting  for  each  member  $2  we  get  $20;  and  instead 
of  collecting  $814,647.79  per  annum  from  the  whole  Church,  we  col- 
lect $8,000,000.  But  I  am  told  that  there  are  a  number  of  children 
and  disabled  members  in  the  Church  which  go  to  make  up  this  mem- 
bership of  400,000.  Admit  it,  and  let's  allow  50%  off  for  the  children 
and  infirm,  and  still  we  have  $4,000,000  left,  an  excess  of  $3, 185,352.21 
over  what  the  whole  Church  paid  in  1884. 


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With  this  vast  amount  of  money  at  our  disposal  what  could  we 
not  do  ?  Backed  up  by  this  amount  of  means,  brethren,  we  should 
need  no  prophet  then  to  predict  for  us  a  future,  for  as  clear  as  the  sun- 
light we  could  see  and  know  all  things  to  be  possible  to  us  as  a  Church. 
$4,000,000  consecrated  to  God  and  poured  into  the  treasury  annually, 
would  increase  our  present  working  force  nearly  five  fold.  Just  think 
of  our  Church  being  clothed  with  five  times  its  present  power,  doing 
five  times  more  work  than  it  does  to-day. 

With  such  a  force,  brethren,  operating  in  the  African  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  Africa's  fancied  redemption  would  soon  give  place 
to  a  living  and  blessed  reality.  Our  missions  everywhere  would  feel 
the  quickening  touch  of  a  healthy  support,  and  with  its  rich  warm  life 
blood  flowing  through  them,  would  mature,  as  it  were,  into  self-sup- 
porting churches  in  a  day.  Our  widows  and  orphans  would  be  prop- 
erly cared  for,  our  aged  and  infirm  ministers  would  be  honored  with 
an  ample  support.  With  this,  such  vigor,  life  and  tone  would  be  given 
to  our  educational  interests,  that  ignorance,  the  supreme  foe  of  the 
race,  would  vanish  from  our  midst  like  Banquo's  ghost,  or  darkness 
before  the  sun;  and  this  wronged,  despised  and  fettered  race,  rising  to 
an  eminence  in  the  scale  of  intellectuality  second  to  none,  would  in 
the  near  future  he  recognized  as  the  peer  of  any  race  on  earth  ;  and  to 
crown  the  whole,  God  himself  would  say  well  done  !  Ethiopia,  in  the 
accomplishment  of  her  work,  has  stretched  forth  her  hand  unto  God. 


THE  SOUVENIR. 


REV.    MRS.    C   S.  RILEY. 

Written  on  a  bouquet  preserved  from  the  Dedication  of  Emanuel  A.  M.  E. 
Church,  1866.  Read  at  the  Quarto- Centenary  Celebration  of 
African  Methodism  in  South  Carolina. 

This  a  treasure  dear,  a  Souvenir  of  twenty-three  years,  this  bunch 
of  pressed  flowers.  There  is  a  charm  among  these  faded  leaves  that 
bind  the  past  years  to  this  Quarto-Centenary  day.  We  little  thought 
when  plucked  from  yonder  pulpit  vase  and  put  to  press  that  this  would 
be  thy  review,  treasured  bouquet.  What  cause  to  pluck  the  flowers 
from  gardens  fair  by  busy  hands  and  eager  hearts  ?  It  was  to  adorn 
yon  pulpit  stand  in  honor  of  the  sainted  one  who  came  to  gather 
Afric's  sons.  Africanism  !  was  the  holy  cry  men  ran  to  hear  from 
every  where.    Then  the  war  for  right  began.    Opposed  they  were 


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on  every  side,  but  the  God  of  truth  and  right  brought  them  victory  by 
his  might.  This  Quarto-Centenary  Day  awakes  our  minds  to  the  first 
alarm  given  by  the  i:  God  sent  man."  This  was  the  theme  :  et  Come 
all  ye  blind  to  Christ  and  see.  come  all  ye  bond  and  be  made  free :  to 
praise  God  under  our  own  fig  tree.  '"'  So  they  came  from  far  and  near, 
and  every  one  was  Afric's  sable  sons.  They  built  their  house  at  his 
command,  and  firm  with  him  they  all  did  stand.  Then,  sounded  out 
through  the  Southland  the  great  Emanuel  is  complete ;  the  battle 
fought,  the  victory  won,  and  the  applause  went  down  the  line.  God 
bless  our  Cain  with  Afric's  sons.  The  faded  flowers  join  us  in  response 
to  words  of  praise,  though  that  form  in  dust  is  laid.  Dear  friend,  we 
miss  thee  now,  thy  skillful  hand  and  anxious  brow :  thy  tongue  of  wis- 
dom, busy  brain,  how  sweet  to  memory  is  thy  name.  Thy  useful 
talent,  power  and  wit,  but  in  God  s  holy  book  'tis  writ :  and  the  glory 
for  to  be  will  read  it  in  eternity.  Of  the  army  firm  and  strong  with 
this  banner  hoisted  high,  in  crimson  motto — Africanism  shall  never 
die!  until  they  join  the  host,  the  blood-washed  choir  with  Bishop 
Allen.  The  bush  of  fire  and  Elder  Carr,  the  sainted  sire,  the  heaven- 
ly fireman,  old  man  Graham  :  with  many  more  that  shall  be  known 
shall  sing  forever  around  God  s  great  white  throne. 


TO  THE  HOST  OP  THE  QUARTO-CENTENNIAL  ANNIVERSARY. 


H.   JOSEPHINE  PRIOLEAU. 

Fathers  and  Ministers,  all  greeting  we  send, 

Thank  God  for  His  mercies  which  endures  to  the  end. 

We  praise  Him  and  bless  in  accent  aglow, 

Praise  God  from  whom  such  blessings  flow. 

Raise  high  the  banner  on  Zion's  great  wall, 
True  love,  undying  salvation  to  ail : 
Proclaim  it  forever  in  accent  asrlow, 
Praise  God  from  whom  such  blessings  flow. 

The  day  has  been  long  since  first  we  stood, 
And  planted  the  first  seed  in  this  great  cause, 
The  trunk  has  grown  rough,  some  branches  are  old  ; 
But  still  we  are  blooming  in  God's  great  fold. 

God  grant  that  it  be  like  the  Ever-green  tree 
A  blooming,  fresh  blooming  forever  to  see  : 


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'Till  God  in  His  wisdom  gather  them  home, 
Where  insects,  pestilence  never  can  roam. 

Ye  ministers  of  God  push  on  the  fight, 

Some  brethren  have  died  yet  they  fought  with  their  might; 

They  unfold  the  banner  high  on  the  wall, 

Watchmen  they  have  left  you  proclaim  to  all. 

Be  true  to  this  cause,  the  race  and  your  God, 
Remember  He  is  a  loving,  just  Father  and  Lord, 
So  when  the  battles  are  fought  and  the  glories  won, 
You  may  receive  a  bright,  glorious  crown. 

So  when  from  this  ground,  dear  Emanuel  ground, 
You  scatter  to  your  several  works  around, 
Remember  the  greatest  object  with  knights 
Is  to  be  lo}  al  in  their  fights. 

Tell  of  this  cause  on  the  land,  on  the  sea ; 
Tell  ye  are  fighting  for  them  and  me ; 
Heavy  were  the  blows  and  hot  were  the  shells, 
But  these  glad  tidings  toll  from  each  bell. 

Sing  God  our  father  in  heaven  above, 
Christ  our  Redeemer  in  undying  love ; 
Man  our  brother  forever  you  know, 
Praise  God  from  whom  such  blessings  flow. 


ADDRESSES  AT  COLUMBIA  CONFERENCE. 


REPORTED  BY  T.    MORRIS  CHESTER. 


BISHOP  B.  W.  ARNETT. 

We  have  assembled  together  this  afternoon  to  hear  the  annual  ser- 
mon upon  Christian  education.  We  have  invited  to  be  present  with 
us  the  faculty  and  students  of  Allen  University.  Brethren  of  the  Col- 
umbia Annual  Conference,  these  are  the  students  that  you  have  been 
assisting  to  a  higher  education,  so  as  to  prepare  themselves  for  useful- 
ness in  this  life,  and  when  done  with  labors  here,  at  last  enjoy  the  re- 
ward of  God  forever.  Now,  we  have  the  pleasure  of  introducing  one 
of  the  graduates  of  Allen  University,  in  the  person  of  the  Rev.  C.  C. 
Dunlap,  who  will  preach  the  Educational  Sermon,  after  which  we  will 
have  other  addresses. 


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REV.  C.  C.  DUNLAP,  A.  B. 

Elder  Dunlap  sermonized  extemporaneously,  as  follows  : 

I  must  express  my  pleasure  in  seeing  such  a  number  of  bright 
faces  that  indicate  strong  and  intellectual  minds  in  the  students  of  the 
University,  in  which  I  spent  a  few  years  of  my  life.  I  have  the  honor 
as  well  as  the  pleasure  of  being  the  first  student  that  lived  in  Allen 
University  as  a  student;  and  I  am  certainly  glad  to  be  permitted  to 
stand  before  you  and  address  you  in  a  very  brief  manner.  The  words 
of  our  Lord  to  which  I  wish  to  call  your  attention  may  be  found  in  the 
28th  verse  of  the  21st  chapter  of  St.  Matthew's  gospel :  "  Son,  go  work 
to-day  in  my  vineyard.'" 

This  command  to  go  is  just  as  imparative  to  one  as  to  another — 
just  as  strong  in  its  meaning  as  any  command  given  by  our  Lord  and 
Master  ;  and  we  are  held  just  as  equally  responsible  for  obeying  this 
command  as  we  are  any  of  the  commandments  which  the  Lord  has 
given.  The  vineyard  of  the  Lord  is  broad  and  extensive  ;  and  the 
cry  for  laborers,  for  strong  laborers  is  loud  and  earnest ;  and  each  one 
of  God's  toilers  is  required  to  march  out  in  this  vineyard  of  the  Lord 
with  a  strong  will  and  with  zeal  to  accomplish  the  work  which  God  de- 
mands of  you.  There  is  no  question  at  all  but  that  the  field  is  open. 
The  field  is  now  ready,  waiting,  calling  and  inviting  you  as  laborers 
for  God,  for  his  cause,  and  for  the  upbuilding  of  humanity.  I  repeat, 
the  voice  is  strongly  calling  for  you  to  enter  into  this  field  ;  but  before 
we  enter  properly  into  the  field,,  there  is  an  indispensable  preparation 
that  must  be  made,  if  we  would  execute  the  command  that  God  has 
given,  necessary  preparation  must  be  made,  indispensably  necessary. 
If  you  would  enter  out  upon  this  great  field  without  having  prepared 
yourself,  it  is  impossible  for  you  to  accomplish  the  work  which  you 
would  have  accomplished  had  you  prepared  yourselves.  The  worldly 
field  is  calling  to  you  for  such  material  as  will  carry  on  the  work  in  a 
proper  manner — calling  for  such  material  as  will  raise  up  the  banners 
of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ;  calling  in  every  place  for  those 
who  have  trained  themselves,  educated  themselves  physically,  morally 
and  intellectually.  We  are  justly  proud  of  the  work  that  Allen  Uni- 
versity  is  doing,  for  which  we  are  laboring  so  earnestly  to  support. 
We  have  the  means  of  raising  up  the  banners  of  an  enlightened  Chris- 
tianity, and  we  see  them  as  we  have  never  seen  them  before,  floating 
in  the  balmy  breezes  of  progressive  efforts.  And  you,  young  men  and 
young  ladies,  who  are  now  in  the  act  of  preparing  yourselves  for  the 
field  of  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord,  when  you  shall  march  out  after 
having  prepared  yourselves,  you  will  be  able  to  execute  the  commands 
of  God  and  do  his  work  in  a  way  that  would  please  God. 

Now  you  are  to  prepare  yourselves  first  physically.  A  man  ought 
to  be  educated  in  the  science  of  nature.  He  ought  to  understand 
fully  the  laws  of  health.     He  ought  to  know  how  to  preserve  himself 


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— to  regulate  the  laws  of  nature,  and  to  perfect  the  workings  of  your 
system,  which  can  only  be  done  through  study.  The  moral  standard 
of  the  Christian  Church  is  the  standard  which  you  and  every  one  is 
called  upon  to  raise  higher  and  higher — to  lift  it  up  from  the  degreda- 
tion  of  sin,  and  from  the  slums  of  darkness  and  ignorance.  Each  one 
of  God's  laborers  is  called  upon  in  a  strong  voice  to  raise  up  this  moral 
standard,  that  will  bring  the  Church  and  the  race  upon  that  high  and 
elevated  plain,  where  we  can  shine  forth  in  brightness  and  splendor. 
I  call  not  only  upon  the  students  who  are  engaged  in  the  work  pre- 
paring themselves  to  marshal  their  moral  forces  in  the  world ;  but  those 
of  my  brethren  who  are  already  out  upon  the  field — who  are  already 
engaged  in  this  glorious  mission,  who  are  already  endeavoring  to  hoist 
the  banner  of  morality, — I  say  to  you,  my  brethren,  we  should  strive 
to  elevate  it  by  example  as  well  as  precept.  Preach  it,  sing,  pray  and 
talk  it  upon  the  highway — talk  it  upon  the  streets — talk  it  in  your 
churches  and  in  your  houses,  and  wherever  you  go,  raise  it  up,  and 
God  will  bless  you  and  your  labors  in  this  world,  and  in  the  world  to 
come  you  will  be  graciously  rewarded  for  having  done  so. 

Young  ladies  and  gentlemen,  who  are  now  students  in  Allen  Uni- 
versity, preparing  yourselves  for  the  great  mission  of  life — qualifying 
yourselves  to  go  out  into  the  world  and  marshaling  your  forces  against 
darkness,  ignorance  and  superstition,  I  would  call  upon  you  to-day  to 
take  into  account  every  responsibility  that  will  naturally  devolve  upon 
you  when  you  shall  have  entered  fully  into  the  work  of  this  great  mis- 
sion. It  is  indeed  a  part  and  parcel  of  your  education  to  meditate 
and  to  take  into  consideration  the  responsibilities  of  life  that  will  inev- 
itably come  upon  you,  when  you  shall  have  entered  the  great  field 
which  lies  before  you.  To  simply  get  an  idea  of  books  is  not  enough 
to  prepare  you  for  the  great  work,  for  the  responsibilities  that  will  be 
required  at  your  hands.  You  should  not  only  have  a  knowledge  of 
what  is  in  books,  but  you  should  so  consider  the  duties  and  responsi- 
bilities which  will  naturally  devolve  upon  you,  that  you  will  be  pre- 
pared in  this  respect  as  well  as  knowing  what  is  in  books.  It  is  indeed 
important  to  fill  the  head  with  knowledge  and  general  information  ;  for 
while  our  fathers  and  mothers  have  accomplished  a  great  work  in  this 
world — while  they  have  felled  the  forest — built  up  the  way — hewn  out 
the  path,  there  is  a  great  deal  of  work,  of  preparation  and  polishing 
to  be  done ; .  and  you,  my  young  friends  who  are  attending  Allen  Uni- 
versity, if  you  rightly  appreciate  the  situation,  are  consecrating  your- 
selves and  being  consecrated  to  christian  education  and  christian  eleva- 
tion, and  for  the  upbuilding  of  the  race  and  the  world  of  mankind. 
Go  work  in  my  vineyard.  There  is  a  work  for  you  to  do.  If  you 
cannot  find  the  work  here,  there  is  work  for  you  some  where  else. 
There  are  some  people,  who,  because  they  do  not  find  work  at  their 
door,  sit  down  and  say  there  is  nothing  to  do ;  but  if  any  such  are 


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here,  I  cannot  too  solemnly  impress  you  that  you  are  mistaken — you 
are  sadly  mistaken.  If  there  is  no  work  for  you  to  do  at  one  point, 
go  on  until  you  shall  find  some  place  where  there  is  work  for  you  to 
do.  We  find  too  many  educated  men  and  women  lying  around  home 
unemployed,  while  strong  and  loud  voices  in  other  portions  of  the 
country  are  calling  for  you  to  assist  in  the  work  of  christian  progress. 
I  feel  that  it  is  your  duty  to  take  into  consideration  FTe  responsibilities 
that  will  be  required  at  your  hand  when  you  shall  enter  the  field.  God 
bless  Allen  University,  its  professors  and  teachers.  God  bless  the 
laborers  in  God's  vineyard :  and  when  your  mission  shall  have  been 
ended,  and  God  shall  call  you  from  labor.  I  sincerely  pray  that  you 
will  be  with  the  blest  and  sanctified  that  have  gone  before. 


REV.  S.  H.  ROBERTSON. 

Rev.  S.  H.  Robertson,  of  Atlanta,  Georgia.  Superintendent  and 
Treasurer  of  Morris  Brown  College,  upon  being  introduced,  delivered 
himself  in  an  impressive  manner  as  follows  : 

Bishop  and  Brethren,  Professors  and  Students  of  Alien  Univer- 
sity : — It  is  with  profound  pleasure  that  I  appear  before  you  at  this 
hour,  unexpected  as  it  is,  to  say  a  word  in  behalf  of  Christian  educa- 
tion. Education  has  many  definitions ;  but  as  you  are  so  well  versed 
in  that  line,  it  is  not  necessary  for  me  to  define  it.  I  want  to  say, 
however,  that  the  work  is  going  on  in  your  Conference — here  in  the 
capital  of  the  Palmetto  State.  We  have  come  across  the  line  from  the 
capital  of  Georgia,  and  from  the  halls  of  Morris  Brown  College,  to 
greet  you  as  co-workers  with  us  in  Christian  education.  [Applause.] 
We  would  style  you,  I  suppose,  as  the  mother  of  Morris  Brown  ;  and 
while  we  hold  Wilberforce  University  as  being  the  first  of  our  connec- 
tion, we  look  upon  Allen  University  as  being  the  first  daughter  ;  and 
Morris  Brown  would  certainly  be  inspired  by  these  influences  in  the 
cause  of  education,  to  wake  up  the  fathers  and  mothers  of  Georgia  to 
fall  in  line  with  South  Carolina.  I  suppose,  as  I  said  to-day.  there  is 
something  in  being  proud  of  the  name  of  our  State,  even  if  that  name 
carries  with  it  the  doctrine  of  State-Rights.  We  love  a  name  because 
of  its  associations.  When  Allen  University  was  first  founded  under 
the  name  of  Payne  Institute,  we  learned  of  it  then  with  appreciation : 
but  we  had  not  awakened  to  the  great  responsibilities — to  the  work 
that  God  had  called  the  Church  to  do.  We  had  been  satisfied  up  to 
that  time,  waiting  upon  the  slow  progress  of  the  State,  through  public 
schools.  We  soon  learned  that  the  State  was  not  accomplishing  the 
work  of  laying  a  deep  and  broad  foundation  upon  which  the  Church 
might  rest ;  but  we  found  out  that  the  Church  called  of  God  from  the 
burning  bush  ;  and  we  heard  God's  voice  by  faith,  through  our  under- 


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standing,  as  he  called  Moses,  saying  unto  him:  "I  am  the  God  of 
Abraham,  the  God  of  Isaac  and  the  God  of  Jacob."  "  I  have  heard 
the  cry  of  my  people."  So  has  the  Church  heard  the  voice  of  God 
saying,  no  one  else  can  do  your  work.  I  have  called  you  and  assigned 
you  for  a  special  work,  and  no  State  can  do  that  work,  which  is  to 
plant  Christian  education  in  the  hearts  of  the  people.  [Several  voices, 
"Amen!  Amen  !  "]  When  we  have  the  work  of  the  State  alone  un- 
mixed with  religion,  to  the  exclusion  at  times  of  the  Bible,  it  graduates 
a  whole  line  of  infidelity  and  atheism  and  scatters  them  over  the  world. 
But  God  called  the  Church  to  take  hold  of  the  work,  along  with  a  com- 
mon education,  so  as  to  plant  christian  principles  in  the  hearts  of  the 
children  and  the  people.  That  is  the  work  that  I  understand  Allen 
University  is  performing  to-day. 

I  man  told  me  once,  that  to  be  a  successful  lawyer  was  to  be  a 
big  liar.  But  our  Professors  in  Allen  University  teach  that  the  best 
and  most  successful  lawyers  are  not  the  greatest  liars,  but  that  they 
have  been  able  to  cultivate  minds  so  as  to  discriminate  between  right 
and  wrong,  and  to  instruct  the  students  to  deal  justice  between  man 
and  man,  having  God  as  our  Father,  and  teaching  all  that  Christ  is 
our  Redeemer,  and  that  man  everywhere  is  our  brother.  [Loud  ap- 
plause.] This  is  the  work  to  which  Allen  University  is  devoted.  I 
wish  to  say  here  to  the  Professors  and  to  the  Conference,  as  we  have 
the  pleasure  to  represent  Morris  Brown  College  at  Atlanta,  it  would  be 
no  little  pleasure  to  look  to  Allen  and  to  all  its  elements  of  progress  as 
a  model  and  inspiration.  We  look  to  you  as  a  light,  and  are  trying  to 
reach  your  standard,  while  you  are  trying  to  step  out ;  and  I  hope  in 
a  few  years  you  will  be  able  to  measure  results  with  our  mother,  Wil- 
berforce  University.  Then  we  will  get  all  you  have  now.  God  bless 
Allen  University.  God  bless  the  cause  of  Christian  education.  God 
bless  the  line  of  our  progress.    I  will  close  with  this  remark,  that 

"  We  are  living  in  a  grand  and  awful  time, 
We  are  living  in  an  age,  on  ages  telling, 
When  to  be  living  is  sublime." 

This  age  in  which  we  are  now  living  is  telling  upon  the  ages  of 
the  past.  The  idea  that  twenty-five  years  ago  all  of  the  older  ones 
here  were  picking  cotton,  driving  carriages,  and  engaged  in  the  hum- 
bler and  more  laborious  pursuits  of  life ;  but  to-day  we  are  in  the  min- 
istry, in  the  colleges,  in  the  faculties  as  professors.  And  we  are  doc- 
tors, lawyers,  legislators,  congressmen  and  statesmen,  and  the  next  age 
will  find  us  going  higher  and  higher.  [Applause.]  Where  will  we  go  ? 
To  be  Minister  at  the  Court  of  St.  James,  [loud  applause]  to  be  the 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  Nation,  to  be  Vice- 
president  of  the  United  States ;  and,  shall  I  step  on  dangerous  ground 
when  I  say,  the  next  age  will  find  us  in  the  White  House  ?    [Loud  ap- 


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plause.]  Bishop,  this  age  is  telling  on  the  future.  Now,  when  we  get 
to  that  age,  we  will  look  around  ourselves  and  see  we  are  living  in  a 
sublime  age.     [Loud  applause.] 


Bishop  Arnett  introduced  Rev.  Wra.  Decker  Johnson,  D.  D.,  of 
Athens,  Georgia,  Secretary  of  Education,  and  added:  "He  is  the 
Doctor  of  all  the  educational  interests  of  our  Church.  Boys,  rise  and 
receive  him."  The  young  men  with  marked  precision  sprand  to  their 
feet  and  acknowledged  the  honor  with  a  bow  and  resumed  their  seats. 

Miss  Hallie  Quinn  Brown,  the  Lady  Principal  of  Allen  Univer- 
sity, in  a  graceful  manner  and  with  an  artistic  gesture  said  :  "Girls, 
arise  and  receive  him.  He  is  our  Doctor  as  well  as  the  boys."  And 
the  young  ladies  did  the  honors  of  the  occasion  in  good  style. 

REV.  WILLIAM  DECKER  JOHNSON,  D.  D. 
Dr.  Johnson,  having  been  received  with  great  applause,  said : 
Bishop  and  Brethren  : — Soon  after  I  was  elected  to  this  office  by 
the  General  Conference,  I  went  to  Wilberforce  University,  Ohio,  the 
great  connectional  institution  of  our  Church,  to  deliver  the  annual  ad- 
dress to  the  literary  societies.  Being  very  young  in  the  cause,  I  told 
them  on  that  occasion  that  I  felt  almost  like  a  man  of  whom  I  read, 
who  when  a  small  boy  at  school,  it  was  a  punishment  to  make  him  sit 
between  the  girls,  but  after  a  long  time,  he  said :  "I  can  stand  it  now 
without  shedding  a  tear."  So  in  coming  before  the  students  of  Allen 
University,  and  in  being  so  warmly  greeted  by  the  young  ladies  and 
gentlemen,  and  by  the  Conference  and  our  great  Bishop  who  is  lead- 
ing on  the  hosts  of  education  in  our  Church,  I  must  say  that  I  feel 
quite  bashful  in  attempting  to  speak  to  you ;  especially  after  hearing 
the  sermon  of  Rev.  C.  C.  Dunlap,  a  graduate  of  the  first  class  from 
Allen  University,  and  the  speech  of  the  great  Robertson  from  Geor- 
gia, the  father  of  our  work  in  that  State,  who  is  the  Secretary  of  Edu- 
cation for  this  district,  including  Georgia,  South  Carolina,  North  Car- 
olina and  Virginia. 

I  have  known  Elder  Robertson  for  nearly  twenty  years,  and  if  I 
had  been  on  the  outside  and  heard  him  I  would  not  have  recognized 
him  by  his  speech.  He  made  for  us  about  as  grand  an  address  on  ed- 
ucation as  I  ever  heard.  He  uttered  an  impressive  truth  when  he 
said  :  "  We  are  living  in  a  grand  and  awful  age."  He  went  deep  into 
the  question.  If  I  did  not  see  these  hundred  of  students  before  me, 
and  witness  the  occasion  of  rejoicing,  I  could  not  believe  it.  When  I 
see  before  me  to-day  these  young  men  and  women,  hardly  twenty  years 
of  age,  and  some  of  them  a  little  over  that,  it  carries  me  back  to  the 
time  when  I  sat  in  the  school-room,  the  hardest  looking  one  in  the 
college,    [Laughter.]    Now,  if  I  could  get  along  as  I  have  done,  what 


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cannot  these  fine  looking  young  men  and  beautiful  young  women  ac- 
complish ?  If  a  man  could  stand  before  this  audience  and  paint  the 
grand  possibilities  in  the  future  for  these  young  people,  the  sublime 
picture  would  strike  the  world  with  astonishment,  as  he  painted  out 
the  stages  of  usefulness  and  honor  upon  which  they  a  e  to  enter.  But 
don't  you  believe  too  much ;  [laughter]  you  will  not  get  there  if  you 
don't  try. 

I  ought  to  say  this :  Bishop  Arnett  is  a  great  worker.  He  told 
you  that  I  was  the  head  of  all  our  great  educational  work.  That  was 
a  great  mistake.  He  is  the  head,  and  I  am  the  other  part.  [Laughter 
and  applause.]  All  we  have  to  do  is  to  follow  him.  Our  eyes  are 
fixed  upon  him.  We  must  take  up  the  battle-cry  as  he  gives  it  out. 
Let  our  young  men  and  women  keep  time  to  the  music  of  his  call.  If 
we  listen  to  Bishop  Arnett,  as  President  of  the  Board  of  Education, 
and  to  the  Presiding  Elders  of  the  Church,  when  the  time  of  the  next 
General  Conference  rolls  around,  we  ourselves  will  be  astonished  at 
the  wonderful  progress  we  have  made  in  our  generation.  [Loud  ap- 
plause.] As  I  am  on  the  program  for  to-night,  I  will  not  enter  into 
the  philosophy  of  education.     [Loud  applause.] 


MISS  HALLIE  QUINN  BROWN. 

Miss  Hallie  Quinn  Brown,  Lady  Principal  of  Allen  University 
and  Teacher  of  Elocution,  being  introduced,  spoke  as  follows : 

Bishop  and  Members  of  the  Columbia  Conference,  Ladies  and  Gen- 
tlemen : — I  do  not  think  it  is  hardly  fair  to  bring  me  on  at  this  time, 
after  listening  to  the  able  report  of  Dr.  Wall,  the  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  which  he  has  had  a  year  to  prepare; 
and  then  Dr.  Morris,  our  worthy  President,  has  given  you  an  exhaus- 
tive annual  report  of  the  institution  and  its  status;  and  then  Dr.  John- 
son, our  gifted  Secretary  of  Education,  who  is  up  in  such  matters  has 
interested  you  with  an  address,  spiced  with  a  rich  fund  of  humor ;  and 
then  to  bring  me  on  to  speak  upon  a  subject  after  such  master  minds 
have  discussed  it,  I  do  not  think  you  have  done  me  quite  justice.  I 
have,  however,  this  word  to  say  to  you,  on  the  same  line  of  thought 
that  has  been  presented  to  you,  on  the  subject  of  physical  education. 
Kant,  the  philospher,  said  over  one  hundred  years  ago:  "  We  are 
living  in  an  age  of  education,  culture  and  civilization;  but  not  in  a 
moral  age."  W7e  can  almost  say  the  same  to-day.  We  are  living  in 
an  age  of  education,  culture  and  civilization.  Are  we  in  a  great  moral 
age?  I  believe  the  tocsin  has  been  sounded.  I  believe  the  great 
national  mind  has  been  awakened  to  physical  education,  or  the  educa- 
tion of  the  hand.  The  time  was  when  people  did  not  turn  their  atten- 
tion in  that  direction ;  but  now  we  have  societies  to  make  better  young 


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men,  and  a  Christian  civilization  to  develop  a  higher  order  of  women. 
There  are  the  White  Cross  and  the  Red  Cross  societies,  composed  of 
men,  who  take  a  solemn  vow  to  be  pure  in  speech  in  their  association 
with  each  other  as  in  the  presence  of  their  mothers,  sisters  and  other 
refined  women.  That  is  what  this  Christian  education  means.  This 
result  cannot  be  successfully  attained  in  the  homes :  but  it  must  be 
done  in  the  school  room.  Mothers  and  fathers  cannot  take  the  time ; 
so  they  employ  the  teachers  to  educate  the  head  as  well  as  the  hand 
and  heart.  The  young  man  or  young  woman  who  enters  this  school 
room  must  have  this  training.  The  teacher  who  has  charge  of  the 
school  room  must  have  this  centripetal  force — the  forces  that  reaches 
into  the  fields,  the  lanes,  the  byways  and  hedges,  gathering  in  the 
pupils ;  but  if  he  has  the  opposite  force,  the  centrifugal,  he  will  drive 
the  pupils  from  him. 

I  remember  a  game  children  used  to  play ;  it  was  called  follow 
your  leader,  of  whom  there  would  be  one  among  the  number.  The 
leader  would  make  all  sorts  of  contortions  and  grotesque  actions,  which 
each  child  would  try  to  imitate,  no  matter  how  queer.  Xo  matter  how 
low  men  may  be,  if  he  have  a  leader,  he  is  superior  to  his  condition, 
and  he  will  lift  him  up  :  and  those  who  follow  him  will  become  imbued 
with  the  life  and  spirit  he  possesses.  Life  is  a  great  game  of  follow 
your  leader. 

And  another  thought  I  would  like  to  advance  is  the  education  of 
women.  I  am  an  advocate  for  my  sex  and  myself.  [Laughter  and 
applause.]  I  believe  there  are  as  great  possibilities  in  women  as  there 
are  in  men.  I  believe  that  the  day  has  long  since  passed  when  women 
are  supposed  to  be  able  only  to  be  educated  to  some  extent.  Women 
are  now  launching  out  into  all  the  industries — familiarizing  themselves 
with  the  arts  and  sciences — sustaining  themselves  on  great  occasions, 
and  successfully  contesting  for  equality  with  men  in  schools  and  in 
other  departments  of  life.  The  time  was  when  women  were  not 
allowed  to  enter  certain  institutions.  The  doors  are  thrown  open  now 
in  almost  every  state.  We  are  marching  onward  grandly.  No  race 
can  rise  any  higher  than  its  women.  [Great  applause.]  If  you  keep 
the  women  of  any  race  down,  you  will  have  a  poor  set  of  men.  [Loud 
applause.]  What  your  women  are  your  men  will  be,  [Continued 
applause.]  I  remember  when  I  was  a  little  girl  I  was  told:  "You 
must  not  do  so  and  so — you  must  be  still — you  must  be  ladylike^-you 
must  not  act  like  Tommy — you  must  learn  to  be  refined — you  must 
not  romp  and  skip;  "  but  that  day  has  gone  by.  Girls  may  jump  and 
skip  and  play  and  develop  muscle,  and  get  health  and  vigor  as  the 
boys  do.  In  a  word,  a  woman  must  have  a  strong  education,  which 
should  be  great  in  height,  depth,  length,  breadth  and  thickness,  because 
her  mission  is  so  grand  and  far  reaching  :  and  unless  she  is  educated, 
she  can  never  fulfil  her  mission.    We  love  to  think  of  the  great  women 


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of  our  race — the  mothers  who  have  struggled  through  poverty  to  edu- 
cate their  children.  They  did  not  have  the  opportunity  to  become 
educated  themselves;  but  they  worked  their  sons  and  daughters 
through  the  schools  by  hard  labor.  They  carried  clothes  on  their 
heads  through  the  streets,  ignoring  the  shame  to  give  their  children  an 
education.  There  are  many  wives  who  are  now  helping  to  educate 
their  husbands  at  school,  by  taking  in  sewing  and  washing.  Now  that 
is  all  right,  if  when  he  gets  through  with  his  schooling  he  would  work 
to  send  his  wife  to  an  institution  of  learning.  I  believe  in  equalizing 
the  matter.  Instead  of  going  to  school  a  whole  year,  he  ought  to  stay 
at  home  one  half,  and  send  his  wife  the  other  six  months.  [Laughter 
and  applause.]  For  if  a  man  is  educated  and  his  wife  is  not,  he  will  soon 
outgrow  her.  He  will  be  seeking  the  society  of  some  higher  educated 
woman.  [Laughter  and  applause.]  I  repeat,  we  want  a  grand  and 
noble  womanhood,  scattered  all  over  the  land.  There  is  a  great  van- 
guard of  scholars  and  teachers  of  our  sex  who  are  at  the  head  of  institu- 
tions of  learning  all  over  the  country.  We  need  teachers,  lecturers  of 
force  and  character  to  help  to  teach  this  great  nation  of  women.  We 
have  among  our  grand  women  Frances  Ellen  Watkins  Harper,  who 
has  electrified  audiences  all  over  this  country  by  her  eloquence ;  who 
enters  the  haunts  of  men  and  turns  them  from  vice  and  sin  and  drunk- 
enness. Then  we  have  that  other  grand  woman,  Fannie  J.  Coppin, 
the  wife  of  the  literary  editor  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  Dr.  Coppin  of  Philadelphia,  who  is  impressing  her  gifted 
ideas  and  qualities  upon  hundreds  of  boys  and  girls  who  have  gone 
out  from  the  high  school,  over  which  she  has  presided  with  eminent 
success.  Oh,  that  those  who  are  under  the  sound  of  my  voice,  the 
sisters  and  girls  who  have  hitherto  been  thoughtless  and  careless,  would 
resolve  from  to-night  to  seek  an  education ;  and  thus  contribute  to  ex- 
alting the  sex  in  general  estimation,  that  people  may  see  and  know  the 
virtues  of  womanhood  under  the  most  favorable  circumstances.  [Loud 
applause.] 


OPENING  PRAYER— L.  LAWRENCE. 
Most  holy  and  merciful  Father,  in  thy  presence  we  are  permitted 
this  night  to  kneel  in  an  humble  distance  from  thee.  We  feel,  O  Lord, 
that  it  is  our  business,  and  that  we  are  under  obligation  to  render 
praise  to  thee.  Accept  our  praise  to-night,  O  thou  most  high  God,  and 
hear  our  cry.  We  have  been  separated  from  each  other,  Lo,  these 
twelve  months.  Our  Father,  thou  hast  favored  us  in  our  health,  in 
our  ups  and  downs,  and  in  our  sorrows ;  and  thou  hast  fought  our  bat- 
tles for  us,  and  we  are  able  to  meet  again  and  to  tune  our  voices  in 
adoration  to  thee ;  and  now,  upon  our  knees,  we  return  thanks  unto 
thee  for  thy  blessings.  Hear  our  cry,  O  Lord,  and  assist  us  in  our 
worship.    Though  thou  livest  in  heaven  thou  art  not  too  far  to  hear 


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our  cry  and  groans.  Thou  hast  been  acquainted  with  some  of  our 
hearts  these  many  years.  We  have  assembled  to-night  to  supplicate 
thy  mercy  and  thy  goodness.  We  pray  thee  to  set  our  hearts  on  fire 
with  love  to  thee  and  to  the  brethren.  We  are  nearing  the  close  of 
our  Annual  Conference  session;  and  in  a  few  more  days  we  will  go  to 
our  different  fields  of  labor,  not  knowing  whe;her  we  will  all  come  to- 
gether again.  If  we  be  separated  never  to  meet  together  again,  may 
we  meet  on  the  other  side  of  the  river  where  the  people  of  God  are 
assembled  forever.  Blessed  be  God,  we  feel  to-night  that  as  he  has 
brought  us  through  many  dangers,  trials  and  snares,  we  are  enabled  to 
say  as  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  in  full  faith,  that  he  will  still  go  with 
us.  As  we  have  come  up  once  more  to  hear  from  our  Bishop  our  next 
appointment,  O  Lord,  have  mercy  upon  us,  and  hear  our  groans.  O 
Lord  our  God,  come  in  the  midst  of  the  Church.  Remember  our 
Bishop,  we  pray  thee.  Inspire  him  with  the  Holy  Ghost  that  he  may 
administer  his  great  office  in  the  interest  of  the  Church,  and  that  this 
Conference  may  be  one  long  to  be  remembered.  The  day  is  coming 
when  the  Church  shall  combine  its  entire  forces  in  advancing  the  Gos- 
pel of  righteousness.  Let  me  say,  Bishop  and  brethren,  I  do  not 
know  whether  I  shall  ever  meet  you  again ;  but  let  me  tell  you,  if  we 
do  not  meet  here,  I  hope  to  join  glad  hands  with  you  in  the  heavenly 
land.  I  am  getting  old,  and  I  am  trying  to  keep  my  garments  clean. 
I  am  trying  to  stay  on  the  Lord's  side,  preaching  a  living  Jesus  to  a 
dying  people ;  telling  them  that  they  are  dying  children,  and  that  they 
must  be  born  of  God.  I  am  able  to  tell  you  to-night  that  I  am  trying 
to  witness  by  faith  that  I  am  a  child  of  God,  and  that  I  am  on  my  way 
to  heaven.  Let  me  say  to  you,  I  am  going  home  ;  that  when  I  die  I 
am  going  to  meet  Jesus.  I  feel  that  I  have  got  on  the  whole  armor. 
I  have  been  fighting  for  years  and  I  am  not  tired.  I  am  fighting  for 
the  King.  There  is  a  home  over  yonder,  and  we  are  on  our  journey 
to  it.  In  that  morning  when  the  general  roll  is  called,  I  shall  be  there 
to  meet  the  Bishop  and  the  brethren  of  this  and  every  other  Confer- 
ence. O  brethren,  if  I  am  not  here  when  the  next  annual  session 
meets,  I  hope  to  be  in  the  kingdom  of  Almighty  God;  and  as  I  look 
over  the  battlements  of  heaven,  I  shall  see  Bishop  Arnett  and  his  army 
marching  up  to  receive  their  reward.  I  shall  see  Bishop  Dickerson  in 
that  innumerable  company.  If  you  do  not  see  me  any  more — when 
the  journey  of  life  is  over — when  I  shall  never  get  another  appoint- 
ment; and  I  feel  that  there  will  not  be  many  more  appointments  for 
me — for  all  my  old  mates  of  twenty  years  ago  have  left  me  here,  I  shall 
meet  you  in  the  sweet  fields  of  bliss.  I  am  going  to  stay  here  and 
preach  Jesus  as  long  as  I  can — until  God  tells  me  to  come  up  higher. 
1  want  to  say  a  word  to  the  young  men  and  my  children  in  the  minis- 
try.    Be  strong  in  the  faith ;  preach  Jesus  and  you  will  succeed. 

Hear  us,  O  Father,  go  with  us  and  save  us  for  Jesus'  sake,  Amen. 


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BISHOP  ARNETT. 

We  want  to  sing  a  verse  of  an  old  hymn.  You  will  find  it  on 
page  571  : 

"  How  firm  a  foundation,  ye  saints  of  the  Lord, 
Is  laid  for  your  faith  in  his  excellent  word  ! 
What  more  can  he  say  than  to  you  he  hath  said, 
You,  who  unto  Jesus  for  refuge  hath  fled  ?" 

After  a  remark  or  two.  we  will  sing  this  good  old  hymn.  As  the 
exercises  to-night  will  be  to  consider  then  and  now,  a  reminiscence  as 
it  relates  to  the  organization  of  the  Church  of  which  we  are  members, 
in  this  State.  Twenty-five  years  ago,  several  ministers,  headed  by 
Bishop  Payne,  entered  this  state,  having  landed  at  Charleston  on  the 
15th  of  May,  1865.  They  organized  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  city  of  Charleston ;  though  we  had  an  organization  in 
this  State  as  early  as  1824  or  1825.  When  the  African  Methodist  Con- 
ference assembled  in  Philadelphia  in  1823 — a  copy  of  whose  proceed- 
ings I  have  in  my  possession — there  were  two  persons  from  South  Car- 
olina who  presented  themselves  to  be  ordained  as  deacons,  one  of 
whom  was  Morris  Brown,  who  was  the  first  African  Methodist  pastor 
of  a  congregation  in  Charleston  as  early  as  i82i-'22-  23  and  1824. 
After  that  he  became  pastor  of  one  of  the  African  Methodist  churches 
in  Philadelphia;  and  in  1828  Morris  Brown  was  elected  the  second 
Bishop  of  the  African  Methodist  Church.  So  you  see  that  South  Car- 
olina furnished  the  second  Bishop  to  the  organization  of  which  you  and 
I  are  members.  We  are  now  moving  on  successfully  and  we  are  pros- 
pering everywhere.  I  have  recently  received  word  from  Emanuel 
Church  at  Charleston,  the  mother  church  of  our  denomination  in  this 
state,  that  its  membership  desire  to  build  a  new  church.  Circumstances 
caused  African  Methodism  to  be  dormant  for  a  number  of  years  in  this 
state,  and  in  1865  the  Church  was  reorganized.  From  Charleston  we 
sent  a  missionary  over  to  Georgia,  .and  from  Georgia  to  Florida ;  and 
to-day  we  see  the  results  of  twenty-five  years  of  labor — twenty-five 
years  of  prayer — twenty-five  years  of  devotion  to  the  principles  of  our 
organization.  We  are  here  to-night  to  celebrate  the  quarto-centenary 
of  the  introduction  of  African  Methodism  into  South  Carolina.  We 
will  call  upon  some  of  the  brethren,  who  are  present,  to  tell  us  of  their 
personal  experience  and  recollections  of  this  important  event,  and  our 
stenographer  will  take  down  the.  words,  which  we  will  send  down  to 
coming  centuries  as  the  history  of  the  heroes  that  bore  aloft  the  banner 
of  manhood  Christianity  among  the  rice-swamps  of  the  Palmetto  State. 
We  know  what  it  cost ;  and  even  we  will  be  pleased  to  read  of  the 
early  struggles  of  pioneer  Methodists  in  this  State — noting  what  they 
had  done,  and  rejoicing  in  our  hearts  over  their  sacrifices  to  lay  broad 
and  deep  the  foundations  of  this  branch  of  Methodism.    I  am  glad 


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that  I  am  here ;  and  it  appears  that  God  has  sent  me  among  you  for  a 
purpose.  It  has  been  my  lot  to  gather  up  the  fragments  and  the  labors 
of  the  fathers  of  our  Church,  and  the  proudest  work  in  my  life  is  the  collec- 
tion of  its  history,  in  the  interest  of  the  Church  that  has  done  so  much 
for  me.  We  have  sent  abroad  unnumbered  pages  of  African  Method- 
ist literature  for  coming  generations  to  read;  and  we  are  sure  that  the 
event  that  we  celebrate  will  ever  be  one  of  historic  interest  to  all  who 
appreciate  manhood  Christianity.  We  will  now  sing  the  hymn  that  I 
have  lined. 

The  hymn  was  voiced  with  feeling  and  effect,  after  which  Bishop 
Arnett  said  : 

We  have  several  speakers  here.  We  will  allow  ten  minutes  to 
each  one.  I  have  the  pleasure  of  introducing  as  the  first  speaker  one 
of  the  original  members  of  the  Church  in  1865,  the  Rev.  William  M. 
Thomas. 


REV.  WILLIAM  M.  THOMAS. 
Elder  Thomas  having  been  received  with  applause,  spoke  as 
follows  : 

Bishop  and  Members  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference : — I  am 
introduced  to  you  to  deliver  a  Quarto-Centenary  address.  I  will  con- 
fine myself  to  the  organization  of.  our  Church  in  South  Carolina.  On 
or  about  the  17th  of  March,  1865,  I  was  made  acquainted  with  the 
Rev.  James  Lynch,  then  a  minister  in  the  African  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church,  and  a  chaplain  in  one  of  the  regiments  of  the  United  States 
army.  About  . the  20th  day  of  the  same  month  and  year,  I  met  Bishop 
Wayman,  in  Charleston,  hunting  up  his  brethren,  those  who  had  been 
by  unfortunate  circumstances  scattered  abroad,  in  the  state  of  South 
Carolina.  As  was  said  by  Bishop  Arnett  awhile  ago,  we  had  an  or- 
ganization in  Charleston,  in  1822.  The  foundation  of  the  old  African 
Methodist  church  is  to  be  seen  to-day,  in  that  part  of  the  city  of 
Charleston  known  as  Hampstead.  All  Charlestonians  know  the  place 
by  that  name.  On  the  north  side  of  Hanover  street  stands  the  ruins 
of  the  church  to-day,  that  was  once  the  church  in  which  Morris  Brown 
preached,  who  was  afterwards  the  second  Bishop  of  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church.  After  what  was  called  the  insurrection  in  Charleston,  that 
church  was  destroyed.  The  members  who  were  connected  with  that 
church  were  scattered.  I  remember  the  names  of  some  of  the  class 
leaders,  among  whom  were  Amos  Barksdale,  James  Lewis  and  others 
who  left  the  state.  They  were  the  principal  members  of  the  Church. 
Many  of  the  members  were  carpenters,  wheelwrights  and  blacksmiths, 
who  use  to  go  on  the  different  plantations  and  work  in  the  winter  season, 
sowing  the  seed  of  African  Methodism.    They  regularly  held  their 


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meetings  ;  and  whether  they  knew  how  to  preach  or  not  they  would 
have  Church;  and  in  this  way  they  stirred  up  the  people  with  the  idea 
of  the  African  Methodist  Church ;  and  that  spirit  lingered  in  them 
until  1865,  when  Bishop  Wayman  and  James  Lynch  came  and  organ- 
ized about  15  men  and  then  sent  for  Bishop  Payne;  and  he  came 
down  and  organized  on  the  15th  of  May,  1865,  the  first  Conference  in 
the  basement  of  what  is  known  as  Trinity  church.  He  obtained  per- 
mission from  Rev.  W.  P.  Mazon,  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  South,  who  granted  the  colored  persons  the  privilege 
of  worshiping  in  the  basement.  We  held  our  Conference  there.  That 
wr  s  the  beginning  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  South 
Carolina;  and  of  those  whose  names  I  remember  as  being  present 
were  John  Graham,  R.  Vanderhorst,  C.  L.  Bradwell,  T.  G.  Stewart 
and  J.  H.  A.  Johnson.  Among  others  present  were  Dr.  James  A. 
Handy,  R.  H.  Cain,  afterwards  one  of  our  beloved  Bishops;  Elisha 
Weaver,  our  then  Business  Manager;  Anthony  L.  Stanford,  George 
A.  Row  and  others  who  assisted  in  the  South  Carolina  Conference  in 
1865.  We  afterwards  met  in  Savannah,  Georgia.  There  it  was  that 
numbers  of  the  brethren  in  Georgia  connected  themselves  with  the 
Church.  In  1866  Wesley  J.  Gaines,  now  one  of  our  Bishops,  was  or- 
dained a  deacon;  and  in  1866  brethren  from  Florida,  Georgia,  North 
Carolina,  South  Carolina  and  Alabama  met  in  Wilmington,  N.  C,  and 
quite  a  number  were  ordained  deacons — among  whom  were  M.  B.  Sal- 
ters,  H.  D.  Edwards,  B.  H.  Williams,  W.  M.  Thomas  and  Daniel 
Prichet.  At  that  time  we  had  no  place  in  which  to  worship ;  and  the 
African  Methodists  did  not  own  a  plank  in  South  Carolina.  We  used 
to  worship  in  a  hall  on  John  street,  near  the  corner  of  King  street,  in 
Charleston,  a  place  known  as  Bowman's  Hall,  in  which  religious  ser- 
vices were  held  on  Sunday,  and  which  was  used  as  a  dance  hall  during 
the  rest  of  the  week.  But  they  worshipped  God  all  the  same,  and  by 
the  liberality  of  the  people  we  soon  erected  a  place  of  worship  in 
Charleston  known  as  Emanuel  Church — the  mother  Church  of  the  Af- 
rican Methodist  churches  in  the  State.  I  said  awhile  ago  that  we  did 
not  own  a  plank;  but  thank  God  we  now  own  about  two  hundred  and 
fifty  thousand  dollars  worth  of  property  in  the  State  of  South  Carolina. 
I  believe  we  had  at  that  time  carpenters  and  bricklayers  who  were  its 
members,  who  assisted  in  its  building.  To-day  I  saw  more  members 
entering  the  Conference  than  we  had  in  the  organization.  We  now 
have  more  horses  than  we  have  stalls.  It  will  take  about  forty  stalls 
to  provide  for  the  number  that  was  received  this  afternoon.  It  did  not 
take  the  African  Methodist  family  long  to  grow  in  this  State,  from  the 
fact  that  many  of  our  people  were  born  in  the  faith.  It  was  the  only 
Church  they  could  sing  and  pray  in,  in  accordance  with  their  feelings. 
They  could  not  say  a  word  outside  of  the  prescribed  form  in  the  Epis- 
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are  making  pretty  good  progress,  and  are  acting  in  accordance  with 
their  feelings.  In  the  first  Conference  we  held  we  had  only  nine  mem- 
bers. I  think  it  was  in  1866  that  the  Rev.  A.  T.  Carr,  of  blessed 
memory,  was  added  to  the  number ;  that  noble  spirit,  whom  no  one 
knew  but  to  love.  And  the  work  has  been  going  on  grandly  ever 
since.  When  we  first  started  out  the  city  of  Charleston  people  said  : 
"  You  cannot  do  anything,  there  are  not  enough  of  you  ;  then  you  are 
too  poor,  and  you  have  got  nothing."  The  reason  that  the  Church  is 
what  it  is  to-day  is  because  it  is  made  up  of  the  working  people ;  men 
who  sawed  wood  and  laid  bricks,  and  who  followed  other  industrial 
pursuits ;  of  women  who  washed  clothes,  and  of  people  who  were  not 
ashamed  of  work,  nor  too  stingy  to  give  their  money  to  the  Church 
after  they  had  made  it.  In  doing  so,  the  Church  got  to  be  what  it  is. 
At  one  time  people  looked  down  upon  it,  but  to-day  they  look  up  to  it. 
It  is  a  grand  old  Church,  that  has  done  a  great  deal  of  good,  and  its 
influence  is  being  felt  everywhere.  It  has  made  a  grand  march  from 
fourteen  members  in  1865,  and  to-day  we  have  in  South  Carolina  about 
65,000  members.     [Load  applause.] 


Bishop  Arnett  : — The  next  speaker  will  be  the  Rev.  James  T. 
Baker,  one  of  the  old  pioneers. 

Elder  Baker  : — As  I  am  suffering  with  a  severe  cold,  I  pray  you 
to  allow  Dr.  Coppin,  the  editor  of  the  Review,  to  read  what  I  have  to 
say  for  the  consideration  of  the  Conference  at  this  time. 
Dr.  Coppin  then  read  from  Elder  Baker's  book. 
The  congregation  sang  with  impressive  effect : 
"  All  hail  the  power  of  Jesus'  name! 
Let  angels  prostrate  fall. 

Now,  the  next  speaker  will  be, 

REV.  A.  WESTON. 
Elder  Weston,  after  being  favorably  received,  said  : 
Bishop  and  Members  of  the  Columbia  Conference,  and  Friends  : — I 
am  called  upon  to-night  to  speak  of  the  Quarto-Centenary  of  the  intro- 
duction of  African  Methodism  in  South  Carolina.  As  I  am  limited,  I 
prefer  only  to  confine  my  remarks  to  my  recollections  of  the  early  in- 
cidents of  said  Church.  You  have  been  told  of  its  organization  in 
Charleston  on  the  15th  of  May,  1865.  Of  course,  it  afterwards  made 
its  way  to  Columbia,  and  from  here  to  Newberry,  my  old  home,  the 
place  of  my  raising,  although  I  am  a  native  of  the  county  of  Fairfield, 
at  Montecello.  But  the  place  of  my  raising  was  at  Newberry  Court- 
House,  South  Carolina.    I  am  not  satisfied  as  to  the  date  or  year, 


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whether  it  was  in  1866  or  1867  ;  but  perhaps  it  was  in  '67,  when  two 
ladies,  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  (South),  with  my- 
self, at  Newberry,  whose  names  I  shall  give,  conferred  seriously  about 
the  change  of  Church  relations.  One  of  them  is  present  to-night.  I 
rejoice  to  greet  her.  It  is  often  said  by  the  masculine  sex,  if  the  wo- 
men want  to  know  anything  about  Church  affairs,  the  should  follow 
the  advice  of  St.  Paul:  "Let  them  ask  their  husbands  at  home." 
When  the  fiery  darts  were  flashing  around  Newberry,  it  was  not  the 
masculine  sex  that  boarded  the  train  and  dashed  to  Columbia  to  seek 
a  preacher,  but  it  was  two  devoted  women.  Their  names  are  Sister 
Caroline  Brown,  who  sits  over  there  to-night,  (pointing  to  the  "amen 
corner")  and  the  other  is  Sister  Winnie  Simmons.  I  do  not  know 
whether  she  has  arrived  yet,  though  she  is  a  constant  attendant  at  the 
sessions  of  the  Conference  whenever  it  is  convenient  for  her  to  do  so. 
[A  voice — she  is  here.]  I  am  informed  that  Sister  Simmons  is  present. 
These  two  women  boarded  a  train  to  go  in  search  of  an  African  Meth- 
odist preacher.  We  were  there  and  witnessed  their  interest  We  were 
then  like  sheep  without  a  shepherd.  There  was  a  preacher  who  came 
along  about  that  time  whose  name  was  Hopkins,  who  was  allowed  to 
preach  to  the  colored  people  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South. 
He  took  his  stand  in  the  altar,  and  I  will  never  forget  his  text.  It  was: 
"Watch  therefore,  for  ye  know  neither  the  day  nor  the  hour  wherein 
the  Son  of  Man  cometh." 

When  he  got  through  his  discourse  he  informed  us  that  he  repre- 
sented the  African  Methodist  Zion  Church.  That  did  not  seem  to 
sound  good  to  our  ears.  These  two  sisters  then  said,  "  we  will  go  to 
Columbia  to  seek  a  preacher."  Though  they  were  discouraged  in 
their  purpose,  these  good  women  said  :  "  Let  it  cost  what  it  may,  we 
are  going  for  a  preacher."  On  their  arrival  in  this  city  they  met  with 
W.  H.  Brown,  who  was  the  pastor  of  this  church,  and  with  the  Rev. 
Simon  Miller.  After  some  little  arrangements,  they  took  Brother  Mil- 
ler to  Newberry  with  them  ;  and  when  they  arrived  there  the  people 
said,  "  we  have  no  place  for  him  to  board."  Sister  Brown  said,  "  he 
can  stop  at  my  house.  Whatever  the  threats  may  be,  she  said,  I  will 
take  him  to  my  home  and  risk  the  consequences."  She  did  so.  I 
want  you  to  knew  who  that  Sister  Brown  is.  She  lives  now  in  Green- 
ville, South  Carolina — is  an  untiring  worker  in  the  Church,  and  has 
been  of  material  assistance  in  lifting  the  debt  off  the  Greenville  church, 
in  which  she  is  ahead  of  all  others.     [Loud  applause.] 

When  Brother  Miller  first  went  to  Newberry  the  first  thing  he  did 
was  to  organize  a  school,  and  if  my  memory  serves  me  right,  he  organ- 
ized that  school  in  Sister  Brown's  house.  The  people  were  invited  to 
come  and  see  the  preacher,  but  I  tell  you  that  it  was  such  a  bad  time 
around  about  Newberry  that  some  of  us  were  almost  afraid  to  speak 
to  Brother  Miller.    After  a  little  while  we  began  to  feel  at  home.  We 


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went  down  in  the  cotton-house  and  there  was  organized  the  Church. 
When  we  moved  out  of  that,  we  built  a  good  frame  church  in  New- 
berry, which  is  known  now  as  Miller's  Chapel.  After  we  organized 
Rev.  Robert  Carmon,  whose  bones  are  bleaching  at  Newberry,  whose 
daughter  and  son-in-law  are  here  to-night,  Jasper  James  and  myself 
were  appointed  a  committee  of  three  to  go  to  Rev.  Mr.  Black,  pastor 
ot  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  (South),  and  confer  with  him  on 
behalf  of  our  people.  We  met  the  Rev.  Black  and  Presiding  Elder 
Fleming,  who  was  his  father-in-law,  and  spoke  to  him  on  the  object  of 
our  visit,  respectfully  requesting  him  to  turn  over  to  us  the  books  and 
other  Church  property  of  the  colored  Methodists,  that  we  might  pre- 
sent them  to  our  pastor  in  the  Church  called  the  African  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  Mr.  Black  seemed  at  first  perfectly  willing.  He 
always  felt  a  little  near  to  me  because  he  licensed  me  to  preach,  in 
which  capacity  I  attended  the  white  Quarterly  Conference.  When  I 
wanted  to  obtain  permission  to  attend  the  Quarteily  Conference  I  had 
to  fast  and  pray,  and  I  had  to  get  up  a  good  deal  of  courage  to  ask 
permission  to  go  to  the  Quarterly  Conference.  It  required  nerve,  to 
approach  those  in  whose  service  I  was,  to  make  such  a  request.  When 
I  approached  them  for  permission  to  get  my  license,  I  was  especially 
smart  at  that  time  in  doing  my  duties  about  the  house.  I  know  all 
about  house-work,  and  I  am  a  kind  of  expert  in  that  kind  of  business 
anywhere  you  may  put  me  ;  and  if  I  should  break  down  in  preaching, 
these  hands  are  fully  sufficient  to  go  to  work  in  other  respects.  I  al- 
ways understood  what  to  do  when  I  wanted  a  favor.  I  was  especially 
industrious  at  that  time,  and  had  everything  in  the  best  of  order.  I 
gained  smiles  by  that  kind  of  procedure.  After  I  had  exhorted  for  a 
time  I  wanted  to  go  to  Quarterly  Conference  to  be  examined  for  a  reg- 
ular preacher's  license.  My  owner  said,  "  I  think  that  is  a  pretty 
something  that  you  want  to  go  and  get  license  to  preach.  Well,  I  will 
see  about  it."  I  went  on  about  my  business,  doing  my  best  to  please; 
and  after  awhile  the  word  came,  "you  may  go,"  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Black  was  the  pastor  who  licensed  me  to  preaeh.  He  favored  giving 
us  the  books,  but  Presiding  Elder  Fleming  said,  :<  No  we  won't  let 
them  have  the  books,  as  they  will  all  come  back  some  day."  That 
was  in  1867. 

Rev.  Albert  McGhee,  of  Greenwood,  asked  me  if  I  was  going'  to 
the  African  Methodist  Conference  at  Wilmington,  North  Carolina. 
I  said  I  reckon  so.  I  intended  to  go.  We  were  free  then ;  and  I  was 
thinking  about  building  a  home  and  providing  for  my  family.  Though 
I  was  called  to  preach  over  forty  years  ago,  I  did  not  know  where  or 
when  the  time  would  come  for  me  to  go.  As  the  period  drew  near 
for  me  to  go  to  the  Wilmington  Conference,  I  said  to  Brother  McGhee, 
J  believe  I  will  remain  and  build  a  home  for  my  family.  Brother 
McGhee  went  to  the  Wilmington  Conference.    On  his  return  home  I 


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saw  him  coming  up  the  road  near  where  I  was  plowing  in  the  field, 
and  because  I  had  promised  him  to  go  and  had  disappointed  him  I  felt 
that  I  would  like  to  keep  out  of  his  sight.  He  did  not  reprove  me, 
and  I  regretted  much  that  I  did  not  accompany  him.  The  next  year, 
in  1868,  I  came  to  the  Conference  here  in  Bethel  church,  and  was  or- 
dained a  Deacon  with  a  number  of  others,  among  them  old  Father 
Isaac  Cook.  I  was  sent  Greenwood  and  there  served  the  Church. 
There  lie  the  bones,  body  and  dust  of  the  first  African  Methodist 
preacher  at  that  point,  whose  name  was  Bouey  Roye,  who  was  sent 
up  there  from  New  York,  where  he  organized  the  African  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  He  attempted  to  preach,  but  he  was  too  sick  to 
do  so.  He  died  there  after  doing  a  good  work  for  the  Church  ;  and 
there  ought  to  be  a  monument  erected  over  his  grave,  in  memory  of 
the  first  African  Methodist  preacher  who  went  to  Greenwood.  [Loud 
applause.] 

I  went  to  Greenwood  as  the  pastor  of  our  Church  there,  but  I 
cannot  tell  in  ten  minutes  all  that  occurred.  I  think  I  shall  write  my 
reminiscenses  in  a  book  and  then  you  can  see  what  my  experience 
was.  I  went  to  Greenwood  and  served  that  people.  The  next  year, 
when  I  came  to  Conference,  I  found  that  Brother  Edwards,  who  had 
been  sent  to  Abbeville  Court-house,  had  to  take  retuge  in  the  city  of 
Columbia.  The  question  was  asked,  what  shall  we  do  ?  It  was  an- 
swered by  agreeing  to  put  Greenwood  and  Abbeville  together,  to  be 
known  as  the  Greenwood  and  Abbeville  circuit  and  send  Weston  there; 
and  they  did  so.  I  was  sent  there  in  1869  because  there  was  no  other 
one  to  send.  We  opened  up  the  work  and  gathered  in  Paul  Jefferson, 
Silas  Jefferson,  Edward  D.  Perris  and  E.  D.  Sherman,  and  took  them 
to  the  Annual  Conference.  On  a  Sabbath  day,  in  1869,  Paul  Jeffer- 
son and  myself  went  to  Cokesbury  to  organize  an  African  Methodist 
society,  and  in  going  from  the  depot  down  the  street  we  excited  won- 
der and  surprise.  We  went  on  like  poor  wayfaring  men,  with  our 
lives  in  our  hands,  not  knowing  but  that  it  would  be  the  last  day  of 
our  existence.  So  on  and  on  we  went.  And  this  is  the  branch,  the 
outgrowth  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  and  others  all  around 
here.  For  these  grand  results  we  bless  God  and  praise  the  name  of 
the  Redeemer.  I  can  only  say  that  this  is  the  fulfillment  of  what  the 
Bible  declares :  "Ethiopia  shall  stretch  out  her  fiends  unto  God.1' 
[Loud  applause.] 


Bishop  Arnett  : — I  would  respectfully  request  Mrs.  Caroline 
Brown  and  Mrs.  Winnie  Simmons  to  go  up  to  Ricklin's  gallery  to-mor- 
row and  have  their  photos  taken  in  my  name  and  at  my  expense.  I 
want  to  preserve  the  pictures  of  the  two  women  who  had  the  courage 
to  do  so  much,  in  such  a  perilous  period  for  the  good  of  our  Church 
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I  take  pleasure  in  introducing  as  the  next  speaker,  Rev.  Hiram 
Young,  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Newberry  district. 

REV.  HIRAM  YOUNG. 
Elder  Young  having  been  received  with  applause,  said  : 
Bishop  and  Members  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference,  Ladies 
and  Gentlemen : — I  am  not  going  to  make  a  speech.  I  simply  rise  to 
say  that  I  feel  very  grateful  to  the  Heavenly  Father  for  permitting  us 
to  see  this,  the  25th  year  of  the  existence  of  African  Methodism  in 
South  Carolina,  and  also  to  thank  the  committee  for  the  honor  con- 
ferred upon  me,  in  selecting  me  as  one  of  the  speakers  of  the  evening ; 
but  as  I  am  no  speaker,  I  decline  in  favor  of  Rev.  Isaac  Simmons 
Grant,  the  poet  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference.  [Applause.] 


REV.  ISAAC  SIMMONS  GRANT. 
Elder  Grant  was  received  with  much  applause,  after  which  he 
said  : 

Bishop  and  Members  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference : — It  af- 
fords me  a  deal  of  pleasure  on  this  grand  occasion  to  have  something 
to  say,  relative  to  the  twenty-five  years  of  African  Methodism  in  South 
Carolina.  I  have  a  few  words  to  say,  concurring  in  what  Presiding 
Elder  Thomas  said;  for  I  was  about  Charleston  in  1865.  What  he 
said  I  know  to  be  true.  If  my  memory  serves  me  rightly,  Morris 
Brown,  afterwards  the  second  Bishop  of  our  Church,  was  the  class- 
leader  of  my  mother.  I  often  heard  her  speak  concerning  her  leader, 
and  of  the  African  ground  that  is  on  Hanover  street,  in  the  city  of 
Charleston.  Bishop,  I  remember  when  Elder  Cain,  afterwards  one  of 
our  beloved  Bishops,  now  deceased,  was  hooted  at  in  Charleston.  I 
remember  the  trouble  he  had  in  establishing  the  flag  of  African  Meth- 
odism in  that  city.  I  remember  when  Rev.  Lewis  was  threatened  to 
be  put  into  custody  if  he  did  not  cease  his  church  efforts,  with  which 
I  was  identified,  which  was  called  raising  an  insurrection.  Elder  Cain 
was  like  Napoleon.  He  went  forth  without  fear  holding  aloft  the  flag 
of  African  Methodism.  I  thank  God  for  the  encouragement  that  I  re- 
ceived from  Elder  R.  H.  Cain.  I  think  it  was  in  1867  that  I  joined 
under  the  flag  of  African  Methodism — I  mean  as  a  minister  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ.  There  were  several  others  that  came  in  at  that 
time.  I  was  not  aware  that  I  would  be  called  on  at  this  time  to  say 
anything.  I  thank  God  that  I  have  lived  to  see  this  Church  where  it 
is  to-day.  When  I  was  in  the  city  of  Charleston,  in  the  early  history 
of  our  Church  in  this  state,  my  ears  heard  and  my  eyes  saw  the  great 
conflict  that  Elder  Cain  passed  through.    The  flag  after  being  down 


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for  some  time  was  again  flung  to  the  breeze  amid  the  admiration  of  the 
people.  I  thank  God  this  Church  is  like  the  eagle,  that  of  all  the  feath- 
ered tribe,  soars  higher  than  all  around.   [Loud  applause.] 


The  congregation  with  expression  and  enthusiasm  sang  the  African 
Methodist  rally  song — "  The  world  is  moving  on." 

BISHOP  B.  W.  ARNETT. 

The  next  speaker  I  have  to  introduce  is  associated  with  an  amus- 
ing incident  which  I  guess  I  shall  have  to  tell.  In  the  early  days  of 
African  Methodism  in  this  state,  the  news  went  abroad  that  m  African 
Methodist  preacher  was  coming  to  a  certain  point  on  Sunday.  The 
people  came  from  all  parts  of  the  country,  in  that  immediate  locality ; 
and  Brother  Silas  Jefferson  also  came  and  went  into  the  pulpit.  The 
people  gazed  on  him  with  wonder  and  surprise;  and  an  old  man  said, 
after  gazing  at  him  for  some  time,  and  being  confused  at  his  Caucassian 
complexion  and  his  Celtic  expression,  asked:  "Is  that  the  African 
preacher?  Well,  that  is  the  first  red-headed  African  I  ever  did  see." 
[Laughter  and  applause.]  I  take  great  pleasure  in  introducing  to  you 
Rev.  Silas  H.  Jefferson.  [Applause.] 


,   REV.  SILAS  H.  JEFFERSON. 
Elder  Jefferson,  who  bears  no  resemblance  to  the  people  of  African 
descent,  in  color  or  expression,  came  forward  with  his  countenance 
suffused  with  blushes  at  the  incident  enjoyed  at  his  expense,  and  spoke 
as  follows* 

Bishop  and  Members  of  the  Columbia  Conference,  Ladies  and  Gen- 
tlemen:—! appear  before  you  at  this  moment  laboring  under  some  dif- 
ficulty and  embarrassment.  I  am  limited  as  to  time ;  and  as  I  am  of 
a  very  sensative  nature  I  cannot  bear  to  be  told  that  I  am  to  stop  at 
the  sound  of  the  gavel  before  I  am  through.  I  start  out  in  trouble. 
I  am  more  than  pleased  to  appear  before  you  this  evening  to  say  some- 
thing concerning  the  twenty-five  years  of  African  Methodism  m  South 
Carolina.  In  the  latter  part  of  1864  or  1865,  I  was  numbered  with 
two  or  three  men  who  are  in  this  Conference  to-day,  in  the  great  ques- 
tion that  was  going  on,  in  the  settlement  of  the  question  between  the 
States.  I  was  in  a  regiment  recruited  in  South  Carolina  that  was 
stationed  at  Fort  Wagner ;  and  we  were  afterwards  united  with  the  54th 
Massachusetts  regiment,  and  were  mustered  out  in  Charleston.  Wash- 
ington White  who  was  received  in  the  Conference  to-day  was  111  the 
104th  regiment  of  United  States  Colored  Troops ;  and  B.  F.  Porter, 


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who  is  present,  and  J.  M.  Townsend,  until  recently  one  of  our  general 
officers,  were  in  the  54th  Massachusetts  regiment.  But  at  that  time, 
it  is  true,  I  was  but  a  youth ;  but  I  went  along  with  the  men  of  that 
day  and  suffered  the  hardships  of  a  soldier's  life.  I  slept  on  the  ground 
in  the  winter  time,  lying  on  one  part  of  the  blanket  and  covering  with 
the  other  part.  As  I  slept,  the  rain  would  leak  into  my  ears,  so  that 
I  was  awakened,  and  had  to  shake  the  icicles  out  of  my  ears.  As  I 
could  not  get  into  a  bomb-proof  nor  tent,  I  had  to  sleep  on  the  ground. 
In  1866  I  went  to  Greenwood,  in  this  state.  In  the  first  part  of  that 
year  Brother  Bowie,  the  minister  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  was  in  the  last  stage  of  consumption.  We  could  not  under- 
stand anything  he  said.  He  had  lost  his  lungs  entirely.  He  could 
say  nothing  intelligibly.  He  stood  up  in  the  pulpit  and  tried  to  talk  ; 
but  he  could  not  speak  so  as  to  be  understood.  He  simply  waved  his 
hand,  and  by  a  hard  struggle  and  a  painful  effort,  he  informed  us  that 
he  was  an  African  Methodist  preacher  sent  up  there  for  the  purpose 
of  organizing  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  That  was  in 
the  latter  part  of  1867.  After  he  died,  we  organized  a  little  society  ; 
and  we  did  the  best  we  could.  We  had  many  difficulties  to  contend 
with,  especially  with  reference  to  the  meeting  of  persons  of  color.  In 
August,  1867,  Rev.  James  T.  Baker  was  sent  to  Gr  enwood  and  he 
properly  organized  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  that 
town  upon  a  permanent  basis;  and  I  united  under  him  with  the 
Church,  with  my  twin  brother  Paul.  We  started  out  and  began  work 
in  1867  or  1868.  Elder  Weston  came  and  we  were  licensed  as  local 
preachers,  and  brother  Paul  and  myself  were  taken  up  as  licentiates ; 
and  we  went  out  with  Brother  Weston  to  organize  African  Methodist 
Episcopal  Churches  in  the  upper  country.  In  that  year  there  were 
over  three  thousand  members  brought  into  the  Church  in  South  Caro- 
lina; and  now  I  hear  it  said  that  the  number  is  65,000.  We  tried  to 
do  good  work  at  that  time,  though  we  were  surrounded  with  many 
difficulties.  Elder  W.  M.  Thomas,  Elder  A.  T.  Carr  and  Elder 
Graham  went  down  into  the  lower  part  of  the  state  to  work.  We 
then  had  three  places  organized  in  the  upper  country — Greenweed, 
Cokesbury  and  Abbeville.  Elder  Weston  had  charge  of  Greenwood 
and  Abbeville  circuit,  and  my  brother  Paul  went  there  to  help  him.  I 
had  a  great  meeting  at  Greenwood  and  many  were  added  to  the 
Church.  Many  of  you,  doubtless,  remember  Brother  Beverly  Young 
and  Washington  Rowe  who  have  met  us  in  Conference  many  a  time. 
I  think  it  was  on  the  20th  of  January,  1869,  that  I  went  to  the  Annual 
Conference  in  Charleston,  with  Elder  Western,  who  was  Presiding 
Elder.  I  was  appointed  by  Bishop  Brown  to  the  Anderson  Mission 
where  I  had  no  members.  Our  Church  was  only  known  at  Spring- 
field, Greenwood,  Cokesbury  and  Abbeville.  From  the  Blue  moun- 
tains to  these  places,  the  African  Methodist  Church  was  not  known. 


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Elder  Miller  was  at  Newberry  and  Father  Lake  was  there  also.  We 
had  these  great  valleys  between  us.  There  was  an  extensive  valley  be- 
tween Newberry  and  Greenwood.  They  increased  in  numbers  towards 
us  from  Newberry  and  we  towards  them  from  Greenwood.  Dr.  R.  H. 
Cain  was  here  vigorously  working  in  these  parts ;  and  Elder  Graham 
and  Brother  B.  H.  Williams  were  in  the  lower  country  filling  up  the 
valley.  I  went  up  to  Anderson  and  overran  all  the  upper  country 
as  Caesar  overran  all  of  Gaul.  [Applause.]  I  was  sent  to  Anderson 
where  there  was  not  a  single  African  Methodist  member,  and  I  organ- 
ized our  Church  there.  I  went  to  Pendleton  where  Brother  Chappell 
is  stationed  to-day.  From  there  I  went  to  Senaca  City,  what  was 
then  in  the  woods,  but  is  now  the  junction  of  the  Richmond  &  Dan- 
ville and  Greenville  railroad.  There  was  nothing  but  woods  when  we 
went  there  at  that  time;  and  we  went  through  the  woods  and  across 
the  country  in  little  ox-carts,  and  organized  what  is  now  known  as 
Henderson  Hill.  From  there  I  went  to  Walhalla,  and  from  there  to 
Slabtown  and  Greenville  and  organized  churches.  We  sowed  the 
seed  of  African  Methodism  wherever  we  went,  and  Methodism  is  flour- 
ishing in  all  that  upper  country  by  the  work  of  men  and  through  the 
favor  of  Almighty  God.  We  have  done  effective  work  despite  all  the 
powers  of  spiritual  darkness.  We  have  a  good  Church  at  Abbeville 
where  we  held  the  last  Conference,  and  also  at  Senaca  City  and  at 
Pendleton.  I  ofttimes  think  of  Greenville  where  the  young  hero, 
Brother  J.  F.  Jackson,  with  Sister  Brown,  who  is  with  us  in  this  grand 
meeting  of  rejoicing,  did  a  good  work  for  our  Church.  There  Dr. 
Porter  who  is  in  our  midst,  who  in  company  with  Rev.  James  T. 
Baker  contributed  to  our  success.  In  all  parts  of  the  state  we  have 
spread  the  banner  of  African  Methodism,  and  we  have  been  able  to 
keep  it  afloat  under  many  embarrassments.  WTe  were  ab'ays  cheered 
with  the  success  of  our  labors;  but  we  are  especially  proud  that  we 
can  boast  to-night  of  65,000  members  in  the  state  of  South  Carolina. 
Here  we  stand  giving  glory  to  God  and  honor  to  the  Lamb,  saying  to 
the  world  with  jubilant  feelings  that  wj  are  moving  on.  [Loud  ap- 
plause.] 


Bishop  Arnett  : — We  will  next  have  a  word  from  Rev.  R.  C.  Irvin. 
REV.  R.  C.  IRVIN. 

Elder  Irvin,  after  being  received  with  much  applause,  delivered 
himself  as  follows  : 

Bishop  and  Brethren,  of  the  Columbia  Conference  : — There  has  been 
so  much  said  in  regard  to  our  twenty-five  years  existence  in  this  State, 
I  hardly  know  where  to  commence.  I  shall,  however,  speak  of  the 
western  wing  of  the  Church  in  this  State,  as  my  friend,  Elder  Jeffer- 


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son,  who  just  preceded  me  did.  I  suppose  it  would  be  in  place  to  say 
that  our  Church  for  the  first  three  or  four  years  in  this  State  traveled 
very  slowly.  It  got  to  Columbia,  and  it  seemed  that  it  could  not  get 
away  from  here  for  some  time.  Through  the  prayers  of  the  good  peo- 
ple and  the  courage  of  the  heroes  of  the  Cross,  it  finally  made  its  way 
in  the  upper  country  amid  the  darkness  and  the  gloom  of  the  surround- 
ing circumstances.  There  were  some  men  among  the  pioneers  who 
were  willing  to  undergo  whatever  was  necessary  to  establish  the  Church. 
I  believe  it  was  about  1869  when  I  reached  my  home  at  Cokesburv. 
South  Carolina,  the  Athens  of  the  State  at  that  time.  I  believe  Broth- 
er Baker  did  come  there  and  made  an  attempt  about  1867.  if  I  am  not 
mistaken.  But  the  clouds  hung  too  low  and  the  darkness  was  too 
thick  and  he  went  away.  I  met  him  on  the  first  visit.  I  had  my  fears, 
for  I  knew  the  danger  and  was  apprehensive  for  his  safety.  But  about 
1869,  I  think  it  was,  when  Brother  Weston  came  through  that  country 
to  Cokesburv  where  he  organized  the  people,  who  will  never  forget 
him.  Amid  all  the  dangers  that  surrounded  him.  he  stood  up  like  a 
hero.  I  remember  when  he  organized  at  my  home.  There  was  one 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  preachers,  who  tried  to  prevent  him,  but 
failed.  The  men  halted  between  two  opinions,  but  the  women  broke 
the  ice  and  stepped  over  ;  and  in  the  afternoon  the  men  followed,  as 
you  know  the  men  will  follow  the  women  wherever  they  go.  Bishop 
Campbell  was  accustomed  to  ay  that  the  women  ruled  the  men  and 
the  children  ruled  the  women.  In  this  portion  of  the  State  the  Church 
succeeded.  I  united  with  the  Church  at  an  early  age.  I  was  soon 
after  commissioned  or  licensed  as  a  preacher  to  assist  the  heroes  of  the 
Cross;  and  because  of  the  gloom  that  surrounded  the  pastors,  I  was 
sent  out  and  given  charge  of  what  is  now  known  as  St.  John's  circuit. 
I  organized  that  work.  I  remember,  when  I  was  a  licentiate,  I  used 
to  do  some  things  that  would  not  be  tolerated  now.  I  reckon  I  will  tell 
you  all  about  it.  I  do  not  need  to  go  around  anything.  I  do  hot 
think  the  Bishop  will  bring  me  to  account  for  it  now.  [Laughter.] 
When  I  was  a  licentiate  I  did  what  other  men  did.  [Laughter.]  On 
one  occasion  I  married  some  twenty-five  couple  at  the  same  time,  with 
one  ceremony.  The  way  I  did  it  :  I  just  formed  them  in  a  line,  with 
the  men  on  one  side  and  the  momen  on  the  other,  and  I  went  up  the 
aisle  and  performed  one  ceremony  for  all  present.  I  was  anxious  to 
please  my  Presiding  Elder,  and  he  told  me  to  do  so.  [Great  laughter.] 
I  mean  no  reflection  on  the  Presiding  Elder,  for  a  better  man  never 
lived.  He  told  me  to  do  the  marrying  and  he  would  sign  the  certifi- 
cates. [Uproarious  laughter.]  In  this  way  our  Church  was  made  up 
in  the  upper  portion  of  the  State;  and  let  me  tell  you  in  conclusion, 
that  none  but  true  and  tried  men  could  stand  that  day.  Often  when 
we  went  out  to  preach  to  our  people  we  had  guards  out  watching  for 
us.    During  the  greater  part  of  our  time  we  dared  not  walk  the  high- 


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way  to  preach  and  organize  our  churches.  As  it  was  dangerous  for 
strangers  to  pass  through  the  country,  I  was  made  a  licentiate.  It  was 
then  that  I  met  with  this  little  friend  of  mine,  Rev.  Nathaniel  Childs. 
I  succeeded  him  later  on  the  Harrisburg  circuit.  I  had  to  pass  the 
place  where  some  ungodly  white  men  made  him  pray  at  the  point  of 
their  weapons  and  attempted  for  their  amusement  to  make  him  dance. 
If  one  of  his  proportions  could  have  been  frightened  into  cutting  the 
pigeon-wing,  it  would  have  resembled  an  elephant  that  I  once  saw 
dance  in  a  show.  I  am  not  sure,  but  I  succeeded  him  in  his  appoint- 
ment in  1876;  but  in  1875,  wnue  I  was  pastor  at  Greenwood,  a  little 
trouble  arose  on  the  Harrisburg  work,  and  the  Presiding  Elder  wanted 
to  move  me  about  the  middle  of  the  year.  The  congregation  would 
not  agree  for  him  to  do  so,  and  he  waited  until  the  proper  time  came, 
and  he  sent  me  there  anyway,  and  I  saved  the  Church.  A  part  of 
the  membership  had  seceded,  but  through  God,  we  succeeded  in  bring- 
ing them  back.  On  my  arrival  there  one  hundred  and  fifty  men  rode 
up  to  the  church  door,  and,  lucky  for  me,  I  had  their  pastor,  Rev. 
Mr.  Wells,  in  my  pulpit  at  the  time  preaching  for  me.  Finding  that 
he  was  amongst  us,  they  quietly  rode  off,  one  of  them  firing  a  pistol. 
But  the  white  pastor  pledged  me  that  I  should  not  be  hurt  in  that  sec- 
tion of  the  country,  and  I  am  happy  to  say  that  I  was  not.  I  do  not 
know  whether  he  had  anything  to  do  with  it  or  not;  but  as  a  matter  of 
precaution  I  always  went  to  sleep  with  one  eye  open.  I  only  held  my 
meetings  in  the  day-time,  and  I  always  left  the  neighborhood  at  night. 
In  this  way  we  made  up  our  Church.  I  thank  God  for  what  he  has 
done  for  us.  We  love  this  Church.  There  are  some  of  us  who  know 
what  it  cost  to  build  up  this  Church  in  this  State,  because  of  our  rough 
experience.  We  know  what  we  have  suffered  and  sacrificed ;  and  I 
tell  you  that  there  are  men  in  this  Church  who  are  so  devoted  to  its 
principles  that  they  would  lay  their  heads,  if  necessary,  upon  the  block 
for  the  Church.  God  bless  the  Church.  God  bless  the  brethren. 
God  give  us  strength  for  all  time  to  come.     [Loud  applause.] 


BISHOP  ARNETT. 

I  think  now  we  will  change  the  program ;  but  before  we  do  so  I 
wish  to  make  a  few  general  remarks.  In  every  good  work  women  are 
always  present  and  active.  In  the  early  efforts  of  the  Church  in  this 
State,  we  had  the  earnest  co-operation  of  Sister  Caroline  Brown,  of 
Newberry ;  and  in  the  day  of  our  triumph  we  have  the  cultured  qual- 
ities of  Miss  HallieQuinn  Brown,  of  Wilberforce,  Ohio,  as  Lady  Prin- 
cipal of  Allen  University.  So  we  had  Brown  then  doing  a  good  work, 
and  we  have  Brown  now  adding  lustre  to  our  educational  operations. 
Sister  Hallie  Quinn  Brown,  who  is  a  teacher  of  Elocution  in  Allen 
University — having  a  national  reputation  in  that  line — will  to-morrow 


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night  read  something  which  is  likely  to  inspire  our  admiration  for  the 
culture  of  our  womanhood.  This  is  just  the  beginning  of  our  com- 
menoration  of  our  Quarto-Centenary  of  African  Methodism  in  this 
State.  We  are  making  arrangements  for  a  general  celebration  in 
Charleston  on.  the  15th  of  May  next,  when  the  representatives  of  our 
Church  in  Georgia,  Florida,  Alabama  an  1  South  Carolina  will  assem- 
ble in  Emanuel  church  to  celebrate  the  great  event.  In  the  last  week 
in  January  next,  the  Bishop's  Council  will  meet  in  Charleston,  at  which 
time  we  will  unveil  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  the  lamented  A.  T. 
Carr,  one  of  the  heroes  of  this  Conference.  And  it  has  been  said — 
with  which  I  concur — that  there  ought  to  be  a  monument  of  some  kind 
erected  in  Greenwood  to  the  memory  of  Brother  Bowie,  that  noble 
martyr  to  our  Church  and  our  cause,  who  gave  such  a  spendid  exhibi- 
tion of  devotion  to  manhood  Christianity.  The  thought  occurs  to  mt  that 
there  ought  to  be  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  the  hero,  John  Houner, 
whom  Wm.  Capers*sent,  in  1829,  as  the  first  Missionary  to  the  plantation 
down  on  the  Santee  river.  He  went  about  the  latter  part  of  August, 
and  I  think  on  the  25th  of  September  he  died,  and  was  the  first  Amer- 
ican preacher  who  went  to  heaven  through  carrying  the  gospel  to  our 
people  in  their  cabins  and  in  their  homes.  That  name  should  be  re- 
membered. There  began  a  work  of  training  and  of  culture.  I  do  not 
know  but  what  there  was  laid  the  foundation  upon  which  the  African 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  was  built  in  that  section.  It  was  that  no- 
ble man  who  brought  such  men  into  the  Church,  who  accepted  and 
adopted  the  principle :  God  our  Father,  Christ  our  Redeemer,  and 
Man  everywhere  our  brother.  [Loud  applause.]  God  bless  the  mem- 
ory that  did  that  good  work.  God  bless  their  successors  in  office. 
May  their  children  be  as  true  to  God  and  the  race  as  those  noble  men 
and  women  were  in  times  of  affliction  that  tried  men's  souls.  May  the 
children  of  to-day  perpetuate  in  the  most  enduring  form  the  memories 
of  the  heroes  of  the  past.  God  bless  the  Columbia  Annual  Confer- 
ence for  what  it  has  done  in  religious  and  material  respects  during  the 
past  year.  Let  us  come  out  to-morrow  night  in  the  spirit  of  apprecia- 
tion. Let  us  come  with  grateful  recollections  of  what  has  been  ac- 
complished, and  with  the  consciousness  that  there  is  a  great  work  to 
be  done.  The  pioneers  have  performed  their  part.  They  went  out, 
cut  down  the  trees,  built  the  log  cabins  ;  aifd  now  these  young  men 
before  me  must  go  out  and  build  up  better  places  of*worship  for  the 
people.  Lnder  the  influence  of  a  higher  civilization,  the  young  men 
of  to-day  are  not  satisfied  with  the  humble  houses  their  fathers  lived 
in.  As  their  father's  lived  in  cabins,  they  are  tearing  them  down  and 
building  better  homes.  When  our  fathers  started  out  in  the  interest  of 
God  and  the  race,  there  were  no  public  schools  in  this  State  for  their 
instruction.  But  to-day  we  live  at  the  beginning  of  an  age  of  educa- 
tion; and  in  South  Carolina  there  is  an  army  of  colored  men  engaged 


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in  teaching  our  boys  and  girls  how  to  study,  and  the  schools  are  turn- 
ing out  disciplined  minds  that  are  making  an  impress  upon  the  com- 
munity. The  number  of  educated  teachers  in  the  State  is  annually 
increasing,  and  the  certificates  which  they  are  receiving  from  our  white 
fellow-citizens  attest  their  qualifications.  It  is  our  duty  to  recognize 
these  facts  in  the  administration  of  Charch  affairs.  The  preacher  must 
keep  pace  with  the  teacher.  The  pulpit,  in  order  to  be  respected, 
must  keep  in  the  advance  of  the  pew.  God  help  the  preachers  to  ele- 
vate the  standard  of  the  pulpit  in  education  and  all  other  needed  res- 
pects. The  millions  of  our  race  must  be  taught  to  live  moral  and  re- 
ligious lives,  or  all  other  instructions  will  be  in  vain.  Unless  you  study 
and  pray,  and  fill  your  head  full  of  knowledge  and  your  heart  full  of 
love,  God  will  not  bless  you  in  the  work.  If  we  are  properly  instruct- 
ed, we  will  perform  the  duties  that  God  demands.  It  is  evident  that 
we  have  the  ability  to  carry  on  the  work,  because  there  are  manifesta- 
tions of  self-respect  and  pride  of  race  in  the  younger  generation  that 
are  producing  excellent  results.  A  moral  backbone  in  our  teachers 
and  preachers  are  necessary  to  success.  God  help  you  to  go  out  in 
this  grand  work,  and  may  each  of  you  be  equal  to  your  opportunities. 
The  people  are  doing  their  part  of  the  work  as  is  manifested  in  the 
gt  nerous  manner  in  which  they  have  supported  the  several  interests  of 
the  Church.  There  is  a  grand  work  for  you  to  do,  and  you  should  do 
it  in  such  a  manner  as  to  make  you  proud  of  the  opportunity. 

I  thank  you,  brethren,  sincerely  for  your  co-operation  during  the 
past  Conference  year  and  what  you  have  done  to  perpetuate  the  name 
of  African  Methodism  in  the  hearts  of  the  people.  God  bless  the 
members  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference.  Your  record  shines 
brighter  to-day  in  the  history  of  the  Church  than  ever  before.  Breth- 
ren, I  beseech  you  to  preach  the  Gospel  and  advance  the  best  interests 
of  the  Church,  by  attending  to  all  your  duties  in  your  different  spheres. 
As  a  Methodist  meeting  is  not  complete  without  a  contribution  from 
the  people,  I  appeal  to  you  to  assist  in  defraying  the  expenses  of  the 
Conference.  [Applause.] 


Bishop  Arnett  : — Intake  pleasure  in  introducing  the  first  speaker 
of  the  evening,  »Rev.  C.  S.  Bradl-y. 

REV.  C.  S.  BRADLEY. 
Elder  Bradley  having  been  received  with  consideration  said  : 
Bishop  and  Members  of  Columbia  Conference: — The  African  Meth- 
odist Church  came  to  my  home  about  twenty-two  years  ago.  The 
first  I  ever  heard  of  such  an  organization  was  in  1866.    Soon  after  we 
attended  a  meeting  in  a  grove.    We  had  a  preacher  then  in  the  per- 


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son  of  Rev.  George  Gathers.  V ery  few  young  men  of  the  Conference 
have  any  recollection  of  Father  Gathers.  He  succeeded  in  getting  up 
a  Church  at  Statesburg  with  two  or  three  hundred  members.  He  was 
succeeded  in  the  pastorship  by  Rev.  Henope  Spencer.  Afterwards 
we  had  as  a  pastor  Elder  William  Dozier.  We  labored  and  struggled 
until  at  last  God  sent  us  another  pastor  in  the  person  of  Rev.  John  F. 
Jackson.  He  succeeded  in  building  us  a  very  nice  looking  church 
and  in  gathering  together  some  six  hundred  souls.  Of  sourse  the 
building  of  the  church  was  attended  with  difficulties  and  troubles  and 
drawbacks:  but  the  people  had  a  mind  to  work,  and  they  succeeded 
in  establishing  securely  and  permanently  an  African  Methodist  founda- 
tion in  the  little  town  of  Statesburg,  in  Sumter  county.  I  have  been 
connected  with  that  Church  as  a  pupil ;  and  from  that  I  became  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday  School,  leader  of  the  choir,  a  licensed  expor- 
ter in  the  Church,  a  local  preacher,  and  I  was  sent  from  that  Church 
into  the  ministry.  -  But  as  far  as  I  know  of  the  Church  in  general,  and 
especially  in  the  lower  country,  we  have  been  taunted  and  the  people 
have  sneered  at  us  because  of  the  word  "  African  "  in  the  name  of  our 
Church.  They  had  objection  to  the  name ;  and  many  said  they  would 
have  joined  the  Church  had  it  not  been  for  the  word  African.  This 
inconsistency  reminds  me  of  an  incident  I  saw  in  a  colored  church  of 
another  denomination.  The  officers  of  that  Church  seemed  to  be  more 
fond  of  Rev.  William  Rankins,  an  African  Methodist  preacher,  who 
was  a  member  of  this  Conference,  than  they  were  of  their  own  minis- 
ter. Elder  Rankins  walked  into  one  of  the  official  board  meetings  of 
the  sister  Church,  and  the  officers  brought  him  forward  and  presented 
him  as  one  of  the  African  Methodist  ministers.  The  pastor  remarked 
that  he  did  not  like  these  African  Methodist  preachers  Brother  Ran- 
kins said :  "  It  is  a  little  strange  that  you  do  not  like  African  Metho- 
dist preachers  when  you  are  as  black  as  tar.'"'  [Great  laughter.]  Such 
inconsistency  renders  a  man  ridiculous;  and  that  is  the  light  in  which 
the  colored  persons  appeared  to  me  who  objected  to  the  historic  name 
of  African.  You  went  out  from  the  Mother  Church — these  older  men 
of  the  Conference — these  fathers  whom  we  love  to  honor  and  obey, 
and  we  followed  you  in  this  good  work.  They  went  out  felling  the 
trees — clearing  up  the  ground — planting  Churches,  and  gathering  up 
souls;  and  the  seed  sown  then  in  tears — sown  in  their  weakness — 
sown  in  trouble,  is  producing  a  glorious  harvest  to-day ;  and  there  are 
many  to  my  certain  knowledge,  after  twenty-two  years  of  effort,  bring- 
ing in  their  sheaves,  by  reporting  to  the  Annual  Conference  at  its 
present  session  over  $4300  in  Dollar  Money.  I  think  everybody  con- 
cedes that  knowledge  is  power.  It  does  not  matter  much  for  as  weakly 
person  as  I  am  to  differ  from  the  general  sentiment  of  everybody;  but 
it  is  a  cause  of  congratulation,  when  in  support  of  a  great  principle,  I 
am  in  harmony  with  a  progressive  sentiment.    I  believe  that  action  is 


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power ;  and  I  am  sure  from  Bishop  Allen's  subsequent  course  that  he 
had  the  same  conviction  when  he  was  hemmed  in — when  he  was  pro- 
hibited from  communing  with  his  white  brethren — when  he  was  pulled 
from  hisknees  in  the  attitude  of  prayer — when  he  had  his  limits  established, 
so  far  shalt  thou  come  and  no  farther  ;  he  saw  that  to  remain  idle  when 
action  was  required  was  to  loose  a  grand  opportunity  which  would  be 
calamitous  to  future  generations ;  and  that  the  men  capacitated  to  fill 
positions  of  trust  and  honor  would,  if  inactive,  never  rise  above  the 
limits  fixed  for  them.  Richard  Allen  comprehending  the  situation 
said  that  he  would  go  out  and  establish  a  Church,  around  whose  altars 
all  men  could  worship  God  without  distinction  and  discrimination. 
Through  the  foresight  and  fortitude  of  Bishop  Allen  we  have  this 
beautiful  church  here  and  thousands  of  members  scattered  all  over  this 
State,  through  united  and  energetic  action.  You  may  be  in  possession 
of  knowledge,  but  without  exertion  upon  your  part,  it  would  not  be 
productive  of  any  great  results.  What  we  want  are  men  to  go  out 
and  work  not  for  money  alone  in  the  villages,  towns  and  cities;  but 
to  go  out  in  the  woods  as  did  the  fathers,  bringing  in  their  sheaves, 
saying:  "Lord,  I  have  done  the  work  thou  hast  given  me  to  do." 
[Loud  applause.] 


Bishop  Arnett  : — The  next  speaker  on  the  program  has  kindly 
consented  to  waive  his  right  in  order  that  we  may  have  the  pleasure  of 
hearing  the  distinguished  Dr.  Wm.  B.  Derrick,  of  New  York,  the 
Missionary  Secretary  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  We 
thank  the  Elder  for  his  generosity.  I  take  great  pleasure  in  intro- 
ducing to  the  Conference,  Dr.  Derrick,  one  of  the  General  officers. 

DR.  WM.  B.  DERRICK. 
Dr.  Derrick  received  an  ovation,  after  which  he  spoke  as  follows: 
Bishop  and  Members  of  the  Columbia  Conferene,  Ladies  and  Gen- 
tlemen : — It  affords  me  supreme  pleasure  to  be  present  to-night  on  this 
occasion.  It  was,  however,  with  no  expectation  of  being  a  partici- 
pant, but  learning  a  few  moments  ago  from  your  Bishop  that  I  would 
be  called  upon  to  make  a  speech,  I  bowed  with  becoming  reverence  to 
the  powers  that  be  to  such  a  disposition  of  my  humble  services  as 
would  best  promote  the  cause  of  African  Methodism.  It  affords  me 
pleasure  to  be  present  to  take  part  in  these  exercises  as  an  African 
Methodist  minister;  not  because  we  are  better  than  any  other  denomi- 
nation, not  because  we  profess  to  furnish  you  any  superior  religion, 
but  because  we  are  trying  to  develop  Negro  manhood.  Some  twenty- 
five  years  ago  I  visited  an  African  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  Nor- 
folk, Virginia,  then  under  the  pastorship  of  Elder  John  M.  Brown, 


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now  our  beloved  Bishop.  Born  in  the  West  Indies,  under  British  rule, 
I  was  reared  a  very  high  churchman  in  the  Episcopal  Church,  so  much 
so  that  it  was  not  my  custom  to  enter  other  assemblies.  Coming  to 
America,  I  was  distinctly  made  to  understand  that  color  carried  more 
weight  than  moral  and  religious  fitness ;  that  a  man's  skin  had  some- 
thing to  do  with  a  foreigner's  receiving  a  cordial  welcome  in  this  land, 
and  was  a  barrier  to  entering  some  of  the  Churches  as  an  ordained 
minister."")  For  that  reason  I  sought  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  as  a  place  of  refuge  as  did  David  the  cave  of  Adullam.  For 
the  past  twenty-five  years  it  has  been  recruiting  and  improving  the 
ministry,  and  we*  are  pleased  to  say  that  this  Church  affords  a  refuge 
to  all  manly  negro  christians.  We  know  but  two  Churches  of  the  same 
faith  and  order  that  teach  the  word  of  God  in  its  purity,  and  they  are 
African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  the  African  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Zion  Church.  [Loud  applause.]  These  two  Churches,  founded 
by  Allen  and  Rush,  when  the  spirit  of  color  phobiaism  lashed  and 
washed  its  bitter  spray  from  Maine  to  Mexico,  and  from  the  lakes  on 
the  north  to  the  everglades  of  Florida,  stood  like  stars  of  hope  amid 
the  surrounding  gloom  and  saying  to  the  men  of  ebony  complexion  : 
"  There  is  no  refuge  for  men  of  African  descent  outside  of  these  de- 
nominations, who  seek  religious  equality.  Those  two  heroes,  Allen 
and  Rush,  had  the  courage  to  say  to  the  American  white  christians, 
"  As  God  sits  upon  his  throne,  we  are  not  willing  to  submit  to  your 
indignities ;  we  will  establish  denominations  that  will  respect  manhood 
and  make  no  distinction  between  white  and  black  skins."  [Loud  ap- 
plause.] These  two  heroes  went  forth  sewing  precious  seed  with  tears, 
the  fruits  of  which  we  are  now  reaping  in  joy,  trusting  in  the  great 
power  of  Jehovah;  and  to-day  we  can  stand  forth  and  say  that  the 
African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  with  its  500,000  members,  and 
the  Zion  with  its  400,000  members  are  exerting  an  influence  upon  the 
millions  around  them  who  are  impressed  with  its  teachings  of  Manhood 
in  Alan  and  Fatherhood  in  God.  [Great  applause.]  Twenty-five 
years  ago  the  venerable  Bishop  Daniel  A.  Payne,  with  Elders  James 
H.  A.  Johnson,  James  A.  Handy,  Theopilus  G.  Steward,  Charles  L. 
Brad  well  and  a  few  others  met  in  Charleston,  South  Carolina.  They 
came  from  the  North  with  this  cry  :  "I  come  to  seek  my  brethren." 
After  discovering  a  number  of  persons  who  were  willing  to  be  found, 
who  were  imbued  with  the  principles  of  African  Methodism  through 
the  efforts  of  Morris  Brown  and  others  in  1822  and  1823,  we  rallied 
them  under  the  banner  of  our  Church.  We  now  find  that  after  twenty- 
five  years  of  sowing  we  are  now  reaping  and  gathering. 

In  1867  it  was  my  privilege  when  a  member  of  the  Baltimore  An- 
nual Conference  to  volunteer  to  go  South,  and  I  entered  the  Virginia 
Annual  Conference  when  it  had  but  thirteen  appointments.  I  labored 
in  the  Allegheny  and  Blue  Ridge  mountains,  where  I  organized  many 

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societies  that  are  now  sustaining.  I  declared  as  I  went  that  the  color 
of  the  skin  had  nothing  to  do  with  fitness  as  Christian  believers  and 
workers  for  God,  because  of  one  blood  God  made  all  nations  of  men 
to  dwell  upon  the  face  of  the  earth.  Instead  of  the  Church  diminish- 
ing under  such  teaching  it  has  flourished,  and  to-day  there  are  seventy- 
two  appointments  in  the  Virginia  Conference  with  fully  20,000  com- 
municants. A  similar  degree  of  success  is  to  be  found  in  North  and 
South  Carolina.  In  South  Carolina  we  have  some  85,000  members, 
and  in  North  Carolina  there  are  18,000  African  Methodists,  with  two 
institutions  of  learning  of  the  higer  order,  which  are  to  be  considered 
as  the  drill-rooms  for  the  future.  We  cross  the  border  line  into  Geor- 
gia where  there  are  nearly  105,000  members,  acknowledging  allegiance 
to  the  cause  of  African  Methodism ;  and  there  Morris  Brown  College 
stands  as  a  monument  of  industry,  progression  and  intelligence,  evi- 
dencing the  fact  that  for  twenty-five  years  the  race  in  that  section  has 
marched  forward,  developing  material  results  which  inspire  us  to  sing 
"  Praise  God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow,"  with  feelings  of  exulta- 
tion. While  some  who  started  with  us  have  fallen  out  by  the  way, 
others  have  been  gathered  to  their  long  homes,  chiefly  among  whom 
was  the  great  Cain  and  the  lamented  Carr,  yet  there  still  remains  a 
working  force  to  bring  the  old  African  Methodist  ship  into  port.  Such 
has  been  the  growth  of  African  Methodism  as  to  give  the  assurance  of 
continued  prosperity.  The  past  twenty-five  years  may  be  considered 
a  period  of  recruiting  and  discipline.  You  must  first  recruit  a  soldier 
before  you  can  drill  him.  The  next  twenty-five  years  will  be  a  period 
of  drilling  in  the  Universities,  Colleges  and  High  Schools.  In  South 
Carolina  we  have  passed  so  far  through  the  first  stages  of  preparation 
that  we  can  feel  assured  that  Allen  University  will  become  among  the 
most  efficient  drill-rooms  under  the  control  and  supervision  of  your 
most  worthy  and  distinguished  prelate,  Bishop  Arnett,  and  its  scholar- 
ly president,  Prof.  J.  W.  Morris.  Permit  us  again  to  go  across  to 
Georgia,  and  see  the  great  work  of  Bishop  Wesley  J.  Gaines  in  Morris 
Brown  College,  which  is  a  monument  to  his  efficiency  and  zeal.  So 
much  for  the  African  Methodist  in  this  section  of  the  South.  We 
would  say  to  those  who  are  ashamed  of  us  as  an  organization  composed 
of  negroes,  let  them  go  bow  the  knee  to  Baal ;  but  as  for  me  and  my 
house  we  intend  to  serve  the  Lord,  who  is  no  respecter  of  persons. 
[Tremendous  applause.]  The  grandeur  of  African  Methodism  is  that 
she  accepts  all  colors  and  conditions  alike  at  its  altars.  She  will  re- 
ceive those  of  snowy  white  as  well  as  those  of  ebony  black,  upon  the 
principle  that  they  are  all  one  in  Christ  Jesus.  African  Methodism 
teaches  unity  of  spirit  among  christians — a  oneness  of  the  Divine  plan 
and  the  universality  of  the  scheme  of  salvation. 

It  affords  me  supreme  pleasure  to  take  part  in  this  celebratton, 
preparatory  to  the  great  commemoration  next  May.    This  Church  is 


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doing  all  it  can  to  instruct  the  coming  generations  to  be  dynamiters — 
not  in  the  Fenian  sense  of  the  word — for  the  bombs  that  will  be  thrown 
by  us  are  of  a  different  nature,  consisting  of  three  in  number,  namely  : 
Agitation,  organization  and  education. 

In  this  Church  are  to  be  found  the  following  departments,  run- 
ning in  accordance  with  system  and  business  principles:  The  Publi- 
cation department  presided  over  by  Bishop  Turner,  with  Dr.  Lee  as 
editor  of  the  Christian  Recorder,  Dr.  Bryant,  editor  of  the  Southern 
Christian  Recorder  and  Dr.  Embry  as  business  manager ;  the  Sunday- 
school  department  presided  over  by  Bishop  Payne,  with  Dr.  C.  S. 
Smith  as  secretary  of  the  Sunday-school  Union ;  the  Literary  depart- 
ment presided  over  by  Bishop  Brown,  with  Dr.  Coppin  as  editor  of  the 
A.  M.  E.  Church  Review  \  the  Educational  department  presided  over 
by  Bishop  Arnett,  with  Dr.  W.  D.  Johnson  as  its  efficient  secretary  ; 
the  Financial  department  presided  over  by  Bishop  Campbell,  with  Dr. 
Handy  as  the  trusty  custodian  of  the  funds;  the  Missionary  depart- 
ment presided  over  by  Bishop  Tanner  with  myself  as  Missionary  sec- 
retary ;  and  the  Mite  Missionary  department  presided  over  by  Mrs. 
Fannie  Jackson  Coppin,  and  with  the  wives  of  the  Bishops  to  co-operate 
in  its  laudable  purpose. 

In  overlooking  the  general  work,  we  cannot  help  but  notice  the 
fact  that  that  grand  old  man,  Bishop  Campbell,  is  waiting  in  Philadel- 
phia, in  his  sick-chamber,  for  the  message  that  will  summons  him  to 
appear  before  the  Bishop  of  souls,  and  we  truly  believe  that  he  is  wil- 
ling to  respond  and  prepared  to  go. 

These  different  departments,  running  in  regular  order,  demon- 
strate that  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  church  has  the  capacity  to 
successfully  run  its  affairs.  For  that  reason  I  would  commend  the  Af- 
rican Methodist  Episcopal  Church  as  a  fit  refuge  for  all  seekers  of  spir- 
itual as  well  as  moral  and  intellectual  benefits.  I  conjure  you  to  take 
fresh  courage  to-night,  and  see  to  it  that  the  Church  upon  which  the 
eloquent  and  lamented  Dickerson  left  his  impress  shall  grow  in  num- 
bers and  in  the  power  of  its  usefulness.  We  should  be  good  morally 
and  religiously,  and  we  should  do  whatever  we  can  for  the  material 
welfare  of  the  race,  so  that  we  can  write  our  names  in  letters  of  fire 
when  we  have  passed  from  the  stage  of  action — when  we  shall  hear 
the  voice  of  Jesus  saying,  "come  up  higher,"  in  recognition  of  our 
services — then,  and  not  till  then,  will  we  be  supremely  happy.  I  am 
indeed  pleased  to  meet  with  you,  and  if  my  life  is  spared  I  would  like 
to  come  to  the  grand  celebration  next  May  when  the  Quarto-Centenary 
Anniversary  of  the  introduction  of  African  Methodism  into  this  State 
will  be  appropriately  commemorated.  I  sincerely  hope  that  on 
that  occasion  $100,000  will  be  raised  to  endow  Allen  University. 
It  is  creditable  to  the  Church  and  to  this  Episcopal  district  that  two  of 
Bishop  Arnett' s  sons  are  filling  chairs  in  two  of  the  institutions  of  learn- 


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ing  under  the  auspices  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
That  should  be  an  incentive  to  all  young  men  of  the  Church  to  qualify 
themselves  for  the  grand  opportunities  that  are  presenting  themselves. 
It  is  a  cause  ior  congratulation  that  Prof.  Morris,  born  in  South  Caro- 
lina, has  qualified  himself  amid  persecutions  and  embarrassments  to 
take  successful  charge  of  a  great  institution  like  Allen  University. 
African  Methodism  teaches  us  that  it  is  our  duty  to  stand  up  like  men, 
under  God,  to  defend  our  rights. 

I  bid  you  good  night,  invoking  God's  blessing  upon  you,  with  the 
prayer  that  African  Methodism  will  continue  to  exert  a  happy  influ- 
ence upon  the  country  and  our  people.    [Loud  applause.] 


Miss  Hallie  Quinn  Brown  was  introduced  and  treated  the  congre- 
gation to  some  Select  Readings,  which  were  noted  in  the  Charleston 
News  and  Courier,  Dec.  9th,  1889,  as  follows  : 

"The  event  of  the  evening,  if  not  the  triumph  of  culture  that 
the  Conference  has  demonstrated,  was  the  appearance  of  Miss  Hallie 
Quinn  Brown,  the  eminent  elocutionist,  who  recited  with  dramatic  ef- 
fect "  The  Last  Hymn,"  which  was  heard  with  thrilling  interest,  and 
at  the  conclusion  the  very  foundations  of  the  building  were  shaken 
under  the  outburst  of  tremendous  applause.  "  Brother  Watkins"  was 
rendered  with  artistic  delineations,  exhibiting  the  power  of  Miss  Brown 
in  comedy,  which  convulsed  the  congregation  with  laughter,  as  did 
also  "Aunt  Jemima's  Courtship."  The  people  of  African  descent 
will  long  remember  the  intellectual  feast  they  enjoyed  last  night,  and 
they  have  every  reason  to  be  proud  of  their  developed  talent." 


Bishop  Arnett  : — To-night  we  have  assembled  to  hear  the 
Annual  Missionary  Sermon.  It  has  long  been  the  custom  in  our  con- 
ferences to  have  public  meetings  at  night  for  discussion  of  some  living 
questions  in  order  that  christian  efforts,  christian  organization  and 
christian  duties  may  be  stimulated.  We  will  listen  first  to  a  sermon 
by  Rev.  F.  Y.  Dendy  who  will  now  address  you — trusting  that  3  ou 
may  pray  that  he  may  be  blessed  in  speaking  and  that  you  may  be 
blessed  in  hearing. 

REV.  F.  Y.  DENDY. 
Elder  Dendy  delivered  himself  as  follows : 

The  nth  chapter  of  the  book  of  Isaiah  and  the  latter  clause  of 
the  9th  verse  is  the  text  from  which  we  shall  speak :     "  For  the  earth 


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shall  be  full  of  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord  as  the  waters  cover  the  sea." 

It  is  God's  privilege  to  save  the  world  of  mankind  by  the  gospel 
of  the  Son ;  and  it  is  our  pleasure  to-night  to  claim  a  part  of  the  great 
work  that  has  been  committed  to  the  human  family  in  evangelizing  the 
world.  However  weak  and  insignificant  we  are,  and  however  pro- 
scribed our  opportunities  in  the  work  of  saving  souls  for  Christ,  every 
one  should  try  to  do  his  or  her  best.  Any  one  engaged  in  so  noble  a 
calling  as  doing  the  Master's  bidding  ought  to  feel  highly  exalted.  It 
is  a  great  work.  Our  God  could  have  chosen  angels  for  the  purpose 
of  promulgating  his  truth  ;  but  he  chose  rather  men  that  they  might  be 
honored  and  lifted  up:  We  ought  to  feel  proud,  and  we  should  be 
glad  to  enter  upon  the  work  with  uplifted  souls.  At  the  time  when 
the  prophet  took  a  survey  of  things,  the  clouds  were  hanging  low  •  the 
human  family  had  sunken  in  degradation  and  the  prospect  seemed 
almost  hopeless.  There  were  few  that  had  the  hope  of  salvation  ;  but 
when  the  servant  of  God  was  called  upon  to  answer  with  respect  to  the 
hope  of  the  future  he  was  able  to  say  on  one  occasion,  "The  morning 
cometh."  He  looked  out  and  saw  the  glory  of  the  Son  of  God  as  he 
began  to  heave  in  sight.  It  was  in  this  day  that  he  chose  this  servant 
that  he  might  inform  the  world  that  those  who  had  a  hope  need  not 
despair ;  that  they  might  hope  and  continue  to  hope,  and  their  hopes 
would  not  be  in  vain.  To-night  we  are  assembled  here  as  a  great  part 
and  parcel  of  God's  army,  of  God's  Church ;  and  though  there  may 
be  a  difference  of  opinion,  there  is  a  union  of  effort.  The  prophet 
under  peculiar  circumstances  spoke  in  the  words  that  we  have  chosen, 
that  the  glory  of  God  should  fill  the  earth  as  the  waters  cover  the 
mighty  deep.  To-night  as  we  stand  here  on  the  latter  end  of  the  18th 
century  with  things  more  hopeful — the  sun  at  high  meridian,  we  cry 
out  in  the  same  spirit  that  God's  Church  shall  reach  the  uttermost  parts 
of  the  world.  God's  plan  to  save  the  world  is  by  human  instrumental- 
ities; and,  my  brethren,  it  has  fallen  to  our  part  to  be  engaged  in  this 
good  work.  The  fathers  who  have  gone  before  us  did  their  duty ;  and 
to-night  we  are  here  as  representatives  of  Christ  and  as  messengers 
of  truth  and  righteousness  ;  and  it  is  our  duty  to  know  nothing  among 
men  save  Jesus  and  him  crucified,  and  to  preach  the  gospel  that  will 
save  men  from  their  sins. 

In  the  first  place  God  has  chosen  and  prescribed  rules  to  which 
we  must  conform ;  that  unless  we  are  willing  to  conform  to  God's  pre- 
scribed rules,  we  can  never  perform  acceptably  our  duty  of  carrying 
forth  the  gospel  of  Christ.  Our  Lord  has  laid  down  the  law  that  all 
men  before  they  shall  be  acceptable  messengers  of  his  must  be  born 
again — must  be  saved  from  their  sins — must  be  washed  in  his  blood — 
must  make  the  word  of  God  his  guide  in  his  intercourse  with  men. 
We  have  to  represent  God  in  purity  and  holiness.  God's  standard  of 
measuring  man  is  righteousness.    The  world  has  its  various  standards, 


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and  when  it  measures  it  has  many  forms  by  which  it  judges  men ;  but 
God  measures  men  by  the  great  standard  oi  righteousness,  and  accord- 
ing as  we  shall  come  up  to  God's  standard  we  shall  succeed.  We  are 
men,  as  we  were  informed  yesterday  by  the  Bishop  in  his  opening  re- 
marks, with  different  opinions,  but  one  faith.  We  may  not  all  be  able 
to  do  the  same  thing — we  may  not  all  succeed  on  the  same  line,  but 
we  can  all  be  righteous.  We  must  all  follow  on  this  line,  and  without 
which  our  lives,  our  ministry  and  our  work  would  be  a  failure. 

The  great  work,  brethren,  that  we  have  taken  to  our  hearts  is  a 
responsible  one.  I  feel  that  our  position  is  one  of  hope,  and  that  the 
spark  that  illuminates  our  soul  is  that  of  being  a  child  of  God,  and  that 
of  having  a  knowledge  of  the  fact  that  we  are  trying  to  do  God's  bid- 
ding. However  much  we  may  succeed  and  however  much  will  be 
our  failures,  God  will  measure  us  by  the  standard  of  righteousness. 
There  are  those  who  are  laboring  in  this  work  under  unfavorable  cir- 
cumstances as  well  as  favorable  circumstances.  We  are  trying  to  have 
a  knowledge  of  God — trying  to  inform  men  of  the  great  Savior,  and 
trying  to  inform  men  of  the  Son  of  God  who  died  to  save  them  from 
their  sins.  It  has  been  to  many  of  us  a  great  task  ;  many  of  us  have 
sometimes  felt  that  it  was  more  than  we  could  bear,  and  we  have  felt 
like  turning  to  other  vocations  of  life  than  to  brave  the  thunder  and 
storms  that  beset  our  pathway ;  but  in  our  ministry  we  have  heard  in 
our  troubles  the  "still  small  voice"  of  God  saying  move  forward.  The 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  when  about  to  finish  his  mission  on  earth — when  he 
completed  his  work  he  said  that  his  messengers  should  be  qualified; 
that  they  should  go  forth  to  preach ;  before  they  should  promulgate 
this  truth  they  should  go  to  Jerusalem  and  there  wait  and  wait,  and 
continue  to  wait  until  they  should  be  endowed  with  power  from  on 
high.  With  this  power  we  are  bound  to  succeed.  There  is  no  such 
thing  as  a  man  being  a  failure  when  he  is  endowed  with  power  from 
on  high.  The  Lord  never  sent  any  one  to  do  his  work  without  quali- 
fying him.  I  have  often  thought  of  the  work  committed  to  the  dis- 
ciples, and  how  careful  our  Saviour  was  to  fit  and  prepare  them  for 
the  great  task.  Every  messenger  of  Christ  must  serve  God  acceptably. 
It  is  first  your  duty  to  go  to  Jerusalem  until  you  shall  have  known  lor 
a  truth  that  the  Lord  has  endowed  you  with  power. 

To  be  good  is  to  be  like  Christ.  Those  who  preach  the  great 
truth  must  exemplify  it  in  their  lives,  if  they  would  be  effective.  They 
that  hold  up  Christ  must  try  to  hold  up  humanity,  and  preach  the  gos- 
pel in  an  acceptable  manner.  The  Lord  has  promised  to  be  with  us. 
He  has  promised  to  be  with  those  who  are  endowed  with  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  to  be  with  them  until  the  world  shall  end.  This  fact  is  observed 
in  the  experience  of  the  Christian  ministry.  We  have  long  since  real- 
ized, under  all  circumstances,  in  our  journey  through  life  that  the  Lord 
is  an  ever  present  help  in  every  time  of  need.     He  has  promised  to  be 


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with  us  and,  my  brethren,  it  is  incumbent  upon  our  part  to  faithfully 
trust  him.  God  requires  but  little  of  us  when  compared  with  the  great 
things  that  he  will  do  for  us.  We  are  to  preach  so  that  others  will  be 
saved.  The  class  of  men  that  God  wants  to  preach  his  word  are  men 
who  are  willing  to  go  forward.  Things  are  going  along  a  little  more 
smoothly  than  formerly.  The  paths  of  the  ministry  are  now  for  the 
most  part  strewed  with  flowers,  which  with  other  respects  go  to  make 
life  comfortable.  Men  are  wanted  for  the  ministry  who  put  God  first 
and  foremost ;  and  who  will  forget  self  and  self  interest  and  say  for 
God  we  will  live  and  for  God  we  will  die.  We  should  be  encouraged 
to  go  and  do  the  bidding  of  our  Lord ;  for  he  has  promised  to  us  that 
we  shall  not  always  labor;  but  to  us  when  labor  shall  cease  there  will 
be  a  peaceful  rest  that  remaineth  for  the  people  of  God. 

My  beloved  brethren,  it  is  an  assurance  that  fills  the  heart  of 
those  who  live  up  to  Christ,  that  when  we  are  done  suffering — done 
surmounting  the  troubles  that  cross  our  pathway — done  combating  with 
the  evils  that  beset  our  journey  through  life — there  is  a  reward  to  be 
given  by  God  himself,  and  in  the  presence  of  our  Saviour. 

In  conclusion  let  me  say,  move  forward.  God  is  willing  to  save 
us  and  save  the  world ;  and  as  messengers  of  his  every  man  should 
stretch  forth  his  hand  and  hasten  the  day  when  the  fullness  of  God's 
glory  shall  fill  the  earth  from  pole  to  pole — when  his  kingdom  shall  be 
known  in  the  isles  of  the  sea  and  upon  every  continent  wherever  man 
is  found.  Let  the  great  truth  spread  like  a  mighty  river ;  and  let  it  roll 
on  and  on  until  none  dare  gainsay  it,  redounding  to  the  glory  of  the 
God  whom  we  serve.  God  wants  men  to  do  his  in  every  field  of  labor, 
and  especially  in  the  missionary  field.  Sometimes  we  wonder  why  it 
is  so  many  people  want  to  preach,  and  that  there  are  so  many  appli- 
cants for  admission  to  the  Annual  Conference.  It  is  because  the  har- 
vest is  great  and  compared  to  which  the  laborers  are  few.  Let  them 
come ;  and  if  they  cannot  do  what  some  other  men  can  do,  let  them 
do  the  best  they  can  in  the  service  of  the  Lord.  God  wants  men  to  be 
holy  and  devoted ;  he  wants  every  man  to  labor  and  to  faithfully  fill 
the  place  to  which  he  is  assigned.  I  have  thought  that  God  means  to 
lead  this  great  people  of  ours  out  of  our  troubles  and  bring  us  through 
the  wilderness  of  embarrassments  and  persecutions.  God  will  bring 
us  through  in  triumph,  and  send  us  forth  in  happiness  some  of  these 
days.  We  shall  walk  forth  and  strike  glad  hands  with  the  world ;  and 
it  is  not  our  business  how  God  shall  use  us  as  a  means  for  our  deliver- 
ance. God  wants  men  who  will  esteem  it  an  honor  to  be  in  his  ser- 
vice; and  who  will  say  wherever  thou  callest,  I  am  willing  to  go  to 
perform  thy  duty.  We  say  to  you,  brethren,  we  are  glad  of  this  op- 
portunity of  meeting ;  and  if  we  never  meet  again ;  and  some  of  us  will 
never  meet  in  another  Annual  Conference ;  but  when  the  great  Con- 
ference of  the  world  shall  be  called — when  the  great  Church  shall  have 


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wound  up  here  her  mission — when  the  glory  of  God  shall  have  reached 
the  uttermost  parts  of  the  sea  and  the  land — when  the  knowledge  of 
the  Lord  shall  fill  the  earth  as  the  waters  do  the  mighty  deep — God 
shall  say  you  have  gone  to  the  uttermost  bounds,  cease  your  labors, 
enter  the  everlasting  kingdom ;  and  there  we  shall  greet  each  other 
around  the  throne  of  Cod. 


REV.  HIRAM  YOUNG, 
Presiding  Elder  of  Newberry  District,  Columbia  Conference, 

Greenwood,  South  Carolina. 
Rt.-Rev'd  B.  IV.  Arnett,   Wilberforce,  Ohio: 

Rt.-Rev'd  and  Dear  Bishop: — The  following  is  my  recollection 
of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  South  Carolina : 

My  first  knowledge  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  was  during  the  year 

1866,  when  the  Rev.  H.  M.  Turner  (now  one  of  our  colored  Bishops) 
came  to  Columbia  to  visit  his  relatives.  I  was  then  a  member  of  the 
M.  E.  Church  (South).  Through  the  courtesy  of  the  members  of  the 
Marion  Street  M.  E.  Church  (South)  he  preached  to  the  colored  peo- 
ple in  that  church.  He  then  and  there  presented  the  claims  of  the  A. 
M.  E.  Church.  After  hearing  him  we  decided  to  withdraw  from  the 
whites.  We  first  rented  an  old  stable  that  stood  near  Arsenal  Hill  and 
which  belonged  to  a  Col.  Taylor.  We  worshipped  there  a  while  and 
then  obtained  the  basement  of  the  Odd  Fellow's  H  ill,  which  still  stands 
near  the  jail.  Our  first  itinerant  pastor  was  the  Reverend  and  now 
sainted  Easop  Smith,  of  Marion,  S.  C.  After  using  this  hall  about  a 
year,  we  moved  to  the  Sword  Factory,  where  we  worshipped  until  we 
purchased  the  ground  on  which  Bethel  church  now  stands.  During 
this  time  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Brown,  of  Baltimore,  was  our  pastor.  In 

1867,  during  his  administration,  I  was  licensed  an  exhorter.  In  1868 
the  Annual  Conference  convened  in  Columbia.  The  South  Carolina 
Conference  at  this  time  included  the  States  of  South  Carolina,  North 
Carolina,  Georgia  and  Florida,  and  with  all  these  States  the  laborers 
were  few.  Quite  a  contrast  between  that  Conference  and  those  of  to- 
day. Then  we  had  to  beg  and  persuade  men  to  enter  the  ministry, 
but  now  men  are  begging  to  be  admitted. 

During  this  Conference,  which  was  presided  over  by  Bishop  A. 
W.  Wayman,  D.  D.,  I  was  at  one  time  sitting  on  the  back  steps  when 
the  pastor,  Rev.  W.  H.  Brown,  said  to  me,  "  Young,  why  don't  you 
join  the  Conference  ?  "  Without  a  moments  hesitation  I  said  to  him, 
''All  right,  take  my  name."  He  said  come  in,  and  reported  to  the 
Bishop  that  he  had  another  man  to  put  in.  I  was  requested  to  stand 
up  so  that  the  Bishop  and  Conference  might  see  me.  It  was  the  first 
Conference  I  had  ever  been  in  and  had  never  before  seen  a  Bishop. 


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I  was  sent  before  the  committee,  and  they  looked  at  me  and  I  looked 
at  them,  and  that  was  all  we  did.  They  thought  that  as  I  had  not  had 
the  advantages  of  an  education  it  was  not  necessary  to  examine  me, 
and  so  reported  favorably  to  the  Conference.  I  was  admitted,  and  or- 
dained deacon  the  following  Sunday. 

My  first  appointment  was  Winnsboro  Circuit  to  succeed  Rev.  H. 
D.  Edwards.  On  taking  charge  I  found  no  house  of  worship,  and 
the  poor  people  having  just  been  emancipated  were  without  homes  for 
themselves,  no  stock  with  which  to  make  their  living,  and  no  money. 
There  was  a  balance  of  $25  due  for  rent  on  the  house  on  which  they 
had  worshipped.  I  served  this  charge  three  years,  organized  two 
Churches  in  the  country,  succeeded  in  purchasing  a  building  in  town 
and  converting  it  into  a  church  at  a  cost  of  twelve  hundred  dollars, 
paying  every  dollar  of  the  indebtedness  before  leaving,  and  increasing 
the  membership  from  250  to  700. 

From  Winnsboro  I  was  sent,  in  1867,  to  Aiken  Station  to. succeed 
the  Rev.  J.  S.  Grant.  Here  I  found  the  church  hulled  in  and  learned 
that  it  had  stood  for  years  in  this  condition,  with  plank  and  crocus- 
sacks  tacked  up  to  the  windows  and  a  scaffold  on  which  to  stand  while 
preaching  to  the  people.  And,  worse  than  all  the  rest,  a  debt  of  one 
hundred  dollars  on  the  lumber  with  which  the  church  was  framed. 
We  immediately  went  to  work  and  during  the  first  nine  months  of  my 
pastorate  we  succeeded  in  finishing  up  the  church  in  style,  and  paid 
every  dollar  as  we  went  on  with  the  improvements.  Bishop  Brown 
came  to  dedicate  the  church,  and  during  the  services  we  raised  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars,  which  enabled  us  to  pay  off  the  old 
indebtedness  and  have  twenty-five  dollars  left,  which  we  presented  to 
the  beloved  Bishop. 

I  also  succeded  in  organizing  a  mission  at  Montmorenci.  I  was 
reappointed  to  this  charge  in  '72  by  Bishop  John  M.  Brown,  D.  D., 
but  only  served  four  months  of  that  year,  as  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Brown 
who  had  been  sent  to  Georgetown  refused  to  go  there,  and  the  Rev. 
W.  D.  Harris  who  had  been  appointed  to  the  Aiken  district  was  sent 
in  his  place.  I  was  put  on  the  district  and  Rev.  W.  Beard,  a  local 
preacher  was  put  in  charge  at  Aiken.  I  served  the  Aiken  district 
four  years,  traveling  night  and  day,  preaching,  lecturing  and  organizing 
churches.  Had  an  increase  each  year,  leaving  the  district  in  a  good 
condition  both  numerically  and  financially. 

From  this  district  I  was  assigned  by  Bishop  J.  P.  Campbell,  D.  D., 
LL.  D.,  to  the  Columbia  district,  which  I  served  four  years,  and  in 
'82  was  appointed  by  Bishop  John  M.  Brown,  D.  D.,  to  the  Sumter 
district  where  I  remained  till  the  Fall  of  '86,  when  I  was  reappointed 
to  the  Columbia  district  by  the  now  sainted  Bishop  W.  F.  Dickerson, 
which  I  served  one  year,  bringing  the  district  up  to  where  it  was  when 
I  left  it,  and  at  the  close  of  the  year  requested  Bishop  J.  P.  Shorter, 


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deceased,  to  relieve  me  of  the  district,  which  he  did,  sending  me  to 
the  Abbeville  district  where  I  remained  the  following  four  years,  until 
sent  by  our  beloved  Bishop,  B.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D.,  to  the  Newberry 
district  where  I  am  still  laboring. 

Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  I  have  served  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  since 
its  organization  in  this  State — four  years  and  four  months  as  Pastor  and 
nineteen  years  as  Presiding  Elder.  During  these  years  I  have  gone 
through  cold,  storm  and  heat,  laboring  to  the  best  of  my  ability  for 
the  advancement  of  the  Redeemer's  kingdom  and  the  upbuilding  of 
the  Church  of  my  choice.  Under  God  I  have  always  succeeded,  both 
as  Pastor  and  Presiding  Elder.  I  have  received  hundreds  into  the 
Church,  many  of  whom  have  passed  away  in  the  full  triumph  of  the 
Gospel  faith. 

Many  of  the  Presiding  Elders  have  been  called  tyrants,  but  I  am 
proud  to  say  that  that  epithet  has  never  been  applied  to  me.  During 
my  entire  term  as  Presiding  Elder,  we  have  never  had  any  unpleas- 
antness, and  not  a  harsh  or  angry  word  in  our  District  Conferences, 
Quarterly  Conferences  or  Sunday-school  Conventions.  Peace  and 
harmony  have  characterized  all  our  assemblies.  I  have  presided  over 
115  or  120  of  the  present  members  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Confer- 
ence, and  many  that  are  transferred  to  other  Conferences.  I  challenge 
any  of  these  to  say  whether  I  have  acted  the  tyrant.  I  have  never 
acted  as  "  Lord  and  Master,"  but  rather  as  a  servant  of  the  Church. 

After  reviewing  my  labors  for  the  past  twenty-four  years  in  the  A. 
M.  E.  Church,  I  am  compelled  to  exclaim  with  the  Psalmist,  "The 
Lord  hath  done  great  things  for  us  whereof  we  are  glad."  I  could 
say  much  more,  but  Elders  Weston,  Jefferson  and  Baker  have  given 
their  knowledge  of  the  Church  in  the  up-country. 

Praying  the  blessing  of  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church  upon  you 
and  the  guidance  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  your  undertaking, 

I  am  Yours  in  the  Gospel, 

H.  Young, 


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REPORTED  BY  T.    MORRIS  CHESTER. 


After  the  Missionary  Sermon  by  Rev.  N.  B.  Sterrett,  D.  D. ,  of 
Georgetown,  Bishop  Arnett  said  : 

It  affords  me  great  pleasure  to  present  to  this  audience  a  distin- 
guished gentlemen,  scholar  and  christian  who  will  speak  to  us  to-night 


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upon  the  all  important  subject  of  Africa,  Rev.  Edward  W.  Blyden,  of 
Liberia,  who  will  now  talk  to  us  of  our  fatherland.     [Loud  applause.] 

REV.  EDWARD  W.  BLYDEN. 

Dr.  Blyden,  after  this  flattering  reception,  spoke  with  dignified 
self-possession,  as  follows  : 

Bishop  and  Brethren  : — I  feel  that  it  is  a  very  great  privilege  to 
come  before  you  to-night  to  talk  upon  a  matter  in  which  you  must 
be  keenly  interested — a  subject  that  is  interesting,  at  the  present 
moment,  the  whole  civilized  world,  in  which  you  must  have  a  special 
interest,  since  by  race  and  by  blood,  you  are  connected  with  that  great 
continent — 1  mean  Africa,  the  land  of  our  fathers.  That  country  has 
a  peculiar  history.  It  has  been  before  the  races  of  the  world  during 
the  past  five  thousand  years.  It  is  the  first  country  that  comes  before 
us  in  the  Bible  with  any  prominence,  except  Palestine.  It  has  always 
been  before  the  eyes  of  outsiders ;  and  during  the  historic  period,  that 
is  the  period  of  history  that  we  know  something  about,  Africa  has  in- 
terested mankind.  It  is  a  peculiar  country,  and  there  is  so  much  con- 
nected with  it,  such  an  anxious  interest  both  in  the  past  and  present, 
and  with  regard  to  the  future,  that  it  is  difficult  for  me  to  know  how  to 
begin  or  where  to  end,  because  of  so  many  things  I  would  like  to  bring 
to  your  notice  and  your  knowledge,  in  order  to  stir  up  those  instincts 
of  race  pride  which  connect  every  people  with  their  fatherland.  I 
want  to  tell  you  they  are  there.  They  need  to  be  rekindled  in  order 
that  the  children  take  an  active  and  lively  interest  in  that  great  land 
of  your  promise.  We  have  heard  to-night  of  the  promise  of  the  gos- 
pel— that  it  is  to  spread  over  the  whole  world.  Christ  came  to  this 
world  that  he  might  reconcile  man  to  God;  and  he  has  sent  his  mes- 
sage to  all  mankind :  "  Go  ye  into  all  the  world,"  was  'his  command, 
"  and  teach  all  nations,  teaching  them  to  observe  all  things  whatsoever 
I  have  commanded  you,"  Africa  included.  What  has  been  the  fact  in 
regard  to  Africa  ?  If  we  notice  the  history  of  the  country  we  shall  see 
that  Africa  has  been  excluded  from  this  general  command  by  a  special 
order  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  when  he  gave  the  gospel  to  an  Ethiopian  to 
take  to  Ethiopia.  If  we  understand  God's  providence,  Africa  seems 
to  be  peculiarly  destined  for  special  work.  If  we  look  at  the  history 
of  the  world  we  will  see  that  Africa  has  been  a  subject  of  divine  inter- 
position more  than  any  other  country.  I  have  sometimes  thought  and 
said  with  regard  to  Africa,  God  seems  to  have  changed  his  mind,  if 
we  may  allow  that  expression.  In  the  first  place  there  arose  in  that 
country  the  greatest  civilization  that  the  ancients  ever  saw.  Wonders 
were  performed.  Some  of  the  most  stupendous  edifices  were  erected, 
which  modern  engineers  cannot  understand  how  they  were  constructed. 
They  seem  to  baffle  the  ingenuity  of  the  most  skillful  architect.  There 


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was  a  wonderful  development  of  the  human  intellect;  but  instead  of 
civilization  going  into  Africa,  God  changed  his  mind  and  seemed  to 
say :  "I  will  take  this  progress  in  Africa  out  of  the  line  of  Western 
civilization."  It  then  passed  over  into  Greece,  thence  to  Rome,  then 
to  England  and  afterwards  to  America.  Civilization  took  a  northerly 
direction,  as  if  Providence  would  not  allow  this  development  to  go  on 
for  the  present,  saying:  "I  will  defer  it  to  some  future  time."  North- 
ern Africa  was  a  great  power  that  continued  for  700  years;  sending 
ships  around  the  continent  of  Africa,  but  its  civilization  did  not  pene- 
trate into  the  interior.  When  the  gospel  came  into  the  world,  Egypt 
received  it.  Churches  were  built,  and  ten  thousand  anchorites  were 
in  the  churches  of  North  Africa,  with  its  three  thousand  towns  and  vil- 
lages, and  its  550  Episcopal  Sees  that  produced  Tertullus,  St.  Scipian 
and  St.  Augustian.  This  great  development  would  have  spread  south- 
ward, but  it  seemed  to  be  crippled.  God  sent  the  Mohammedans  who 
superseded  the  Christians;  and  that  part  of  the  continent  of  Africa 
that  was  once  under  Christian  influence  is  now  in  posession  of  the  Moham- 
medans. Just  two  or  three  years  before  Columbus  discovered  Ameri- 
ca, the  Roman  Catholic  Church  had  baptized  thousands  of  natives  in 
the  Congo  country.  The  Catholics  had  cathedrals  there  and  thous- 
ands of  converts;  but  to-day  there  is  not  a  cathedral  nor  a  convert  in 
the  whole  Congo  country.  God  seems  to  have  changed  his  mind. 
They  have  passed  away.  Remember  that  civilization  began  with 
Egypt — penetrated  North  Africa — went  to  the  Congo  country,  where 
such  was  the  activity  and  zeal  of  the  priests  that  it  looked  as  if  Africa 
would  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  Roman  Catholics ;  but  they  did  not 
succeed. 

What  does  all  this  non-success  mean  ?  It  means  that  God  does 
not  intend  to  allow  the  European  race  to  do  with  Africa  as  they  have 
done  with  other  countries.  The  Catholics  belonged  to  that  same  race 
that  went  to  Mexico  and  destroyed  the  natives.  God  saw  that  it  was 
best  that  they  should  not  invade  Africa.  If  they  could  have  built  up 
a  civilization  in  Africa,  America  would  not  have  been  discovered  at 
the  time  it  was.  Just  as  they  were  in  the  height  of  their  civilization 
in  the  Congo  country,  America  was  discovered.  The  natives  of  this 
country  would  not  work.  It  occurred  to  a  Romish  priest,  to  send  to 
Africa  and  bring  over  the  Africans  to  America,  who  could  work.  God 
did  not  allow  white  people  to  go  among  them  with  their  Christianity, 
but  brought  the  Africans  among  the  white  people,  where  they  would 
be  disciplined.  God  brought  us  into  bondage.  This  was  not  the  first 
time  that  God  has  civilized  a  people  by  bondage.  It  is  no  disgrace  to 
have  been  a  slave.  God's  chosen  people  were  in  bondage  such  as  the 
African  never  experienced.  God  brought  the  Israelites  into  slavery, 
and  in  slavery  he  preserved  them.  God  brought  the  African  to  this 
country  and  preserved  them  in  the  midst  of  all  their  afflictions.  We 


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have  not  been  in  bondage  as  long  as  the  children  of  Israel  were  in 
Egypt.  They  endured  their  slavery  four  hundred  years.  It  seemed 
to  them  that  God  had  forgotten  his  promise.  The  people  remained  in 
the  most  abject  slavery.  As  Moses  saw  the  bush  burning  and  not  con- 
sumed, so  they  sighed  under  the  afflictions  of  the  Egyptians.  God 
reminds  them  of  having  brought  them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  and  the 
house  of  bondage.  Some  people  feel  it  a  disgrace  to  have  been  a  slave 
— to  be  called  a  slave.  Jesus  Christ,  "  who,  being  in  the  form  of  God, 
thought  it  not  robbery  to  be  equal  with  God  ;  but  made  himself  of  no 
reputation,  and  took  upon  him  the  form  of  a  servant."  The  apostle 
Paul  calls  himself  a  slave  of  Jesus  Christ.  The  word  in  the  original 
is  slave ;  but  in  the  translation  it  is  softened  to  servant. 

When  the  Europeans  thought  they  were  going  to  possess  the  con- 
tinent of  Africa,  for  your  sake  and  for  our  sake  America  was  discov- 
ered. Just  as  Europe  thought  she  had  taken  possession,  God  causes 
this  country  to  be  discovered.  He  causes  human  cupidity  to  bring 
you  here.  When  you  landed  here  then  began  in  this  land  the  conflict 
of  races.  The  Africans  did  not  come  of  their  own  accord.  They 
would  never  have  crossed  the  ocean,  if  it  had  been  left  to  them  ;  but 
God  brought  them  over.  Then  began  what  is  called  the  race  problem 
in  various  phases.  How  to  enslave  the  Africans — how  to  discipline 
them  in  their  condition  and  to  make  their  labor  profitable  became 
questions  of  engrossing  interest.  God  sent  us  here  to  be  trained  that 
we  might  return  to  the  land  of  our  fathers  and  take  charge  of  it,  devel- 
op it  and  defend  it.  We  were  brought  here,  and  it  was  a  hard  task 
our  task-masters  required  us  to  perform.  We  had  to  work  for  them. 
Remember  the  Israelites  were  over  400  years  in  bondage,  while  we 
were  a  little  over  two  hundred  years  m  slavery.  Some  of  our  task- 
masters had  most  unfortunate  records,  some  of  whom  were  not  con- 
scientious nor  human  in  their  treatment  of  the  Africans.  They  did 
not  know  in  what  they  were  doing  they  were  hardening  the  race  for 
future  results.  It  was  God's  purpose.  They  made  as  you  know  most 
terrible  laws,  and  our  fathers  went  under  those  laws  to  their  hard  and 
oppressive  tasks.  They  cried  unto  the  Lord ;  but  some  in  their  suffer- 
ings thought  he  was  deaf  to  their  appeals,  and  some  said  "  God  has 
forsaken  us,"  while  the  oppressor  said  "  God  has  put  a  curse  upon 
them,"  forgetting  that  God's  chosen  people  were  four  hundred  years 
in  bondage.  While  the  Egyptians  were  in  the  height  of  their  power, 
and  believed  they  were  going  to  have  the  bondmen  under  their  control 
forever,  then  God  appeared ;  and,  after  the  warning  had  come  to  them 
from  time  to  time  he  raised  up  men  who  proclaimed  that  slavery  was 
wrong.  All  kinds  of  plans  were  adopted  to  preserve  it,  and  all  sorts 
of  compromises  were  entered  into  to  perpetuate  it.  Suddenly  God 
came  and  ended  that  phase  of  the  Israelite's  problem  in  blood. 

I  am  trying  to  show  the  various  stages  of  our  history  as  a  people. 


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In  this  house  of  bondage,  instead  of  being  destroyed,  we  have  grown 
and  multiplied.  The  first  stage  has  been  solved  in  blood.  The  sec- 
ond phase  in  this  wonderful  problem  is  the  preparation  and  education 
of  the  people  which  is  being  done.  Forty  years  ago  the  oppressors  of 
our  people  would  not  have  admitted  of  its  possibility,  but  to-day  the 
people  of  African  descent  are  enjoying  the  facilities  of  schools  estab- 
lished by  the  State,  whose  laws  a  few  years  ago  prohibited  the  negro 
from  learning  to  read.  High  schools  and  colleges  in  which  Greek  and 
Latin  and  geometry  and  trigonometry  are  taught  are  in  successful  oper- 
ation, where  our  people  are  being  trained  and  disciplined  for  this  work. 
The  American  people  who  are  teaching  and  preparing  Negroes  for 
future  usefulness  are  doing  the  work  ordained  by  Providence.  They 
cannot  stop  it.  I  cannot  say  how  long  it  will  continue  ;  it  may  go  on 
for  three  or  four  generations.  And  the  last  stage  for  which  we  are 
being  prepared,  is  the  third  stage.  God  does  not  allow  us  to  see  what 
is  premature.  He  hides  great  results  from  us  until  the  time  comes  for 
manifestation,  just  as  he  did  with  reference  to  slavery.  Men  did  not 
know  that  freedom  would  come  so  soon  as  it  did.  It  is  no  more  im- 
possible for  the  negroes  to  leave  this  country  than  for  four  millions  of 
them  to  go  free.  We  are  to  prepare  ourselves  for  that  great  event, 
and  when  we  are  prepared  the  means  will  be  equal  to  the  emergency. 
You  may  discuss  all  kinds  of  plans,  and  all  sorts  of  means  may  be  em- 
ployed in  opposition,  but  they  will  not  avail.  Some  men  may  say, 
"  If  these  negroes  leave  America,  what  will  become  of  us?  God  will 
solve  that  problem  as  he  has  solved  every  other  problem. 

During  the  American  Revolutionary  war  there  were  many  slaves 
who  left  their  masters  and  joined  the  British  army.  After  the  war  was 
ended  the  British  sent  them  to  Canada  and  to  Nova  Scotia,  and  finally 
they  were  sent  to  Sierra  Leone,  where  they  built  the  first  Protestant 
Church,  and  three  years  ago  that  Church,  organized  by  Americans  ex- 
clusively, became  a  part  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
God  has  raised  up  men  among  you  to  go  to  Africa,  where  they  have 
found  this  Church  as  a  forerunner  and  symbol  of  that  great  work  that 
this  Church  has  to  do  in  the  land  of  our  fathers ;  and  the  reason  this 
Church  has  not  prospered  as  it  ought  to  have  prospered  is  because  you 
have  neglected  the  African  work  especially  committe  1  to  your  care. 
That  Church  in  Sierra  Leone,  for  the  past  three  years,  is  connected 
with  your  Church  here ;  and  I  had  the  honor  of  being  the  instrument 
in  connecting  it  with  your  Church.  God  is  singularly  connecting  you 
in  this  way.  So  you  see  how  God  brings  about  great  results  in  spite 
of  men.  He  has  made  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  as 
the  forerunner  of  that  great  work  to  be  done,  and  unless  you  see  your 
duty  and  lay  hold  of  God's  providence,  nothing  but  failure  will  attend 
your  efforts.  The  moment  you  lay  hold,  you  are  raised  in  self-respect. 
When  we  work  with  God,  we  are  strong ;  but  when  we  work  against 


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God  we  blunder,  stumble  and  are  weak.  Now  is  the  time  for  prepa- 
ration ;  and  I  am  glad  to  see  that  this  Church  has  laid  hold  of  the  ed- 
ucational work,  training  the  people  industrially  as  well  as  intellectual- 
ly— developing  their  muscle  and  making  them  physically  strong.  This 
work  has  peculiar  connection  with  Liberia.  The  people  here  are  be- 
ginning to  turn  their  attention  to  that  land  of  promise.  A  steady  cur- 
rent of  people  have  been  going  to  that  country  for  the  past  69  years. 
They  have  gone  in  such  numbers  and  such  a  commendable  spirit  until 
they  have  founded  a  Republic  there — a  nation  acknowledged  by  all 
the  great  nations  of  the  earth.  When  they  send  their  embassadors 
abroad,  they  are  respected  just  as  other  representatives  of  sovereign 
powers.  I  can  speak  from  experience,  as  I  had  the  honor  to  be  re- 
ceived at  the  Court  of  St.  James  as  the  accredited  representative  of  the 
Republic  of  Liberia. 

South  Carolina  has  contributed  a  good  deal  toward  the  material 
prosperity  of  Liberia.  Our  ablest  jurist  came  from  this  State.  Chief- 
Justice  Parsons  is  from  Charleston.  The  man  that  built  the  first  steam- 
boat in  Liberia,  to  run  up  and  down  our  rivers,  was  once  an  obscure 
person  in  this  State  with  no  future.  He  might  have  worked  behind 
some  white  man  unknown,  if  he  had  remained  here  ;  but  by  going  to 
Liberia  he  found  a  field  for  his  talents,  room  for  their  development, 
and  a  record  for  his  achievements.  Others  have  developed  latent  pow- 
ers which  only  the  inspirations  of  a  free  country  would  call  into  exis- 
tence. People  have  gone  from  this  country  and  have  cultivated  large 
farms  of  Liberian  coffee  which  is  considered  the  finest  in  the  world. 

We  are  only  the  forerunners,  the  beginners  of  this  great  work. 
You  are  being  prepared  to  go  there  to  develop  the  resources  of  a  great 
nation  born  in  a  day.  That  is  your  prospect.  You  must  be  thank- 
ful— you  must  be  proud  that  God  has  preserved  you  in  this  country  so 
long — increased  you  in  all  your  afflictions,  and  kept  the  race  in  its  in- 
tegrity. As  I  see  you  here,  every  one  has  his  counterpart  in  Africa ; 
and  when  you  return  to  the  land  of  your  fathers,  your  brethren  will 
give  you  a  cordial  welcome,  and  assure  you  that  they  are  glad  to  see 
you  home.  You  ought  to  be  proud  of  them.  I  have  traveled  over 
this  country  a  good  deal,  and  I  find  that  the  negro  in  the  South  has 
more  pride  of  race  than  in  the  North.  The  white  man  laughs  at  the 
negro  and  scorns  him  for  having  no  self-respect.  I  have  found  more 
pride  of  race  in  Charleston  than  in  the  Northern  cities.  That  quality 
seems  to  be  a  Southern  peculiarity,  where  it  is  said  there  is  more  ne- 
gro manhood  than  in  any  other  part  of  America.  Those  who  come 
to  Liberia  from  the  South  seem  to  be  stronger  men.  They  make  you 
feel  that  the  Lord  has  not  forsaken  them.  He  gave  you  physical  en- 
durance and  mental  power.  Do  you  not  feel  glad  that  the  Lord  has 
taken  care  of  you  in  spite  of  everything  to  the  contrary  ?  The  Lord 
is  angry  with  you  every  time  you  attempt  to  be  a  white  man.     I  have 


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taken  so  much  care,  says  the  Lord,  to  preserve  these  black  skins,  and 
they  are  trying  to  extinguish  themselves.  You  ought  to  see  the  impor- 
tance of  trying  to  preserve  your  race  as  purely  as  you  can.  It  makes 
the  Lord  disappointed  when  he  sees  a  negro  trying  to  be  something 
else.  Men  of  intelligence  possessed  of  self-respect  would  not  be  guilty 
of  such  an  offense  against  their  Creator.  I  can  understand  where 
everything  is  in  possession  of  one  race,  why  the  other  tries  to  be  asso- 
ciated with  it  in  wealth  and  power.  I  have  known  white  men  to  come 
to  Africa,  where  it  is  popular  to  be  black,  and  swear  that  they  had  ne- 
gro blood  in  their  veins.  One  drop  of  negro  blood  in  this  country 
damns  a  man,  and  in  Africa  it  saves  a  man. 

You  see  then  the  field  that  lies  before  you.  You  see  the  reason 
that  God  is  giving  you  this  schooling.  It  is  to  train  you  for  more  im- 
portant duties,  not  here,  but  where  there  is  a  welcome  field  for  your 
talent.  It  is  no  common  occurrence  to  meet  young  negroes,  who  have 
been  to  College,  in  the  capacity  of  waiters  in  the  railway  dining-cars 
and  in  the  hotels ;  and  if  interrogated  why  they  are  performing  menial 
labor,  they  will  tell  you  they  have  nothing  else  to  do.  What  you  are 
to-day  in  this  country,  your  children  will  be.  You  are  in  the  land  of 
the  oppressor.  There  will  be  no  change  so  far  as  you  are  concerned. 
God  is  not  unjust.  He  has  afforded  you  an  opportunity  in  the  land  of 
your  fathers.  You  are  not  yet  out  of  the  house  of  bondage.  You  are 
still  suffering  in  the  wilderness.  When  you  shall  have  crossed  the  Red 
Sea  and  gained  the  Promised  Land,  you  will  realize  that  200,000,000 
have  an  interest  in  you.  The  200,000,000  will  draw  the  7,000,000  to 
them.  You  may  try  to  resist  it,  but  you  will  not  be  successful.  I  do 
not  advise  you  to  go  to  Africa,  because  the  time  has  not  come,  and 
you  are  not  prepared.  You  will  remember  that  you  are  to  go  through 
a  training  process.  You  must  work  if  you  would  succeed.  Rev. 
Mr.  Frederick,  your  missionary  at  Sierra  Leone  is  doing  a  good  work 
in  Africa.  There  is  this  fact  about  that  Church  which  was  founded  in 
Sierra  Leone  in  1792,  and  which  Mr.  Frederick  has  had  transferred  to 
you,  that  when  the  celebration  of  the  discovery  of  America  by  Colum- 
umbus  shall  take  place  in  1892,  in  recognition  of  the  400th  anniver- 
sary, that  in  the  same  year  will  be  the  100th  anniversary  of  the  organ- 
ization by  Africans  of  the  first  Protestant  Church  on  the  west  coast  of 
Africa,  which  deserves  to  be  fittingly  commemorated.  You  see  how 
God  moves  in  a  certain  direction.  God  is  pointing  to  Africa,  although 
you  are  trying  too  look  away  from  it.  There  is  your  work,  and  there 
you  will  be  strong.  Your  opposition  will  not  avail.  God  drove  the 
Indians  from  this  continent  when  they  would  not  conform  to  his  will ; 
and  so  will  his  power  be  manifest  in  your  history,  if  you  stand  in  the 
way  of  his  providence.  You  have  been  prospered  because  God  has 
chosen  you  for  a  peculiar  work.  The  Jews,  like  ourselves,  have  been 
victims  of  persecution,  contempt  and  obloquy  •  but  God  gave  them 


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power  of  acquiring  wealth.  Though  they  have  been  oppressed  and 
ostracized,  Ishmael  has  grown  according  to  God's  promise.  Ishmael 
is  a  sufferer  without  a  country,  but  He  has  given  us  a  continent  with 
power  to  develop  it.  The  negro  cannot  die  out  here.  He  will  multi- 
ply and  multiply  until  the  time  comes  for  him  to  return  to  the  land  of 
his  fathers.  I  have  nothing  more  to  say,  but  if  any  one  desires  to  ask 
any  questions,  I  will  be  pleased  to  answer  them. 

[The  address  of  Dr.  Blyden  was  easily  and  effectively  delivered 
without  notes — was  listened  to  with  the  most  interested  attention — was 
continuously  interrupted  with  applause,  and  was  concluded  with  an 
ovation.] 

A  Voice. — Will  you  explain,  if  you  please,  why  it  was  or  why  it 
is  that  Mohammedans  have  such  control  over  their  people,  or  what 
power  does  that  religion  give  to  the  people  over  the  Christian  religion  ? 

Dr.  Blyden. — If  the  Bishop  will  grant  me  another  opportunity, 
I  will  answer  that  question.  It  would  require  an  entire  lecture  to  do 
so  in  a  satisfactory  manner,  and  as  negroes  you  ought  to  know  it. 

A  Voice. — I  would  like  to  know  something  of  Elder  Campbell's 
work  in  Liberia. 

Dr.  Blyden. — I  have  known  Rev.  Samuel  J.  Campbell  for  thir- 
teen years.  He  has  always  been  the  same  energetic  worker  that  he 
has  manifested  in  your  cause.  He  is  a  farmer  in  Liberia.  Mr.  Camp- 
bell was  the  man  that  gave  your  representatives  shelter  and  helped 
them  to  organize  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  has 
been  faithful  to  its  interests.  I  have  known  him  to  spend  his  money 
to  advance  the  cause  of  your  mission  work  in  Liberia.  You  had  three 
very  successful  mission  fields  to  my  knowledge,  and  the  people  were 
getting  on  very  well.  I  think  he  deserves  the  sympathy  and  admira- 
tion of  this  Church  for  his  self-denial  and  liberality  in  the  cause  of 
African  Methodism.  Mr.  Campbell  was  about  to  return  disheartened 
some  time  ago ;  but  he  tells  me  to-day  that  he  is  much  encouraged  by 
the  prospect  before  him.  The  Church  cannot  die  there  because  it  is 
the  African  Church.  You  have  a  sort  of  African  Church  here  whose 
name  is  despised  in  this  country  by  the  people  of  African  descent ; 
but  the  name  is  honorable  in  Africa.  I  think  Mr.  Campbell  should 
be  sustained. 

With  regard  to  the  wealth  of  that  country  and  the  present  devel- 
opment. Africa  is  one  of  the  largest  continents.  It  has  250,000,000 
of  people.  It  has  some  of  the  largest  rivers  that  exist.  The  Congo 
river  next  to  the  Amazon  is  the  largest  river  on  the  globe.  The  wa- 
ter pours  down  the  Congo  so  powerfully  that  it  extends  and  colors  the 
water  miles  beyond  fresh  water  mark.  There  is  more  gold  found  in 
Africa  than  in  any  other  country,  and  there  are  rich  diamond-fieldsin 
South  Africa  which  the  Lord  has  kept  in  reserve  for  the  Africans. 
[Loud  applause.] 


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DR.  W.  B.  DERRICK. 

As  the  representative  of  the  Missionary  department  of  the  Afri- 
can Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  I  am  under  many  obligations  to  Dr. 
Blyden  for  the  information  that  he  has  given  and  for  the  favorable 
light  in  which  he  has  placed  our  missionary  from  Liberia,  Rev.  S.  J. 
Campbell.  We  are  struggling  to  send  him  back  to  Africa  as  the  right 
man  in  the  right  place.  We  must  not  forget  Brother  S.  F.  Flegler,  who 
is  a  member  of  this  Conference,  who  went  to  Africa  as  the  representa- 
tive of  our  Church,  where  he  did  a  good  work  and  left  a  good  name. 
Brother  Campbell  opened  his  arms  and  his  house  and  received  Broth- 
er Flegler  as  our  representative.  I  feel  that  the  members  of  the  South 
Carolina  Conference  will  do  their  part  by  Elder  Campbell.  He  is  anx- 
ious to  return  to  his  home  and  country.  It  was  from  this  Conference 
that  African  Methodism  was  transplanted  in  a  formal  manner,  by  an 
organized  body  going  to  Liberia ;  and  now  the  representative  of  that 
Church  is  here  in  the  person  ol  Elder  Campbell,  in  your  interest,  and 
needs  your  assistance.  We  are  anxious  for  him  to  go  before  a  com- 
mittee or  to  come  before  the  Conference  with  a  statement  of  facts,  with 
reference  to  our  work  in  Liberia.  As  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  I  ap- 
peal to  you  to  unite  in  sending  the  Gospel  back  to  Africa  through  our 
worthy  representative,  Brother  Campbell.  He  is  in  a  land  where  he 
does  not  feel  at  home,  and  he  wants  to  return  to  his  home,  and  to  the 
place  of  his  birth.  I  appeal  to  you  to  do  what  you  can  in  returning 
Brother  Campbell,  our  missionary,  in  a  creditable  manner  to  his  field 
of  labor  in  the  Republic  of  Liberia. 


PRESIDING  ELDER  S.  F.  FLEGLER. 

After  the  children  of  Israel  removed  from  Hezeroth  and  pitched 
their  camps  in  the  wilderness  of  Paran,  and  while  they  stood  there 
Moses  sent  Caleb  and  Joshua  across  the  Jordan  to  see  what  was  the 
condition  of  the  country.  And  Caleb  and  Joshua  with  others  inspect- 
ed the  land.  Weak  men  said  they  could  not  possess  the  land  because 
giants  were  there.  We  have  had  many  weak  ministers  who  have  hes- 
itated and  halted  because  there  were  difficulties  in  the  way.  Caleb  and 
Joshua  brought  back  a  good  report  of  the  land  and  its  prospects,  and 
Moses  acting  upon  it,  went  up  and  possessed  it.  In  1878  the  South 
Carolina  Annual  Conference  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  sitting  at  Georgetown,  looked  out  for  some  one  to  go  to  Libe- 
ria with  our  membership  whose  steps  were  turned  in  that  direction  ; 
and  in  the  name  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  I  said  : 
"  Here  am  I,  send  me."  I  went  and  brought  back  a  good  report,  al- 
though some  had  reported  adversely  to  the  condition  and  prospects  of 
that  country.    The  Church  has  acted  upon  my  report,  or  pretended  to 


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do  so ;  and  the  good  people  of  Liberia  having  faith  in  the  assurances 
of  the  representative  of  the  Church  have  organized  several  societies 
in  the  conviction  that  they  would  be  fostered  and  encouraged  by  our 
Church.  It  is  a  goodly  land,  and  our  connection  should  possess  it. 
The  Church  sent  a  missionary  to  the  West  India  Island  of  Hayti  whom 
it  supported,  and  I  had  every  reason  to  believe  that  it  would  sustain 
me.  I  was  promised  consideration  and  support,  and  I  went  to  Libe- 
ria where  I  remained  three  years  as  your  Missionary ;  and  notwith- 
standing the  promises,  I  was  left  to  do  the  best  I  could  for  the  Church 
and  myself. 

I  tried  faithfully  to  serve  our  Church  in  Liberia  and  Sierra  Leone. 
Our  missionary  at  Sierra  Leone  has  been  laboring  under  the  Wesleyan 
Methodists.  They  offered  the  church  to  me  of  which  Dr.  Blyden 
spoke  as  the  representative  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
if  we  would  take  charge  of  it  and  carry  on  the  missionary  work.  Dr. 
Blyden  was  in  Sierra  Leone  at  the  time.  I  was  not  in  a  position, 
financially,  to  comply  with  the  terms  required ;  and  thus  the  matter  re- 
mained until  Brother  Frederick  undertook  it  three  years  ago  as  your 
representative,  and  has  since  carried  it  to  a  successful  issue.  But  the 
fact  is,  we  have  established  in  the  Liberian  Republic  three  churches 
that  need  only  to  be  encouraged  to  make  an  African  Methodist  impress 
upon  other  communities.  Africa  is  the  home  of  the  Negro,  the  land 
where  he  is  free,  and  where  he  has  the  best  opportunity  for  the  best 
development.  It  is  much  in  need  of  the  Gospel.  What  the  Church 
expends  in  the  interests  of  missionary  operations  in  Liberia  will  return 
to  you  in  glory  and  grandeur.  The  work  is  before  us,  and  we  will  do 
it,  if  we  are  possessed  of  race  pride.  I  would  not  be  here  to-day,  if  I 
could  have  induced  my  family  to  have  joined  me  when  I  was  in  Africa. 
I  have  too  much  soul  in  me  to  be  satisfied  with  the  condition  that  pre- 
sents itself  here.  I  recognize  no  man  to  be  my  superior,  nor  any  race 
to  be  naturally  in  advance  of  ours.  If  you  have  been  surpassed  it  is 
the  circumstances  that  have  given  to  others  the  advantage.  God  Al- 
mighty never  made  a  soul  with  more  elements  of  manhood  than  mine ; 
and  I  thank  God  there  is  sufficient  African  blood  in  me  to  thrill  me 
with  aspirations  of  manhood.  I  have  greater  reason  to  be  proud  of 
my  African  blood  than  any  other ;  and  I  trace  my  African  blood  to  the 
grand  Golah  tribe  that  will  not  take  an  insult  without  retaliation. 

It  is  my  duty  to  tell  you,  my  brethren,  that  Brother  Campbell 
spent  his  money  in  Liberia  for  the  advancement  of  our  mission  work 
there.  He  made  many  personal  sacrifices  in  your  interest.  The  re- 
demption of  Africa  can  only  be  accomplished  through  her  sons.  It 
seems  to  be  a  physical  impossibility  to  be  brought  about  by  any  other 
means.  It  can  be  said  of  Africa  as  Jacob  said  in  his  declining  years 
to  his  sons  in  the  49th  chapter  of  Genesis,  at  the  tenth  verse  :  "  The 
scepter  shall  not  depart  from  Judah,  nor  a  lawgiver  from  between  his 


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feet,  until  Shiloh  come  ;  and  unto  him  shall  the  gathering  of  the  peo- 
ple be."  The  redemption  of  Africa  is  God's  work,  and  we  are  but 
the  means  in  his  hands  to  accomplish  it.  Brother  Campbell  and  oth- 
ers have  begun  the  work  of  African  Methodism  in  Liberia,  and  this 
great  Church  owes  it  to  itself  to  continue  it.  When  our  Church  there 
shall  be  in  easy  running  order,  made  so  by  the  support  and  co-opera- 
tion of  our  great  connection,  then  will  our  Missionary  operations  as- 
sume proportions  that  will  be  a  credit  to  our  great  organization.  The 
prominent  men  in  Liberia  welcome  with  a  great  deal  of  pride  the  Af- 
rican Methodist  Episcopal  Church  ;  and  when  they  see  that  you  are 
deeply  interested  by  a  powerful  movement  in  that  direction,  they  will 
come  to  your  support  because  it  is  in  the  line  with  the  principle  that 
called  Liberia  into  existence. 

I  have  seen  something  of  the  Mohammedan  religion  in  Africa, 
and  in  some  respects  the  professions  are  to  be  commended  for  a  high- 
er state  of  rectitude  than  the  Christians ;  but  I  do  not  wish  to  be  under- 
stood to  say  that  the  Mohammedan  religion  is  superior  to  Christianity. 
Having  said  what  I  think  necessary,  under  the  circumstances,  I  thank 
you  for  your  attention. 

Elder  Flegler's  speech  was  received  with  rounds  of  applause  dur- 
ing its  delivery  and  at  its  conclusion. 

Bishop  Arnett  : — I  have  always  been  in  sympathy  with  our  Afri- 
can missionary  operations,  and  I  have  been  personally  impressed  with 
Brother  S.  J.  Campbell.  He  came  to  this  country  to  confer  with  the 
Church  in  its  interest,  and  now  he  is  anxious  to  return.  I  wish  to 
help  him  to  do  so.  What  say  the  members  of  the  South  Carolina 
Conference  ? 

Several  Voices: — We'll  help  you. 

Bishop  Arnett  : — Brethren,  if  you  say  so,  we  will  send  Brother 
Campbell  back  home. 

The  entire  Conference  amid  great  applause  and  with  numerous 
expressions  of  concurrence  agreed  to  sustain  the  Bishop  in  returning 
Elder  Campbell  to  his  native  land.  When  the  applause  had  subsided, 
Bishop  Arnett  continued  : 

By  God's  grace,  Brother  Campbell,  I  am  going  to  send  you  back 
to  Afiica.  That  banner  that  we  have  raised  in  fatherland  must  con- 
tinue to  be  borne  aloft.  It  appears  that  our  fathers,  during  the  dark 
days  of  their  bondage,  in  the  nights  when  they  went  out  to  pray,  they 
saw  through  faith  a  star  of  hope  for  the  millions  of  oppressed.  Bro- 
ther Campbell,  I  feel  strong  in  the  faith  of  your  mission  and  in  the 
support  that  the  South  Carolina  Conference  will  give  me  in  your  behalf. 
I  therefore  in  the  name  of  the  Conference,  and  by  God's  grace  will 
have  you  go  back  to  that  land  and  say  to  your  brethren,  that  after  more 


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than  two  hundred  years  God  is  permitting  us  to  be  the  humble  means 
to  do  something  for  the  redemption  of  Africa.  It  is  by  God's  help, 
and  for  God's  Church,  and  through  the  grace  of  God  that  we  will  send 
you  where  you  can  do  the  most  good  for  the  cause  of  God.  [  Loud 
applause.] 


REV.  S.  J.  CAMBELL, 

A  native  of  Liberia,  addressed  the  Conference  as  follows : 

Bishop  a?id  Brethren : — It  is  often  proven  that  we  go  faster  than 
Providence  intends.  We  are  rather  hasty  at  times  in  our  conclusions. 
In  the  exercise  of  faith  we  can  see  the  Divine  providence  in  taking 
and  leading  us  as  he  would  have  us  go.  I  feel  very  thankful  and 
♦  highly  complimented,  when  I  remember  on  my  arrival  in  this  country 
I  was  permitted  to  wander  about  in  Philadelphia  in  a  disturbed  con- 
dition of  mind.  I  knew  no  one  but  Pro.  Flegler  before  I  came  to  this 
country.  Bishop  Campbell  was  sick,  and  I  did  not  seem  to  receive 
much  encouragement.  I  finally  wrote  to  Bro.  Flegler.  and  in  the  true 
spirit  of  a  Christian  he  bade  me  come  to  his  home.  I  came  to  South 
Carolina  where  I  was  cordially  received  by  him  and  the  brethren.  I 
I  heard  him  speak  of  Bishop  Arnett  with  favor ;  and  soon  through  the 
good  offices  of  Bro.  Flegler  I  was  made  acquainted  with  your  Bishop, 
and  he  received  me  as  a  father  would  receive  a  son.  He  examined 
my  documents  and  made  me  feel  that  I  was  the  representative  of  Afri- 
can Methodist  missionary  operations  in  Liberia,  to  the  fathers  of  the 
Church  in  this  country.  Since  then  I  have  more  or  less  followed  in 
Bishop  Arnett's  wake.  I  went  to  the  North,  and  God  sent  me  back 
here.  I  am  pleased  with  this  manifestation  of  your  interest  for  our 
work  in  Africa.  I  am  satisfied  that  underneath  this  great  work 
there  lies  a  wonderful  progress.  As  one  of  the  speakers  in  this  Con- 
ference has  already  remarked,  we  must  come  out  of  ourselves,  and 
those  local  ideas,  if  we  are  going  to  do  work  for  God.  If  we  pursue 
a  Catholic  spirit,  we  will  be  blessed.  I  am  grateful  to  God's  mercy  for 
bringing  me  here  and  sparing  my  life  ;  and  if  I  am  permitted  to  re- 
turn to  Africa.  I  shall  carry  your  good  news  with  me,  which  will  glad- 
den the  churches  in  Liberia.  It  will  please  our  people  to  know  the 
consideration  with  which  Bishop  Arnett  and  the  South  Carolina  Con- 
ference treated  their  representative.  You  can  rely  upon  it  that  I 
shall  never  put  myself  in  opposition  to  the  success  of  the  interest  of 
this  Church  in  Africa  or  anywhere  else.  When  I  leave  this  country 
I  shall  take  with  me  the  recollection  of  very  pleasant  memories.  I 
have  been  a  working  man  in  your  Church  in  Liberia,  and  I  expect  to 
continue  a  laborer  in  God's  vineyard:  and  I  have  helped  to  support 
and  keep  your  Church  in  existence.    I  think  it  is  your  duty  to  put 


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your  Church  upon  a  good  and  lasting  foundation.  May  God  hold  you 
to  make  the  missionary  work  of  this  Church  a  grand  success,  and  that 
its  membership  may  be  imbued  with  a  missionary  spirit;  and  if  you 
will  not  go  yourselves  where  the  gospel  is  needed,  send  others  who  are 
willing  to  cross  the  ocean  and  plant  the  standard  of  Christ  in  the  land 
of  our  fathers.  May  the  God  of  Missions  prosper  you  in  all  of  your  ef- 
forts. I  sincerely  thank  you  Bishop  and  members  of  this  Conference, 
for  your  generous  consideration.     [Loud  applause.] 


At  the  educational  mass  meeting  of  the  South  Carolina  Annual 
Conference,  December  13,  in  which  the  claims  of  Allen  University 
were  presented,  Miss  Hallie  Q.  Brown,  the  lady  principal  of  the  insti- 
tution, being  introduced,  spoke  as  follows  : 

MISS  HALLIE  QUINN  BROWN. 

Bishop  and  Members  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference : — At  my 
home  I  have  two  pictures  representing  the  Rock  of  Ages ;  one  repre- 
sents a  plain  cross,  without  any  flowers  or  adornments,  upon  the  solid 
rock  in  the  midst  of  a  tumultuous  sea.  The  waves  run  mountain- 
high,  threatening  to  engulf  the  rock  and  cross.  To  that  cross  clings  a 
woman.  She  has  both  arms  thrown  around  the  cross.  She  is  saved. 
But  I  turn  to  the  other  and  see  that  the  woman  has  gone  up  on  the 
rock.  She  throws  one  arm  around  the  cross,  and  with  the  other  she 
reaches  down  and  lifts  up  a  fallen  soul  up  to  the  rock  upon  which  she 
stands.  I  think  this  is  the  better  picture  of  the  two;  and  I  like  to 
look  at  it  the  oftener.  The  first  represents  a  soul  clinging  to  the  cross 
for  safety  ;  but  the  other  represents  a  being  in  danger  trying  to  save 
some  other  soul.  We  want  to  do  exploits  for  the  Lord  as  did  Miriam. 
Miriam  did  great  things  for  the  Lord,  as  did  Deborah,  in  leading  forth 
the  host  of  the  Lord  and  in  demonstrating  her  power.  Women  have 
furnished  many  historic  characters.  Esther  was  a  great  diplomat  who 
saved  the  Church  of  God  at  the  risk  of  her  life.  The  pages  of  sacred 
and  profane  history  are  brightened  by  instances  of  women's  daring, 
devotion  and  self  sacrifices  for  God  and  the  right.  The  spirit  of  great 
women  have  been  checked  by  irresistable  circumstances;  but  the  time 
is  coming  when  she  will  be  respected  and  placed  in  a  position  equal  to 
every  emergency.  She  is  organizing  her  strength  and  will  soon  com- 
pel a  recognition  of  her  power  and  her  rights.  To  the  women  espec- 
ially I  am  speaking.  We  should  feel  that  there  is  a  work  for  us  to  do 
all  over  this  land.  There  is  a  wonderful  work  for  us  to  do.  We  are 
to  educate  and  devote  ourselves  not  in  one  respect  only  but  in  three. 
We  are  to  be  physically  strong.  How  much  that  means!  Under  the 
present  condition  of  things,  we  have  degenerated  physically  as  a  race 


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of  women.  We  are  not  so  well  developed  as  the  men.  There  are 
scattered  all  over  this  country  athletic  clubs,  bycicle  clubs,  outing  clubs 
and  gymnastic  exercises  for  the  physical  development  of  men.  Over 
two  millions  of  dollars  were  spent  last  year  in  the  interest  of  one  of 
these  clubs,  and  they  have  developed  a  stronger  and  nobler  race  of 
men  ;  I  mean  physically.  Very  little  attention  is  being  paid  to  the 
women  in  this  respect — to  her  education  physically.  This  should  not 
be.  She  should  be  developed  physically.  She  should  exercise  so  as 
to  receive  the  highest  possible  physical  development.  No  inferior  tree 
can  bring  forth  superior  fruit.  What  the  mothers  are  the  children  are 
likely  to  be.  Though  we  have  not  the  same  chance  in  the  race  of  life 
as  men.  yet  we  are  performing  the  highest  possible  functions  designed 
by  our  Creator.  As  her  duties  and  responsibilities  are  equal,  if  not 
superior  to  man's,  she  should  be  as  carefully  and  as  fully  developed  as 
man ;  and  the  day  is  coming  when  she  will  be.  Men  expect  to  see 
something  more  than  dressed  dolls  in  their  parlors  in  these  progressive 
times.  Brain  power  will  never  attain  its  highest  possibilities  unless 
there  is  healthy  and  complete  physical  development.  We  must  have 
a  sound  physical  development  in  order  to  produce  a  strong  brain. 
For  thought  originates  in  the  brain,  the  brain  acts  upon  the  nerves,  the 
nerves  act  upon  the  muscles,  and  the  muscles  act  upon  the  bones  ; 
and  only  after  this  process  are  we  able  to  think  a  thought,  or  do  an  act. 
If  we  would  cease  to  rely  upon  artificial  support,  such  as  stays,  braces 
and  girders,  and  lean  more  on  muscle  and  backbone  we  would  have  a 
more  robust  development  We  want  women  to  be  strong  in  the  fear 
and  faith  of  Jesus  Christ.  We  want  women  to  be  educated  in  the 
higher  branches.  We  want  our  women  not  only  to  take  a  common 
school  education,  but  to  avail  themselves  of  all  the  opportunities  that 
may  present  themselves. 

There  are  two  hundred  colleges  open  to  women  now  in  America, 
while  fifteen  years  ago  there  was  not  a  single  college  open  to  women ; 
and  4.000  female  students  are  now  in  attendance.  We  want  our  girls 
to  have  not  only  a  common  school  education,  but  to  be  instructed  in 
a1!  the  arts,  science  and  literature  of  the  day.  While  it  is  of  the  great- 
est importance  that  women  should  be  educated  in  all  material  respects, 
yet  without  ethical  or  heart  education  she  would  be  as  sounding  brass, 
or  tinkling  symbal.  She  would  he  as  a  beautiful  rose  that  has  no  scent 
or  perfume.  The  training  that  God  gives  when  he  touches  the  heart, 
in  addition  to  our  material  development,  would  raise  her  to  a  nobler 
plane  in  the  physical,  mental  and  moral  world.  With  these  three 
phases  of  education  combined  in  one  person,  woman  would  be  a  grand 
inspiration  to  the  world,  achieving  great  and  good  things  for  the  Lord. 

We  have  in  Allen  University  a  splendid  beginning  ;  and  if  it  is 
properly  supported  by  the  people,  it  will  be  a  lasting  benefit  to  the 
race.    The  success  of  the  university  will  depend  upon  the  public  in- 


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terest  manifested.  We  cannot  succeed  without  the  co-operation  of  the 
people.  So  far  we  have  every  reason  to  be  encouraged  by  the  atten- 
dance of  students.  The  university  building  is  inadequate  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  boys  and  girls  that  are  coming  to  us.  We  need 
a  new  dormitory  for  our  girls,  and  these  to  be  under  the  care  of  the 
matron.  We  want  a  gymnasium  for  physical  training  and  develop- 
ment. We  want  you  to  assist  us  so  that  this  institution  shall  not  lag 
for  support.  We  are  engaged  in  the  grand  work  of  giving  to  our  peo- 
ple a  higher  christian  education  that  will  not  only  be  a  benefit  to  them 
in  time  but  a  blessing  in  eternity.  We  need  many  improvements  and 
appliances  which  Allen  University  ought  to  have  in  connection  with 
its  course  of  studies.  Nothing  is  so  much  needed  as  a  gymnasium 
hall  for  exercise  to  develop  physical  power. 

The  grand  report  of  the  institution  which  Prof.  Morris,  our  worthy 
president  has  just  made,  indicates  its  progress  and  its  prosperity,  and 
shows  how  fortunate  the  institution  is  in  having  one  so  well  qualified 
to  superintend  the  affairs.  Let  us  all  resolve  that  we  will  co-operate 
with  the  institution  in  such  ways  and  manner  as  will  be  in  our  power, 
and  thus  hasten  the  time  when  the  solitary  places  shall  blossom  as  the 
rose.  Perhaps  some  persons  in  their  short-sightedness  may  say  that 
it  is  none  of  our  business  how  the  world  goes  on  or  what  becomes  of 
the  people.  When  God  calls  you  to  account  he  will  let  you  know 
whether  it  is  your  business  or  not.  Am  I  my  brother's  keeper  ?  is 
asked  only  by  those  who  are  conscious  of  some  evil  conduct  or  neg- 
lect of  duty.  I  am  my  brother's  keeper  has  long  since  been  the  set- 
tled conviction  of  good  men.  Every  person  sustains  a  certain  rela- 
tionship to  the  well  being  of  society  and  is  responsible  to  his  Creator 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duty. 

I  do  not  think  that  it  was  ever  intended  that  we,  as  a  sex,  should 
feel  anything  like  the  weakness  we  do  in  material  respects.  At  the 
great  W.  C.  T.  U.  convention  recently  held  at  Chicago,  when  that 
immense  structure  was  filled  to  overflowing,  some  one  asked  what  they 
would  do  if  a  woman  should  faint.  Mrs.  Williard  replied  in  a  spirit 
that  thrilled  the  progressive  women  of  the  country:  "I  trust  that  these 
women  have  reached  that  phase  of  development  when  they  will  not 
faint."  Let  us  do  our  part  in  this  great  training  and  the  result  will  be 
sanctified  and  the  good  end  will  in  time  be  attained.  Our  good  Bish- 
op Arnett,  last  week,  at  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference,  told  the 
brethren  that  a  great  many  divorces  were  caused  by  the  woman  mak- 
ing bad  bread — not  knowing  how  to  cook,  or  otherwise  to  perform 
their  part  of  the  duties  of  life. 

Allen  University  proposes  to  train  the  girls  not  only  education- 
ally, but  industrially — to  teach  them  not  only  how  to  make  a  dress,  but 
to  cook  a  good  meal;  for  it  is  said  that  a  man's  heart  is  often  reached 
through  his  stomach.  I  suppose  on  the  theory  of  the  good  Bishop,  that 


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if  we  teach  our  girls  to  be  superior  cooks,  we  shall  place  a  power  for 
happiness  in  every  home.  Good  wholesome  bread  and  properly 
cooked  food  will  have  the  best  effect.  One  writer  says  it  is  but  a  step 
from  a  hoe  cake  to  a  plum  pudding ;  but  it  is  a  mile  and  a  half  back  by 
the  nearest  way.  It  is  not  a  degradation  to  know  how  to  cook ;  but  it 
is  an  art  that  gives  a  woman  a  secret  power  in  the  household.  It  is  a 
scientific  accomplishment  to  know  how  to  bring  on  a  dinner,  having 
the  right  combinations  of  vegetables,  grains,  fruits  and  all  other  neces- 
saries. At  Allen  University  we  have  a  proposed  industrial  depart- 
ment which  will  include  a  thorough  knowledge  of  cooking  ;  so  that 
when  girls  leave  our  training  establishment,  they  will  be  in  a  position 
to  be  of  service  to  themselves,  to  their  homes  and  to  society.  It  is 
the  purpose  of  our  Bishop  to  have  Allen  University  fitted  and  fur- 
nished with  all  the  requirements  of  a  first-class  institution.  I  promise 
to  utilize  what  little  talent  I  possess  towards  rearing  a  magnifiicent 
structure  worthy  of  the  cause  in  which  the  institution  is  engaged,  that 
the  State  and  the  country  will  feel  the  force  of  its  power.  I  trust  that 
you  will  come  to  its  aid  in  every  way  that  you  possibly  can  to  promote  its 
success  ;  and  when  the  presiding  elders  and  others  make  appointments 
for  me  to  advocate  its  interests,  in  your  several  localities,  I  shall  ex- 
pect your  assistance  in  affording  me  an  opportunity  to  meet  the  people 
in  your  churches.  I  will  try  to  do  my  part  if  you  will  co-operate  with 
me.     I  think  I  have  said  enough. 

The  speech  of  Miss  Brown  was  delivered  in  a  graceful  and  im- 
pressive manner  and  was  received  with  rounds  of  applause;  after 
which  she  gave  some  select  readings  much  to  the  admiration  of  the 
members  of  the  Conference. 


REV.  M.  B.  SALTERS,  D.  D. 

Bishop  and  Members  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference: — Under  all 
the  circumstances  we  are  surprised  to  see  the  progress  that  has  been 
made  by  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  the  wonderful 
improvement  of  its  ministers  in  the  past  twenty-five  years.  Our  preachers 
are  growing  stronger  mentally,  morally  and  socially.  This  Conference 
is  united  in  the  good  work  in  which  it  is  engaged.  Peace  prevails  in 
our  midst  and  the  spirit  of  progress  is  everywhere  apparent.  We 
have  but  one  object  and  that  is  to  succeed,  and  to  be  the  banner  Con- 
ference of  this  connection,  according  to  our  numbers.  It  is  a  source 
of  congratulation  that  there  is  such  a  spirit  of  harmony  among  us. 
We  all  seem  to  sympathize  and  encourage  each  other  in  this  grand  and 
great  work,  inspired  by  heaven's  blessing;  and  we  are  about  to  enter 
with  a  commendable  degree  of  pride  upon  the  Quarto-Centenary 
Celebration,  commemorative  of  the  introduction  of  African  Method- 


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ism  into  South  Carolina.  We  have  wonderfully  increased  in  progress 
in  every  respect.  God  has  abundantly  blessed  our  efforts.  There  is 
a  feeling  of  unity  among  us.  We  know  no  North,  no  South,  no  East 
nor  West;  but  we  know  but  one  common  cause,  the  Fatherhood  of 
God  and  the  Brotherhood  of  Man.  We  are  one  in  heart  and  one  in 
pursuit  of  the  same  object.  •  We  have  built  up  a  grand  cause  and  lifted 
up  the  Negro  race.  No  Church  is  doing  more  or  has  done  more  for 
the  elevation  of  our  people  than  the  African  Methodist  denomination. 
I  am  proud  that  I  am  a  member  of  it,  and  I  am  glad  I  am  a  member  of 
the  Negro  race.  I  am  proud  of  the  race  to  which  I  belong.  It  is  my 
heart's  desire  to  try  and  make  our  race  better,  greater  and  stronger. 
As  members  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  in  this  great  work  to 
make  the  race  what  it  ought  to  be,  let  us  be  united  in  every  good 
cause,  in  every  good  undertaking  and  in  every  good  interest  that  will 
build  up  the  cause  of  the  Church,  and  list  the  Negro  to  be  greater  and 
grander.  I  like  to  use  the  word  Negro  because  it  is  a  national  word. 
I  am  proud  to  be  a  member  of  the  race.  God  grant  that  the  race  may 
be  greater  and  grander  in  the  future  than  in  the  past.  We  are  proud 
of  such  representative  men  as  Elder  J.  E.  Hayne,  Prof.  Rivers  and 
others  who  are  giving  character  to  the  race.  We  trust  that  they  will 
live  long  and  be  of  great  service  to  the  South  Carolina  Annual  Con- 
ference.    [  Loud  applause.] 


At  the  conclusion  of  Dr.  Sa Iters'  remarks  Dr.  W.  B.  Derrick 
said : 

DR.  W.  B.  DERRICK. 

Bishop  and  Members  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference : — I  would 
simply  say  that  I  am  pleased  to  be  present  on  this  occasion  preparatory 
to  the  celebration  that  is  to  take  place  in  Charleston  next  May.  I  be- 
lieve it  will  be  twenty-five  years  next  spring  when  Bishop  Payne,  Elder 
James  A.  Handy,  Elder  Johnson  and  a  few  others  came  to  South  Caro- 
lina for  the  purpose  of  organizing  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  in  this  and  the  adjoining  states.  Twenty-five  years  of  trouble, 
perplexity  and  sacred  duties  performed  have  passed  into  eternity. 
While  it  is  true  we  cannot  forget  those  noble  warriors  whose  lives  were 
devoted  to  the  work,  among  whom  was  the  lamented  Richard  Harvey 
Cain,  it  is  our  duty  to  especially  remember  him  in  some  enduring 
form  that  will  perpetuate  his  great  services.  He  used  to  go  on  the  plan- 
tation, in  the  rice  swamps,  on  the  high  way  and  in  the  by-way  preach- 
ing manhood  in  man  and  fatherhood  in  God.  May  his  memory  ever 
remain  green  among  us.  We  point  with  pride  to  the  results  of  twenty- 
five  years  accomplished  by  our  members  and  our  ministers,  who  have 
given  this  Church  to  the  race  and  to  the  country  at  large.    Those  of 


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the  past  and  of  the  present  are  men  of  whom  we  need  not  be  ashamed, 
socially  or  intellectually. 

Twenty-eight  years  ago  I  came  to  America  as  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  Church;  but  I  soon  found  that  there  was  no  place  for  the 
Negro  in  that  organization;  and  so  I  attached  myself  to  the  African 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  where  my  manhood  is  respected  and 
where  christian  associations  are  not  bounded  by  color.  The  fathers 
of  the  Church  are  passing  away.  There  are  but  few  of  those  remain- 
ing who  planted  our  standard  in  this  State.  Let  us  take  their  place 
with  the  same  devotion  and  zeal  that  they  manifested.  Let  us  set  up 
the  standard  of  Methodism  so  high  in  South  Carolina  that  its  prosperi- 
ty and  glory  may  be  seen  all  over  the  country.  The  good  work  is 
still  going  on ;  and  the  manhood  in  man  is  being  recognized — brain 
and  muscle  are  being  developed — souls  are  being  saved,  and  the 
Church  is  moving  onward.  There  is  no  Church  better  prepared  to  do 
this  work  than  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  All  we  ask 
is  an  equal  chance  in  the  race  of  life,  and  we  will  do  our  part,  and 
generations  coming  after  you  will  bless  your  name  for  the  services 
rendered  to  God  and  Church.  What  has  been  accomplished  is  but  a 
forerunner  of  what  is  to  come.  If  twenty-five  years  will  give  us 
men  who  are  prepared  to  put  us  on  paper  in  such  a  creditable  manner, 
we  may  expect  wonders  to  be  accomplished  in  the  next  fifty  years 
under  a  more  enlightened  and  progressive  civilization.  When  our 
people  shall  be  free  from  restraint  and  fully  developed,  we 
will  produce  such  gigantic  men  as  will  everywhere  command  respect. 
Some  of  our  white  fellow  citizens  are  very  much  troubled  about  our 
race  remaining  in  the  South,  and  are  devising  means  and  adopting  res- 
olutions to  remove  us  elsewhere.  We  have  just  as  much  right  to  ask 
that  the  white  people  leave  the  South  as  for  them  to  make  provision 
for  our  departure.  We  are  not  going  under  such  circumstances. 
The  hope  of  our  race  is  in  the  South.  We  have  lived  here  as  bond- 
men, and  we  can  live  and  succeed  here  as  freeman.  In  twenty-five 
years  we  have  built  churches  and  colleges  in  this  and  adjoining  states 
amounting  to  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars ;  and  while  we  are  ad- 
vancing in  education,  we  are  growing  in  grace.  Whatever  other  peo- 
ple may  think  of  their  churches,  we  certainly  love  ours  the  best.  It 
is  natural  for  us  to  love  our  own  babies  better  than  other  people's. 
Manhood  is  respected  here,  and  Christianity  is  more  than  a  sentiment; 
it  is  a  principle  and  a  guide  for  our  action.  We  think  our  Church  is 
the  best,  and  we  propose  to  make  it  better  in  the  next  twenty-five 
yea^s.  We  have  put  the  Church  in  regular  running  order  in  this  State, 
and  it  is  moving  on  progressively  and  successfully.  With  the  results 
that  have  been  attained,  African  Methodists  will  never  allow  its  flag 
to  be  trailed  in  the  dust.    [Loud  applause.] 


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ELDER  M.  B.  SALTERS. 
Elder  M.  B.  Salters  spoke  as  follows  : 

Bishop  and  Members  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference : — I  agree 
that  Richard  Harvey  Cain,  our  late  lamented  Bishop,  was  the  founder 
arid  father  of  the  African  Methodists  in  this  State.  We  are  soon  to 
enter  upon  our  great  Quarto-Centenary  Celebration  which  revives  the 
memory  of  the  heroes  of  the  past.  Very  little  seems  to  be  said  about 
Bishop  Cain.  There  is  a  monument  to  be  erected  to  the  late  A.  T. 
Carr  in  the  near  future ;  and  while  he  deserves  for  the  good  services 
that  he  did  for  the  Church  and  the  people,  we  must  not  forget  that 
Richard  Harvey  Cain  was  the  founder  and  forerunner  of  our  Church 
in  this  State.  When  he  came  among  us  we  had  no  church  and  no 
members;  and  when  he  organized  it  it  was  with  59  persons,  and  I  had 
the  honor  of  making  the  60th  member.  We  had  no  church,  no 
pulpit  and  not  anything,  nor  any  one  to  help  us  ;  but  up  to  his  knees 
he  would  be  in  the  mud  and  water  working  in  the  interest  of  the 
Church.  Elder  Cain  found  a  number  of  men  worthy  to  be  gospel 
shepherds,  and  brought  them  to  the  front.  He  spent  his  money  and 
his  time,  and  worked  hard  to  instruct  us  in  our  duties  and  responsibili- 
ties ;  and  through  his  efforts  such  men  as  Prof.  J.  W.  Morris,  who  is 
now  the  president  of  Allen  University,  were  brought  forward.  He 
helped  to  make  him  what  he  is.  He  has  done  so  much  for  our  Church 
and  its  ministers ;  and  yet  his  name  seems  to  be  sleeping.  This  Church 
inspired  the  pride  of  progressive  elements  of  our  people  who  rallied 
under  its  banners.  If  there  is  to  be  a  monument  to  Elder  Carr,  and 
he  deserves  it,  there  should  be  one  unveiled  to  the  memory  of  Bishop 
Cain.  I  could  not  sit  still  and  and  hear  you  call  the  name  of  Cain, 
without  being  moved  to  speak  in  memory  of  him.  All  that  I  am  to- 
day I  owe  to  the  inspiration  with  which  he  infused  me.  I  hope  some 
brother  will  see  what  I  am  trying  to  do  and  help  me  by  a  suggestion. 
Insomuch  as  there  is  to  be  a  monument  unveiled  to  Elder  Carr,  a 
very  worthy  African  Methodist  minister,  I  have  thought  that  on  some 
day  a  monument  somewhere  should  be  unveiled  to  the  memory  of 
Bishop  Cain,  who  did  so  much  for  the  cause  of  African  Methodism  in 
South  Carolina.  We  should  put  forth  an  effort  to  do  so  ;  for  he  was 
true  to  the  Negro  and  his  cause.  He  was  fearless  in  the  discharge  of 
his  duty  and  endured  persecution  with  fortitude.  He  was  arrested 
and  put  in  prison,  but  he  never  hesitated  in  the  cause  of  the  Church.  I 
hope  that  the  brethren  will  see  what  I  am  trying  to  do,  and  that  you 
will  devise  some  way  to  erect  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Bishop 
Cain,  the  true,  tried  and  faithful  African  Methodist.    [Loud  applause.] 


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BISHOP  B.  W.  ARNETT. 

Brethren  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference : — We  have  come  to  a 
very  important  period  in  the  work  of  our  Conference.  I  have  no  gen- 
eral charge  to  give  ;  but  I  want  to  call  your  attention  to  one  or  two  im- 
portant matters  before  we  adjourn  :  First  I  would  call  to  your  special 
consideration  your  resolution  in  reference  to  sending  Elder  Campbell 
back  to  Africa.  I  will  undertake  in  good  faith  to  carry  out  your  ac- 
tion committed  to  my  direction.  I  trust  you  will  assist  me.  You 
have  said  and  you  desire  me  to  say  that  the  expense  will  be  under- 
taken by  the  South  Carolina  and  the  Columbia  Annual  Conferences. 
It  will  require  about  five  hundred  dollars  to  send  him  back  to  Africa 
with  credit  as  our  representative  missionary  in  Liberia  ;  and  on  Easter 
day  we  trust  that  every  brother  with  a  congregation  will  see  that  that 
day  is  dedicated  to  the  cause  of  missions,  morning,  noon  and  night. 
The  contributions  of  your  congregations  on  that  day  will  be  for  chris- 
tian missions ;  and  in  that  way  we  will  be  ready  to  send  our  brother 
back  to  his  field  of  labor.  We  are  depending  on  you  to  do  your  part. 
Dr.  Derrick,  the  Missionary  Secretary,  will  no  doubt  appoint  a  sub- 
treasurer,  so  that  you  will  know  to  .  whom  to  send  your  missionary 
money,  in  order  that  this  work  will  be  carried  out.  Send  your  money 
to  him.  We  want  to  make  an  arrangement  through  which  he  will  send 
to  our  treasurer  for  his  money  ;  and  he  will  pledge  himself  to  the 
church.  I  have  pledged  myself  to  the  redemption  of  Africa ;  and 
God  helping  me,  we  will  have  the  five  hundred  dollars  to  send  Bro. 
Campbell  back  to  his  native  land.  I  trust  you  will  present  the  cause  forci- 
bly to  our  people — organize  your  women  into  Mite  Missionary  socie- 
ties— from  their  children  into  Missionary  associations — talk  a  Mission- 
ary Gospel  to  your  congregations,  and  by  God's  grace  you  will  do  a 
great  work  for  our  fatherland.  I  want  to  assure  our  well  beloved  Bro. 
Campbell  that  our  prayers  will  follow  him  to  his  distant  home.  We 
have  made  arrangements  with  Elder  S.  H.  Robertson  so  that  all  mon- 
ey collected  on  Endowment  Day  can  be  forwarded  to  Rev.  C.  P.  Nel- 
son, Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Allen  University,  at  Colum- 
bia, South  Carolina.  Having  a  Treasurer  here,  collections  can  be 
sent  directly  to  Allen  University,  received  on  Endowment  Day.  I 
trust  you  will  give  the  whole  day  to  the  collection  of  Endowment  mo- 
ney. We  want  to  do  all  that  we  can,  so  that  111  coming  up  next  year 
we  will  have  our  old  debts  paid,  and  that  this  year  will  enable  us  to 
pay  the  new  debt's  by  the  grace  of  God.  Do  not  forget  that  under  the 
new  arrangement  our  money  remains  in  South  Carolina.  I  am  re- 
solved to  do  all  that  I  can  to  advance  the  educational  work  of  this  dis- 
trict, and  the  general  work  so  far  as  it  comes  under  my  administration. 
I  implore  you  to  do  your  duty,  and  God  will  bless  you. 

The  Children's  Day  money  belongs  to  the  Sunday-School  Union, 
and  that  is  regulated  by  the  General  Conference.    In  transmitting 


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your  money,  if  you  will  purchase  a  money-order  at  the  Postoffice,  it 
cannot  be  lost.  It  is  like  a  man  who  puts  his  trust  in  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ ;  he  cannot  be  lost.  If  the  order  is  lost,  go  and  make  applica- 
tion for  another,  nnd  a  duplicate  will  be  issued. 

The  Educational  Department  is  under  my  administration.  I  am 
thus  enabled  with  the  co-operation  of  my  brethren  to  simplify  affairs  in 
forwarding  money.  While  I  have  control  of  this  matter,  the  other 
part  of  the  business  is  under  charge  of  Bishop  Payne.  These  inter- 
ests can  only  be  successfully  fostered  by  your  doing  your  duty  in  your 
respective  spheres. 

Now  then  as  to  our  Quarto-centenary  Celebration  which  will  take 
place  on  the  15th  of  May  next,  we  have  blanks  which  Elder  Barks- 
dale  who  is  the  Quarto-centenary  Secretary  of  this  Conference  will  give 
to  the  preachers  at  the  close  of  this  session.  You  will  carefully  read 
the  questions — obtain  the  information — correctly  write  down  the  an- 
swers, and  forward  them  to  Elder  Barksdale,  who  will  transmit  them  to 
the  presiding  elder.  You  will  have  the  kindness  to  be  accurate  in  the 
information  that  you  are  called  upon  to  give.  You  will  give  an 
account  of  each  of  the  quarterly  conferences,  stating  the  names  of 
each  of  the  elders,  so  that  the  book  we  intend  to  publish  as  a  history 
of  African  Methodism  in  this  state  will  contain  a  full  account  of  the 
affairs  of  our  Church,  including  presiding  elders,  preachers,  stewards, 
Sunday  school  superintendents  and  teachers,  and  in  fact  all  the  offi- 
cials of  our  several  churches.  You  will  have  the  goodness  to  put 
yourselves  to  a  little  trouble  to  obtain  and  record  the  information  de- 
sired. In  your  rounds  see  some  of  the  oldest  members,  and  get  their 
recollections.  Where  three  of  them  agree  as  to  any  statement,  put 
it  down  as  true ;  but  where  they  disagree,  try  to  strike  an  average. 
Sometimes  it  is  necessary  to  make  an  average  to  get  at  the  fact.  If 
four  persons  talk  about  the  same  thing,  and  all  disagree  upon  the 
main  fact,  it  is  best  to  strike  an  average.  If  you  cannot  write  down 
the  information  you  obtain,  get  some  intelligent  lady  or  gentleman  in 
your  community  to  write  it  for  you. 

Another  thing  I  want  to  say  to  the  brethren  is  to  please  to  avoid 
habits  that  are  not  consistent  with  Christianity.  Some  of  you  may  be 
moved  from  places  in  which  you  have  been  pleasantly  situated  and 
sent  in  your  stead  for  reasons  best  known  to  the  appointing  power. 
Brethren  going  back  to  their  former  charges  will  advance  the  cause 
of  God  and  Arican  Methodism  by  saying  a  kind  word  for  the  new 
pastor ;  and  you  should  do  all  you  can  to  make  his  reception  pleas- 
ant. When  the  people  ask  you,  "  what  kind  of  a  pastor  have  we  got 
this  year  ?  "  say  all  the  good  you  can.  It  is  in  the  power  of  a  retiring 
minister  to  make  it  very  pleasant  or  very  unpleasant  for  his  successor. 
I  trust  that  none  of  you  will  act  inconsistent  with  christian  courtesy. 
I  pray  that  you  will  all  go  out  as  brethren ;  and  if  you  cannot  say  any- 


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thing  good  of  your  successor,  do  not  injure  the  Church  by  representa- 
tions that  are  likely  to  cause  dissension.  I  pray  you  to-night  in  God's 
name  to  "  bear  one  another's  burdens,  and  so  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ." 
You  have  a  hard  time  to  get  along,  as  you  have  the  world,  the  flesh 
and  the  devil  to  contend  with;  and  when  you  have  a  preacher  against 
you,  it  is  worse  than  all  combined.  It  is  possible  to  ignore  the  world 
and  put  it  under  your  feet — it  is  possible  to  subdue  the  flesh — it  is  pos- 
sible to  tell  the  devil,  thus  far  shalt  thou  come  but  no  further;  but  the 
influence  and  opposition  of  a  preacher  permeates  every  grade  of  life, 
not  unfrequently  extending  from  the  family  altar  to  the  tomb.  In  this 
work  God  has  reasonably  prospered  us ;  and  if  we  go  out  in  the  spirit 
of  the  Master,  God  will  bless  you  and  the  work  committed  to  your 
care. 

In  making  up  the  appointments  we  have  considered  the  men  and 
their  families,  and  the  ability  of  the  place  to  support  them.  The  con- 
clusions reached  are  our  best  judgment  for  the  facts  we  have  before 
us.  It  may  not  p  ove  for  the  best ;  but  it  is  our  best  judgment  at  this 
time.  I  would  to  God  that  I  could  give  every  minister  a  good  appoint- 
ment. I  can  only  distribute  the  appointments  as  I  find  them.  In 
going  out  to  your  different  fields  of  labor,  I  enjoin  upon  you  to  work 
zealously.  When  I  give  you  appointments  I  expect  each  minister  to 
do  his  duty;  and  every  man  who  does  not  work  will  be  relegated  to 
the  rear.  If  you  go  to  a  church  that  needs  cleaning  and  repairing, 
and  you  do  not  do  it,  I  will  exercise  my  godly  judgment  and  remove 
you.  We  want  ministers  who  will  take  charge  of  churches  with  a  view 
to  improve  them.  Every  paster  should  enter  upon  his  work  as  did 
Brother  Barksdale,  at  Summerville,  last  year.  He  said,  "Bishop,  I 
am  going  to  work  to  finish  that  church;  "  and  he  succeeded  because 
he  had  resolved  to  do  so.  It  is  now  a  nice  place  of  worship,  tastily 
carpeted,  furnished  with  cushion  chairs,  and  everything  else  in  order. 
The  minister  who  takes  charge  of  a  church  and  improves  its  appear- 
ance will  make  a  most  favorable  impression  in  the  community.  A 
minister  should  take  off  his  coat  and  help  the  people  when  necessary, 
and  the  people  will  be  certain  to  help  him.  I  was  once  a  pastor  of  a 
Church  and  the  people  were  not  able  to  pay  for  the  services  of  a  sex- 
ton ;  and  I  performed  that  part  of  the  work  so  willingly,  and  in  the 
end  they  made  me  feel  glad  that  I  did  the  service.  Wire  n  you  are 
working  for  the  Church,  you  are  working  for  God  ;  and  if  the  people 
do  not  pay  you,  he  will  in  some  way  bountefully  reward  you.  Some- 
times what  you  lack  in  brains,  you  make  up  in  muscle.  If  you  have 
not  bram,  a  little  honest  labor  on  your  churches  would  make  up  for 
deficiencies  in  other  respects.  I  shall  certainly  investigate  your  man- 
ner of  administration — whether  you  have  made  the  necessary  improve- 
ments upon  your  church — whether  you  have  sealed  it — whether  the 
seats  are  stationary — whether  it  has  a  good  flooring — whether  you  have 


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put  up  a  parsonage,  and  I  shall  make  such  other  inquires  as  will  enable 
me  to  judge  whether  you  are  fitted  to  be  a  pastor  of  our  progressive 
congregations.  If  you  will  do  your  duty,  the  people  will  take  care  of 
you  in  proportion.  Let  the  people  see  that  you  are  taking  a  great 
deal  of  interest  in  their  temporal  as  well  as  their  spiritual  welfare,  and 
they  will  show  a  corresponding  amount  of  appreciation. 

Pastors  are  very  much  surprised  sometimes  because  they  are 
moved;  and  often  it  is  not  deemed  expedient  to  acquaint  them  with 
the  cause.  You  may  always  rely  upon  it  that  in  such  cases  the  reasons 
are  amply  sufficient  in  the  judgment  of  the  appointing  power.  I  re- 
ceived a  letter  late  last  evening  that  read  something  like  this:  "My 
wife  has  been  sick  for  eighteen  months,  and  my  preacher  did  not  visit 
her  during  that  period.''  Now  visiting  is  part  of  the  pastor's  duty.  I 
could  call  the  brother's  name,  and  he  knows  who  it.  is.  [Laughter.]  Such 
an  omission  of  duty,  talked  about  in  any  congregation,  would  impair 
a  minister's  usefulness  in  any  community.  I  charge  you  especially  to 
visit  the  sick,  and  if  they  are  poor,  take  a  loaf  of  bread  with  you. 
Your  prayers  will  make  a  deeper  impression,  especially  if  they  are 
hungry  when  they  eat  the  bread.  Some  ministers  make  it  very  con- 
venient to  visit  well  people  every  day ;  but  they  cannot  find  time  to 
visit  a  sick  person  once  a  week.  God  will  bless  the  labors  of  that  pas- 
tor who  faithfully  performs  his  duty  to  the  living  and  dying ;  and  all 
such  will  have  a  good  influence  in  the  community  in  which  they  re- 
side,   I  believe  that  is  all  I  have  to  say.     May  God  bless  you. 


"IMPORTANT  FAOTS." 


BISHOP  B.   W.  ARNETT. 

Members  of  the  Conference : 

I  have  a  few  facts  to  present  to  you  for  your  consideration  and  con- 
templation. As  a  result  of  your  labors  and  sacrifices,  when  I  look  into 
your  faces,  I  recognize  the  heroes  of  one  of  the  grandest  conflicts  the 
leaders  of  our  'race  here  ever  engaged  in,  and  they  never  came  out  of 
one  with  a  greater  triumph  than  you  have  before  you  to-day.  Look 
at  the  men  and  women  before  me.  I  am  proud  to  be  your  leader  and 
Bishop.  Pray  that  God  may  give  us  grace  and  power  to  do  the  work 
before  us. 

At  the  first  meeting  in  this  city,  on  May  15,  1865,  the  following 
persons  were  present:    Bishop  D.  A.  Payne,  presiding;  Rev.  J.  A. 


REV.  JAMES  D.  S.  HALL, 
Appointsd  Missionary  to  South  Carolina^  1863. 


REV.  JAS.  A.  HANDY,  D.  D.  . 
Financial  Secretary. 
One  of  the  three  Original  Members  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference. 


"  IMPORTANT  FACTS." 


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Handy  and  James  Lynch,  Secretaries.  The  following  persons  were 
transferred  to  the  South  Carolina  Conference :  Rev.  A.  L.  Stanford, 
T.  G.  Steward,  of  the  Ohio  Conference;  G.  W.  Brodie,  of  Canada; 
George  A.  Reel,  of  New  England;  R.  H.  Cam,  of  New  York,  and 
J.  A.  Handy  and  J.  H.  A.  Johnson,  of  the  Baltimore  Conference. 
There  was  $47.48  for  contingent  expenses  raised. 

The  first  pastor  to  receive  a  salary  in  his  State  was  the  Rev.  Wm. 
Bently,  a  local  preacher,  who  received  $150  and  reported  the  same  to 
the  Conference,  he  having  been  taken  up  by  Rev.  James  Lynch. 

ENROLLMENT   OF  MINISTERS. 


Columbia  Conference  Enrollment     197 

South  Carolina  Conference  Enrollment   165 

Total   362 

APPOINTMENTS. 

Columbia  Conference   145 

South  Carolina  Conference   102 

Total   247 

PRESIDING  ELDERS. 

Columbia  Conference   7 

South  Carolina  Conference    6 

Total   13 

Grand  total  appointments   260 

SUPPORT  OF  MINISTERS. 

Columbia  Conference,  P.  E.  support  $    7174  00 

South  Carolina  Conference,  P.  E.  support   6685  96 

Total  $13,859  96 

PASTOR'S  SUPPORT. 

Columbia  Conference  ..$36,294  50 

South  Carolina  Conference   27,030  67 

Total  support  of  pastors  $63,325  21 

RECAPITULATION. 

Total  P.  E.  support  $13,859  96 

Total  Pastor's  support   63,325  21 

Total  in  State  $77,185  17 

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MEMBERS    OF    THE    SOUTH    CAROLINA   ANNUAL  CONFERENCE,  1890,  BY 
PRESIDING  ELDER  DISTRICTS. 

Full  Financial 

Probationers.            Members.  Members. 


Charleston  •I,°9S  5,*6o  4,760 

Georgetown                                           2,582  9,056  8,056 

Marion                                                   1,562  5,483  4,485 

Beaufort                                                   580  4,438  3,438 

Mt.  Pleasant                                            1,649  4>936  3,961 

Edisto                                                   1,887  7,226  6,226 


Totals   9,355       36>299  3°>926 


Thus  you  see  that  we  have  in  the  State  three  classes  of  members  : 
the  probationers  and  full  members,  which  gives  us  a  total  of  45,654 
members  in  this  Conference  ;  then  we  have  the  members  that  the  Pre- 
siding Elders  and  officers  collect  assessments  from,  which  are  about 
30,926,  which  is  a  very  fair  proportion  of  the  members;  but  I  hope 
the  officers  will  not  hang  this  tenure  of  membership  on  the  payment  of 
money.  Money  is  a  good  thing,  but  the  moral  character,  the  immor- 
tal soul,  is  not  to  be  counted  by  dollars;  we  must  count  every  one  a 
member  "  who  has  the  form  and  is  seeking  the  power  of  godliness." 

THE    MEMRERS    OF    THE    COLUMBIA    ANNUAL    CONFERENCE,   1890,  BY 
PRESIDING  ELDER  DISTRICTS. 

Financial 

Probationers.  Members.  Members. 


Abbeville   1,360  6,562  5,562 

Columbia   624  5, 061  4,061 

New  Berry  ...  1,346  5,625  4,600 

Greenville   869  3,273  2,737 

Orangeburgh   1,600  6,288  5,288 

Manning   572  5,006  4,006 

Sumter   457  4,577  3>577 


Totals   6,828       36,392  29,771 


Now  if  we  add  the  probationers  to  the  members  we  have  43,220 
as  the  total  roll  of  the  members,  but  the  repeated  members,  as  finan- 
cial members,  does  not  give  the  true  census  of  the  Church.  We  want 
to  keep  all  the  members,  good,  bad  and  indifferent.  The  above  totals 
give  about  the  true  estimate  of  the  Conference;  but  we  generally  allow 
about  three  persons  who  are  friends  to  the  Church,  that  would  give  a 
population  in  the  Columbia  Conference  of  129,660  men  and  women 
who  depend  on  the  ministers  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  for  the  bread  of 
life,  and  the  way  to  heaven. 

We  find  that  the  Columbia  Conference  has  a  membership  of 
43,220,  and  the  South  Carolina  Conference  has  45,654,  or  a  total  of 
88,874  in  the  State  of  South  Carolina  now.  If  the  people  of  the  Church 
is  as  all  others  number,  then  we  have  an  adult  population  in  the  State 


"  IMPORTANT  FACTS." 


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of  226,622  persons  to  inform  as  to  their  duty  to  themselves,  to  family, 
society,  country  and  to  God.  What  an  important  work  for  the  Church. 
How  important  to  the  men  who  are  to  be  the  moral,  religious,  educa- 
tional and  financial  leaders  of  this  people,  who  trust  us  as  a  child  trusts 
its  parent.  The  head,  heart  and  hands  of  those  men  and  women  are 
to  be  taught  and  trained  for  usefulness.  We  must  use  all  of  our  avail- 
able forces,  and  throw  them  into  the  contest,  on  the  side  of  religion, 
education  and  morality. 

The  reserve  army  is  the  Sunday  school.  It  is  to  take  our  places 
in  the  future.  What  are  the  Churches  doing  toward  the  training  of  the 
coming  generations. 

The  Columbia  Annual  Conference  has  281  Sunday  schools,  with 
1405  officers,  and  1444  teachers,  and  reports  16,205  pupils,  with  over 
15,650  volumes  in  the  library. 

The  South  Carolina  Conference  has  240  Sunday  schools,  icoo  of- 
ficers, 1655  teachers,  20,440  pupils  and  30,000  books  in  the  library. 

This  gives  us  in  the  State  of  South  Carolina  521  Sunday  schools, 
2405  officers,  3099  teachers,  36,645  pupils,  or  a  total  Sunday  school 
army  of  42,670  children  in  the  A.  M.  E.  .Sunday  schools.  But  our  re- 
sponsibilities stop  not  with  those  in  school,  but  there  are  three  for  every 
one  in  school  at  home,  or  an  army  of  128.070  that  we  must  go  and 
look  after.  These  are  the  lost  lambs  of  African  Methodism.  We  must 
look  for  these  and  bring  them  into  the  fold,  and  save  them  to  the 


Church  and  for  the  race. 

We  now  have  some  idea  of  the  work  before  us.  Let  us  marshal 
the  army  of  the  State  in  one  grand  column,  with  banners  flying : 

1.  Bishops    1 

2.  Presiding  Elders   13 

3.  Ministers  and  Pastors   350 

4.  Local  Preachers   907 

5.  Exhorters   517 

6.  Stewards    2,382 

7.  Stewardesses   2,463 

8.  Class  Leaders   4,167 

9.  Probationary  Members   16,180 

10.  Full  Members   73,266 

11.  Trustees  of  our  Churches   2,596 

12.  Sextons     505 

13.  Choirs   450 

14.  Organs  and  Organists   325 

15.  The  Church  Population  of    226,622 

16.  Teachers  and  Officers  of  Sunday  schools   5-5°4 

17.  Pupils...   36,645 

18.  Organs  in  Sunday  school   475 

19.  Little  ones  at  Home   128,010 


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The  little  ones  at  home  are  sent  for  and  join  in  the  procession. 
We  find  128,010  of  them  who  are  not  able  to  attend  school  regularly 
for  various  causes. 

We  find  in  the  procession  170,685  children  and  226,622  members 
and  friends,  or  a  grand  army  of  397,302  African  Methodists  in  the 
State  of  South  Carolina.  Just  think  of  it.  Now  if  they  march  3  feet 
apart  and  two  abreast,  there  will  be  3700  in  each  mile,  and  397,302  of 
them  will  take  120  miles,  or  they,  if  in  a  line,  would  reach  from  Col- 
bia  to  within  ten  miles  of  Charleston,  S.  C. , — all  in  twenty-five  years. 
How  wonderful.  If  we  would  take  our  church  organs  and  choirs  in 
the  State  and  station  one  each  half  mile,  we  could  have  each  one  one- 
fourth  of  a  mile,  and  they  would  furnish  music  for  the  procession  to 
march  by.  They  would  furnish  a  continuous  song  for  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  miles,  or  from  Philadelphia  to  Washington  City.  These 
are  facts  for  you  to  think  on. 

The  number  of  appointments  in  the  Columbia  Conference  are 
151,  who  gave  their  pastors  as  support  last  year  the  sum  of  $36,204.54, 
or  an  average  to  each  pastor  of  $240.35.  The  seven  Presiding  Elders 
received  the  sum  of  $7174,  or  an  average  of  $1024.85  for  each,  travel- 
ing expenses  and  all. 

The  South  Carolina  Conference  has  103  appointments,  which 
gave  a  total  support  for  year  ending  December,  1889,  of  $27,036.67, 
or  an  average  of  $274. 14  to  each  preacher.  The  six  Presiding  Elders 
received  for  their  services  $6688.95,  or  an  average  of  $1114.82  per 
annum. 

This  will  give  us  something  of  the  condition  of  the  work  financial- 
ly, after  twenty-five  years.  These  facts  are  worth  our  study  and  the 
study  of  the  Church. 

Another  important  fact  is  the  semi-quadrennial  report  of  the  Sev- 
enth district  of  Dollar  Money,  compared  with  the  last  two  years  be- 
fore the  General  Conference. 


DOLLAR  MONEY. 


COLUMBIA  CONFERENCE. 


1886.  Arnett  $2212  38 

1887.  Arnett    3036  40 


1888.  Handy  $3594  15 

1889.  Handy   4301  00 


Total  for  two  years... $5 248  78 
Arnett's  total  


Total  for  two  years... $7 895  15 


5248  78 


Increase  for  two  years, 


$2646  37 


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1887.  Arnett   $2704  69        1889.    Handy  $2813  00 

1888.  Arnett   3022  00       1889.    Handy   4T57  75 

Total  for  two  years... $5726  69          Total  for  two  years... $69 70  75 
Arnett's  total   5 7 26  69 

Increase  for  two  years  $1244  06 

FLORIDA  CONFERENCE. 

1886.  Arnett   $  834  50        1888.    Handy  $1207  95 

1887.  Arnett    1016  00        1889.    Handy    1870  00 

Total  for  two  years... $1850  50           Total  for  two  years... $307 7  95 
Arnett's  total   1850  50 

Increase  for  two  years  $1227  45 

EAST  FLORIDA  CONFERENCE. 

1887.  Arnett   $1754  68        1889.     Handy  $2523  69 

1888.  Arnett    2159  25        1890.    Handy   4463  85 

Total  for  two  years... $39 1 3  93          Total  for  two  years... $7987  51 
Arnett's  total   39 13  93 

Increase  for  two  years   $3°73  58 

INCREASE  IN  DOLLAR   MONEY  IN    TWO  YEARS. 

1890.  Columbia  $2646  37 

1890.  South  Carolina   1244  06 

1890.  Florida   1227  45 

1890.  East  Florida   3073  58 

Total  increase  $8191  46 

Florida  Conference  increase  $1207  45 

East  Florida  Conference  increase   1940  19 

Increase  in  State  $3147  64 

Dollar  Money.  1890.  1889. 

South  Carolina  $  4157  oo  $  2810  00 

Columbia                                                     4301  00  3594  r5 

Florida                                                         1870  00  1207  95 

East  Florida                                                 4463  85  2459  25 

Total  $14,49!  85      $10,071  35 

14,491  85 

Total  for  two  years  ..$24,863  20 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


The  following  shows  the  relative  membership  in  the  Methodist 
Church  in  the  city  of  Charleston.  It  will  be  seen  that  colored  mem- 
bers are  very  numerous,  and  for  a  long  time,  were  in  the  majority. 
Methodism  always  had  a  facinating  power  over  the  colored  man.  It 
will  always  have  power  with  them  so  long  as  it  remains  the  true  expo- 
nent of  the  principle  of  the  Fatherhood  of  God  and  the  Brotherhood 
of  Man.  The  A.  M.  E.  Church  of  to-day  is  the  true  exponent  of  these 
principles.    But  here  are  the  facts  : 


CHARLESTON,  S.  C. 


STATISTICS. 


STATE. 
Colored. 


UNITED  STATES. 


1773, 
1774, 

1775, 
1776, 

1777, 
1778, 

1779, 
1780, 
1781, 
1782, 

1783, 
1784, 

1785, 
1786, 

1787, 
1788, 
1789, 
1790, 

I791, 
1792, 

1793, 
1794, 

1795' 
1796, 

1797, 
1798, 

!799> 
1800, 
1801, 
1802, 
1803, 
1804, 
1805, 
1806, 


23 
53 
65 
69 

77 
119 

282 
169 
220 
280 

3°5 
409 
421 
420 
440 
428 

438 
670 
900 

9°3 
,ooo 


35 
34 
5° 
52 
5i 
66 
48 

50 
60 

65 
76 

65 
76 
72 
60 
54 
57 
69 

65 
62 
62 


M89 
1,168 
1,360 

2-815 
3,446 
2,815 

4,389 


24 


49 
54 


104 
1,860 
3,893 
6,543 
8,243 
11,682 
12,884 

13,871 
16,227 

13,814 
12, 170 
11,280 
12,218 
12,302 
12, 238 

i3,452 
15,588 
18,659 

22,453 

23,53! 
24,316 

27,257 


1, 170 

2,073 

3,J48 
4,921 

7,967 
6,095 

"8V577 
10,529 

11,785 
i3,74o 
17,988 
18,000 
18,791 
21,949 
30,809 
35,OI9 
45,949 
63, 260 
52,000 
5^416 

52,494 
48, 121 

45,384 
46,445 
47,867 

49,TI5 
5r,442 
58,186 

63,075 
81,617 
88,603 

95,629 
103,313 


' '  IMPORTANT  FACTS." 


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1807,  I.  108 

1808,  1-145 

1809,  1,650 

1810,  1,808 

1811,  2,223 

1812,  3,128 

1813,  3.604 


80  4,432 

122  5,432 

15°  6,374 

145  7w°2 

226  9,I29 

232  11,061 

321  13,170 

''OLD  SAXCHO  COOPER. 


29,863  H4,727 

30,308  121,687 

31,884  i3I-I54 

34,724  I37-336 

35-723  T48-835 

3  s  5  0  5  I56-852 

42,850  171.448 


The  Columbia  Times  says  that  connected  with  the  Washington- 
street  Church  in  that  city  is  a  society  for  [mutua  limprovement.  com- 
posed of  its  colored  members,  who  meet  together  once  a  week.  They 
have  founded  a  "  poor  fund"  out  of  which  small  contributions  are 
made  to  those  who  may  desire  to  purchase  a  few  luxuries  for  them- 
selves, or  those  who  by  reason  of  their  age  or  infirmities  are  unable  to 
furnish  such  luxuries  for  themselves.  There  is  a  surplus  now  in  their 
little  treasury,  which  is  faithfully  kept  and  regularly  accounted  for  by 
one  of  the  members  of  the  society.  Their  meetings  are  presided  over 
by  Sancho  Cooper,  an  old  negro,  who  was  a  body-servant  of  that  no- 
ted skeptic.  Dr.  Thomas  Cooper.  There  is  an  interesting  little  history 
connected  with  Sancho  Cooper.  His  master,  although  a  Deist  and 
disbeliever  in  religion,  entertained  great  respect  for  the  zeal  of  Sancho 
and  bore  testimony  to  his  uniformly  correct  and  upright  character,  and 
by  way  of  attesting  his  respect  for  him  Dr.  Cooper  gave  him  a  Family 
Bible,  the  Bible  of  his  aged  father,  who  was  a  minister  of  the  Gospel : 
and  in  his  will  left  him  a  small  annuity. 

This  old  negro  was  brought  a  slave  from  Africa  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen years,  and  has  often  been  heard  to  give  praise  and  thanks  to  his 
Heavenly  Master  that  he  was  translated  from  the  darkness  of  heathen- 
ism to  the  "glorious light  and  liberty  of  the  Gospel  of  the  Son  of  God." 
One  of  the  most  interesting  incidents  that  occurred  during  the  sessions 
of  the  Conference  was  the  contribution  of  Professor  J.  H.  Carlisle  of 
ten  dollars  to  constitute  old  Sancho  Cooper  a  life-member  of  the  Mis- 
sionary Society.  This  truthful  history  of  an  humble  Christian  slave 
far  outweighs  ten  thousand  such  unnatural  and  distorted  hctions  as 
Uncle  Tom's  Cabin." 

Twenty-five  years  ago  our  fathers  did  not  own  one  foot  of  ground, 
nor  one  home :  but  the  following  facts  should  encourage  you.  Then 
you  must  remember  that  this  property  belongs  to  the  Church. 
Wherever  you  go  and  find  an  A.  M.  E.  church,  it  is  yours.  The  man 
who  belongs  to  Bush  Arbor,  and  goes  to  Boston,  he  enters  that  fine 
church  and  says  this  is  our  church — because  he  belongs  to  the  Arbor 
church,  he  is  at  home  and  has  all  the  rights  of  the  members  who  have 
been  there  for  twenty-five  vears.     But  to  the  facts. 


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CHURCH  PROPERTY. 

Columbia  Conference  has  259  Buildings  valued  at  $149,322 

South  Carolina       "         246         "  "    1 5 7? 5 7 5 

Total  No.  Churches  505  Total  valuation  $306,897 

Columbia  Conference  has    62  Parsonages  valued  at  $18,067 

South  Carolina       "  54         "  "    16,920 

Total  Parsonages  116  Total  valuation  $34,987 

Total  valuation  of  churches  and  parsonages  in  the  State  of  South 
Carolina  $341,884.  And  this  has  all  been  accumulated  since  May  15/65. 

SUNDAY  SCHOOLS  IN  1890. 

Columbia  Conference,  Sunday  schools   281 

11  "  Teachers  and  Officers   1,655 

"  "  Pupils  19,440 

Total  21,095 

South  Carolina  Conference,  Sunday  schools   240 

"  "  Teachers  and  Officers   ...  1,244 

"  "  Pupils  I55205 

Total  16,449 

Total  No.  Schools  in  State   521 

Total  Teachers  and  Officers   2,899 

Total  Pupils  34,655 

Grand  total  in  State    37,544 


Amount  of  money  raised  for  support  of  ministers  m  States  of 
South  Carolina,  Georgia,  North  Carolina  and  Florida  in  1866  was 
$3771.  This  was  the  support  of  the  seven  missionaries  who  occupied  the 
territory  now  occupied  by  eight  Annual  Conferences. 

The  members  reported  after  one  year's  labor  were  22,338. 

In  the  same  field  was  reported  in  1867  for  pastor's  support 
$13,355.55.  Amount  collected  for  support  of  Bishops  for  one  year 
was  $197  ;  amount  raised  for  missionary  purposes  for  1866-67  $941. 76 ; 
membership  as  reported  50,441 ;  beside  Sunday  school  pupils  12,608. 

Grand  total  of  amount  of  money  raised  in  State  of  South  Carolina 
for  all  purposes  for  the  year  ending  December,  1889 : 

COLUMBIA  CONFERENCE. 


Abbeville  District,  W.  M.  Thomas 
Columbia  District,  A.  Weston  


,$14,203  80 
•  10,318  58 


1 1  IMPORTANT  FACTS. "  l6l 


Greenville  District,  J.  W.  Likes   8.074  95 

Maning  District,  E.  D.  Speerman   8,285  63 

New  Berry  District,  Hiram  Young   10?l6~  82 

Orangeburg  District,  C.  P.  Nelson   11,024  43 

Sumpter  District,  S.  H.  Jefferson    5.-974  43 


Total  for  Columbia  Conference  $68,649  49 

SOUTH   CAROLINA  CONFERENCE. 

Charleston  District,  J.  F.  Dart  $  7,201  50 

Georgetown  District,  N.  B.  Sterrit   10,058  86 

Marion  District,  S.  Washington   8,409  63 

Beaufort  District,  S.  W.  Bellamy   6,505  00 

Mt  Pleasant  District,  S.  F.  Flegler   6,458  91 

Edisto  District,  L.  R.  Nichols   11,108  ;o 


Total  for  South  Carolina  Conference  $49,742  40 

RECAPITULATION. 

Columbia  Conference  $  68,649  49 

South  Carolina  Conference   49-74-  40 


Grand  total  $118,391  89 


Another  fact  worth  knowing  is  that  the  Columbia  Conference  has 
contributed  for  the  support  of  Allen  University,  in  two  years,  $3,378. 
South  Carolina,  the  mother  Conference,  has  given  for  the  same  pur- 
pose $3,040.51.  Thus,  in  two  years,  the  members  of  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church  in  South  Carolina  have  contributed  for  the  cause  of  Christian 
Education  the  sum  of  $6,418. 21. 

While  they  have  been  doing  this  Florida,  the  other  part  of  the  dis- 
trict, has  not  been  asleep.  Florida  Conference  has  contributed,  in 
two  years,  $794.00.  The  East  Florida  has  laid  on  the  altar  $2,504. 47  ; 
or  the  State  of  Florida  has  given,  in  two  years,  $3,297.47.  The  total 
contributed  in  the  District,  $9,715.98. 

Another  fact  which  should  encourage  us  is  the  amount  of  Dollar 
Money  which  has  been  raised  in  our  State  and  Conference  : 


Conference.                     1889.  1890.  Total. 

Columbia                      $  3?  594  *5  $  4,3QI  °°  $  7,895  15 

South  Carolina                   2,813  00  4>J37  °°  6,970  00 

Florida                            1,207  95  1,870  00  3>°77  95 

East  Florida                     2,523  25  4,463  85  6,987  10 

Grand  Total  from  Dis-  

trict  for  1889   $  10,128  35  

Grand  Total  for  1890   $14,791  85  

Grand  Total     $24,920  20 


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Ordinations  in  the  District, 
first  year  1888-89. 


Conference.  Deacons.  Elders.  Total. 

Columbia   9  10  19 

South  Carolina   6  5  n 

Florida   8  8  16 

East  Florida   15  12  27 

Totals   38  35  73 

SECOND  YEAR,  1889-90. 

Conference.  Deacons.  Elders.  Total. 

Columbia    16  21  39 

South  Carolina   3  5  8 

Florida   5  12  17 

East  Florida   24  11  35 

Totals   48  49  97 

GRAND  TOTALS  FOR  TWO  YEARS. 

Deacons — 86.  Elders — 84.  Total — 170. 


In  1803  the  first  Society  was  organized  in  South  Carolina  to  assist 
in  educating  the  colored  youth.  The  following  were  some  of  the 
members  and  officers :  Joseph  Humphries,  Thomas  S.  Bonnean, 
James  Mitchell,  William  Cooper,  Charles  Huger,  William  Clark  and 
Richard  Holloway. 

The  first  young  man  aided  by  this  Society  was  Daniel  A.  Payne. 
He  attendtd  the  "  Bonnean  School"  taught  by  Thomas  L.  Bonnean, 
principal,  and  Mr  William  McKinney,  assistant ;  he  attended  the 
school  about  three  years. 

Daniel  Alexander  Payne  opened  his  first  school  in  Charleston, 
S.  C,  in  1829,  and  taught  until  prohibited  by  the  laws  of  South  Car- 
olina. He  sailed  from  Charleston,  S.  C,  for  New  York,  May  9th,  at 
4  p.  m.,  1835. 

In  1822  Rev.  Morris  Brown  was  the  Elder  in  charge  of  the  work 
in  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  the  following  were  the  local  ministers: 
Henry  Drayton,  Henry  Bull,  Charles  Carr,  John  B.  Mathews,  Mar- 
cus Brown,  deacon,  James  Eden,  Amos  Cruckshanks,  London  Tur- 
pin,  Smart  Simpson,  Alexander  Harleston. 

May  17th,  1822,  the  following  action  was  taken  by  the  Philadel- 
phia Conference, 

Resolved,  That  the  Bishop  shall  offer  Henry  Drayton  and  Charles 
Carr  to  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Charleston,  S.  C.,  for  the  office 
of  Elders,  viz.,  the  Quarterly  Conference  shall  set  them  both  up  as 


AFRICAN  METHODISM   IN  WEST  FLORIDA. 


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candidates  for  the  office  of  Elders,  and  the  one  that  has  a  majority  of 
votes,  shall  be  ordained  in  New  York. 

At  this  time  there  were  1,400  members  in  the  Society  in  Charles- 
ton, S.  C.  The  pastor  of  the  congregation  was  the  Rev.  Morris 
Brown,  who  was  elected  and  ordained  second  Bishop  of  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church,  in  1828,  at  Philadelphia.  He  was  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C, 
in  1770,  and  died  May  9,  1840,  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

The  sixth  Bishop  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  was  also  a  South  Car- 
olinian ;  Bishop  Daniel  A.  Payne  grew  up  in  the  M.  E.  Church  in 
Charleston,  was  trained  in  its  Sunday  School;  he  joined  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church  in  1841,  Bethel  Church,  Philadelphia.  He  was  appointed 
pastor  of  Israel  Church,  Washington,  D.  C. ,  was  elected  and  ordained 
Bishop,  May,  1852.    He  was  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  Feb.  24,  1811. 

Daniel  A.  Payne  returned  to  S.  C,  May  15,  1865,  to  organize 
the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  He  brought  with  him  James  Lynch,  T.  G. 
Stewart,  J.  A.  Handy  and  J.  H.  A.  Johnson. 

Rev.  J.  H.  A.  Johnson  and  Rev.  T.  G.  Stewart  were  the  first 
Elders  ordained  by  a  colored  Bishop  in  South  Carolina. 

Bishop  Henry  M.  Turner,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  wis  born  in  New- 
bury, S.  C,  Feb.  1,  1833.  Licensed  to  preach  by  Dr.  Boyd.  M.  E. 
Church  work  1853,  in  Abbey ville,  S.  C.  Was  ordained  Deacon  i860 
and  Elder  by  Bishop  Payne  April  25,  1362.  Ordained  Bishop  by 
Bishop  Payne,  May  20,  1880. 

Bishop  Richard  Harvey  Cain,  D.  D.,  was  elected  while  Presiding 
Elder  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference. 

The  first  Book  Steward  1836,  was  the  Rev.  J.  M.  Carr,  of 
South  Carolina. 

The  Rev.  S.  F.  Flegler,  the  Missionary  of  1878,  was  from  South 
Carolina. 

The  first  ship  purchased  by  the  Christian  Negro  to  redeem  Africa 
was  bought  by  South  Carolina. 

The  Rev.  demons  Irons,  local  preacher  of  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church,  built  the  first  boat  in  Liberia,  Africa,  in  1889. 


INTRODUCTION  OF  AFRICAN  METHODISM  IN  WEST  FLORIDA. 


REV.    A.    J.  KERSHAW. 

"  Heave  not  a  stone,  carve  not  a  line,  but  leave  me  alone  with 
my  glory,"  so  says  the  immortal  Charles  H.  Pearce.  Paint  us  as  we 
are,  work  and  all,  so  repeats  the  early  heroes  of  Florida's  Methodism. 


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"  Coming  events  cast  their  shadows  before  them,"  thunders  the  God- 
constructed  African  Methodism  of  Florida.  The  first  steps  taken  to 
organize  an  A.  M.  E.  Church  was  at  Tallahassee,  Fla. ,  in  1866,  when 
Robert  Meachem,  assisted  by  the  following  officers,  viz.,  David  Cole, 
Handover  Haly,  George  Bloxham,  Robert  Kent  and  Robert  Braden, 
which  withdrew  from  the  M.  E.  Church,  South,  bringing  with  them  to 
the  A.  M.  E.  Connection  1 16  members.  The  first  Annual  Conference 
that  was  organized  was  at  Tallahassee,  Fla.,  June  8,  1867,  under  the 
supervision  of  Bishop  A.  W.  Wayman.  B.  W.  Quinn  was  elected 
Secretary.  The  following  is  the  minutes  of  the  said  session  in  the 
Florida  Annual  Conference,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Tallahassee,  Fla. 

Religious  services  were  conducted  at  its  opening  by  Bishop  A.W. 
Wayman.  B.  W.  Quinn  was  chosen  Secretary.  The  following  disci- 
plinary questions  were  asked. 

Question  4.  What  preachers  are  admitted  on  trial  ?  Ans.  Allen 
Jones,  Fuller  White,  H.  E.  Bryant,  Jacob  Livingston,  Peter  Spears, 
William  Clemmings,  John  Pope,  Cupid  Wilson,  Noah  Graham,  Jesse 
McCormick,  David  Foster,  Joseph  Alexander,  John  W.  McDougal, 
Solomon  D.  Stewart,  and  Samuel  Morgan. 

Question  5.  How  many  remain  on  trial  ?  Ans.  Wm.  Brad- 
well,  Dennis  Wood,  Richard  Brigadere  and  David  Young. 

Question  6.  Who  are  admitted  into  full  connection?  Ans. 
Robert  Meachem  and  Mack  Stewart. 

Question  7.  Who  are  the  deacons  ?  Ans.  Dennis  Wood  and 
David  Young. 

Question  8.  Who  have  been  elected  and  ordained  Deacons  and 
Elders  this  year  ?  Ans.  Deacons: — Allen  Jones,  F.  White,  W.  Rivers, 
G.  Vaughm,  E  Foreman,  H.  E.  Bryant,  J.  Livingstone,  P.  Spears, 
W.  Clemmings,  C.  Wilson,  Noah  Graham,  J.  McCormick,  D.  Foster, 
Jos.  Alexander,  J.  W.  McDougal,  Samuel  Morgan,  R.  Brigadere,  B. 
W.  Quinn,  S.  D.  Stewart.  Elders :— D.  Wood,  A.  Jones,  G. 
Vaughn,  R.  Brigadere,  W.  Rivers  and  B.  W.  Quinn. 

Question  16.  What  members  are  in  society?  Ans.  Total, 
4,698. 

Question  17.    Where  are  preachers  stationed  this  year? 


TALLAHASSEE  DISTRICT. 


C.  H.  Pearce 


1.  Tallahassee  Station 

2.  Tallahassee  Mission 

3.  Leon  Co.  Mission.. 

4.  Quincy  


Presiding  Elder 
....C.  H.  Pearce 
..J.  McCormick 
...Geo.  Vaughn 
...B.  W.  Quinn 


5.  St.  John  

6.  Chattahoochie  

7.  Monticello  Station 


...Allen  Jones 
David  Foster 


Robert  Meachem 


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165 


Concord    H.  E.  Bryant 

Acello  Sol  D.  Stewart 

Turkey  Scratch  E.  Foreman 

Madison  Major  Johnson 

Live  Oak  Levi  Taylor 

Lake  City  David  Youngr 

Mount  Tamer  R.  Brigadere 

Jacksonville  Wm.  Brad  well 

Palatka  ^  Dennis  Wood 

Sanderson  Samuel  Morgan 

St.  Augustine  J.  Smith 

Valdosta  J.  W.  McDougal 

Bainbridge  A.  Thornton 

MAR  I  ANN  A  DISTRICT. 

Stewart  Presiding  Elder 

Marianna  Station  Mack  Stewart 

Bethlehem  Fuller  White 

Antioch  S.  Livingston 

Springfield  J.  Livingston 

Campbellton  ,  Wm.  Clemmings 

Apalachacola  =  Wm.  Rivers 

Calhoun  Mission  Peter  Spears 

Woodville   Wm.  Ely 

Holmes'  Valley  C.  Baker 

Vallev  Mission  Jacob  Rusk 


On  motion  Conference  adjourned. 

A.  W.  WAYMAX,  Presiding  Bishop. 

B.  W.  Quinn,  Secretary. 

The  foregoing  is  a  true  copy  of  the  first  session  of  the  Florida 
Annual  Conference  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  And  thus  was  laid  the 
foundation  of  that  building,  whose  corner-posts  rest  :  one  upon  the 
south  bank  of  St.  Mary's  river,  the  second  upon  the  east  bank  of  the 
Perdido  river,  the  third  upon  Pickle  Reef,  and  the  fourth  upon  the 
Dry  Tortugas,  and  whose  portals  were  consecrated  with  the  prayers  of 
the  immortal  Pearce,  the  preaching  Jones,  the  sensible  Meachem,  the 
thundering  Brigadere,  the  wide-awake  Bradwell,  the  sainted  Quinn. 
the  irresistible  Morgan,  the  meek  Livingston,  and  the  conquering 
Mack  Stewart.  Out  of  the  thirty-four  ministers  that  received  appoint- 
ments from  our  first  Annual  Conference  there  only  remain,  so  far  as 
we  know,  six  among  the  living,  viz :  George  Vaughn.  Robert  Meach- 
em, Major  Johnson,  R.  Brigadere,  Dennis  Wood  and  Samuel  Morgan. 
Of  this  number  only  one  remains  in  the  itinerant  ranks,  viz  :  Samuel 
Morgan,  a  member  of  the  East  Florida  Conference.    The  rest  are  all 


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gone ;  yes,  forever  gone.  But  while  their  beautiful  spirits  in  super- 
eminence  shall  pursue  their  incessant  course  along  the  dateless  and 
irrevolvable  circles  of  eternity,  we  their  sons  and  successors  will  not  rest 
until  we  push  African  Methodism  from  640  south  latitude  to  82  0  north, 
and  from  the  burning  plains  of  the  Sahara  to  the  plateau  of  the  Mon- 
golia, compelling  Mtesa  and  his  tribes,  Confucius  and  his  disciples, 
Mahomet  and  his  clans,  and  Zoroaster  and  his  followers  to  help  us 
repeat  the  "  Story  of  the  Cross  "  and  chant  the  song  of  Bethlehem. 

Turning  to  the  Minutes  of  the  third  sespion  of  the  Florida  Annual 
Conference,  page  4,  we  find  the  following:  "On  the  14th  of  Febru- 
ary, 1866,  the  corner-stone  of  the  First  A.  M.  E.  church  in  Florida  was 
laid  in  the  City  of  Tallahassee.  I  left  Beaufort,  S.  C,  on  the  13th  of 
February,  1866,  en  route  for  my  new  missionary  field  of  labor  and  ar- 
rived in  Jacksonville  on  the  16th  of  the  same  month.  I  found  no 
church  nor  congregation  of  ours  there.  The  people  were  all  strangers 
to  me,  but  very  kind  and  bade  me  God-speed.  On  the  19th  I  had  an 
interview  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Branch,  pastor  of  the  M.  E.  Church 
(South),  who  gave  me  permission  to  preach  and  organize  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church  in  his  church  on  the  25th,  and  I  received  sixty-four  members. 
I  left  Jacksonville  on  the  1st  of  March  and  arrived  at  Tallahassee  at  4 
o'clock  p.  m.  the  same  day.  Found  the  A.  M.  E.  church  in  course  of 
erection,  but  not  properly  organized.  I  appointed  the  officers  and  or- 
ganised the  church  properly  with  116  members.  On  the  9th  of  March 
I  arrived  at  Quincy  ;  had  an  interview  with  the  former  members  of  the 
M.  E.  Church,  South,  and  they  readily  agreed  to  join  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church,  and  on  the  15th  I  received  452  members  and  appointed  the 
proper  officers.  On  the  25th  of  March,  1866,  I  arrived  in  Monticello, 
preached  in  the  A.  M.  E.  church,  receiving  343.  On  the  27th  of 
March  I  organized  the  Church  in  Wan-keenah  with  163  members.  On 
the  30th  of  March  I  arrived  at  Madison  and  organized  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church  with  81  members.  On  the  2d  day  of  April,  1866,  I  arrived 
in  Lake  City,  organized  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  and  received  154  mem- 
bers. Respectfully  submitted, 

C.  H.  Pearce,  P.  E. 

The  following  statement  will  show  the  progress  of  our  Church  in 
Florida  from  the  organization  of  its  first  annual  Conference,  June  8th, 


1867,  to  Feb.  13th,  1890: 

1.  Itinerant  Preachers,  1867   30 

Itinerant  Preachers,  1890   204 

2.  Members,  1867   4>798 

Members,  1890    15,806 

3.  Pupils  in  Sunday  School,  1867   I>133 

Pupils  in  Sunday  School,  1800   12,627 

4.  Entire  Members  in  1867   5, 965 

Entire  Members  in  1890   28,408 


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6.     Churches  in  1867. 
Churches  in  1890 


7.    Value  of  Churches  in  1867. 
Value  of  Churches  in  1890 


5.    Moneys  for  all  Purposes,  1867 
Moneys  for  all  Purposes,  1890. 


$  i,545  40 
78,443  92 
16 
230 
$15,000 
$io9,435 


8.     Parsonages  in  1867 
Parsonages  in  1890 


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$1,500 
.$17,360  50 


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9.    Their  Value  in  1867. 
Their  Value  in  1890. 


In  1867,  256  words  told  all  we  did.  But  in  1890  in  took  41,126 
words  to  tell  what  we  did.  Such  then,  sirs,  is  a  short  history  of  the 
rise  of  African  Methodism  in  West  Florida,  and  its  progress  through- 
out the  State.  Sirs,  we  cannot  close  this  short  sketch  of  our  Church, 
without  paying  a  passing  tribute  to  a  few  of  those  immortal  heroes 
of  early  African  Methodism  in  Florida.  Elder  Mack  Stewart,  the  first 
P.  E.  of  the  Marianna  District,  and  who  boarded  the  Heavenly  train 
19  years  ago  for  the  city  of  the  Saints  everlasting  life,  an  Israelite 
indeed.  A  man  of  faith  and  prayer,  an  1  full  of  good  works.  B.  W. 
Quinn,  Floirda  Conference's  first  Secretary,  and  Quincy"s  first  pastor, 
who  died  amid  his  first  year's  itinerant  labors  in  Florida,  "  rest  from  thy 
labors,  for  thy  works  do  follow  thee."  Robert  Meachem  the  Preacher 
and  the  Statesman,  who  is  yet  among  the  living.  Allen  Jones,  the 
Trumpter.  Jacob  Livingston,  Fuller  White  and  William  Bradwell, 
Jacksonville's  first  pastors,  these  are  all  gone  to  rest  beyond  the 
river.  But,  above  and  beyond  all  these  and  the  rest,  I  hear  a  voice, 
and  see  a  figure,  as  it,  like  a  flying  metor  sweeps  Florida  from  the 
muddy  banks  of  the  Apalachicola  river  to  the  meandering  banks  of 
the  St.  John,  and  I  inquire  who  is  it  ?  and  am  told,  it  is  the  irresistable, 
the  immortal,  the  triumphant  Charles  H.  Pearce.  Taken  all  things 
into  consideration  we  doubt  very  much  if  African  Methodism  has  ever 
produced  a  man  superior  to  Charles  H.  Pearce.  WTe  make  no  com- 
parison as  regards  scholarship,  but  as  a  zealous  worker,  a  practical 
theologian,  and  an  expounder  of  the  New  Testament,  we  repeat, 
Charles  H.  Pearce  had  no  superiors.  The  young  itinerants  always 
found  in  him  a  true  friend,  a  correct  guide,  and  a  safe  counselor.  But 
woe  unto  the  young  itinerant  whose  coat  was  not  cut  according  to  the 
Wesleyan  rule,  or  whose  collar  partook  of  dudeism.  But  Charles  H. 
Pearce  is  gone,  forxhe,  hearing  a  voice,  he  droped  his  trumpet,  and, 
mounting  Heaven's  eternal  steepness,  he  there  awaits  our  arrival. 
Finally  we  close  our  paper  with  the  introduction  of  the  following  letter, 
which  shows  the  prominence  of  our  Church  even  in  the  3rd  year  of 
its  existance  in  Florida. 


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Executive  Mansion,  Tallahassee,  \ 
January  4TH,  1870.  j 

Sir  : — Would  it  be  consistent  with  the  arrangements  of  your  Con- 
ference to  adjourn  your  session  to  this  place  for  a  day  or  two.  I 
should  be  glad  to  meet  the  representative  men  of  a  Church  to  which, 
perhaps,  more  than  any  other,  is  committed  the  responsibility  of  sha- 
ping the  character  and  destiny,  and  controlling  the  interest  of  the  race 
so  long  held  in  bondage,  and  so  recently  admitted  to  the  rights  and 
privileges  of  freemen,  and  clothed  with  the  responsibility  of  citizen- 
ship. Please  assure  the  members  of  your  Conference  of  my  interest 
in  its  work,  and  an  earnest  desire  to  co-operate  in  all  things  calculated 
to  secure  to  all  the  benefits  of  true  republican  government.  If  it 
should  please  you  to  adjourn  to  this  place,  I  should  be  glad  to  provide 
for  you  and  your  friends  at  my  house  during  your  session. 

Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

Harrison  Reed,  Governor  of  Florida. 

To  Jonh  M.  Brown,  Bishop  of  Florida  Annual  Conference. 


INTRODUCTION  OF  AFRICAN  METHODISM  INTO  EAST  FLORIDA. 


REV.   JOHN   R.   SCOTT,    B.  D. 

In  November,  1799,  four  young  gentlemen  at  Oxford  entered  in- 
to a  solemn  covenant  with  each  other  and  with  God  to  lead  a  stricter 
life  of  holiness  and  self-denial,  and  to  separate  themselves  from  every- 
thing unbecoming  their  character  as  christians  or  ministers.  Reading 
the  Greek  Testament,  keeping  stated  times  of  fasting,  partaking  of  the 
holy  sacrament  every  Sabbath,  visiting  the  prisons,  the  distressed,  re- 
lieving the  needy,  instructing  the  ignorant,  was  their  peculiar  pleasure. 
So  devotedly  and  methodically  did  they  accomplish  this  work  that  they 
became  notorious  in  the  University,  and  in  derision  to  them  was  ap- 
plied the  name  of  "  Methodists."  So  reads  the  historians  account  of 
the  rise  of  that  religious  sect  that  like  an  ever-widening  stream  has 
swept  down  the  ages.  Its  founder  defines  it  as  "no  other  than  a  com- 
pany of  men  having  the  form  and  seeking  the  power  of  Godliness." 
Defining  it  by  its  fruits  in  these  days  Methodism  is  said  to  be  "religion 
in  earnest."  From  this  fountain-head,  through  Bishop  Asbury,  and 
indirectly  through  Bishop  White,  the  founder  of  the  African  M.  E. 
Church,  received  his  ordinations. 


REV.  T.  G.  STEWARD,  D.  D. 
One  of  the  three  Original  Members  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  and  one  of  the  first  men 
ordained  Deacon  and  Elder  in  South  Carolina,  by  a  Colored  Bishop,  Rt.  Rev.  D.  A.  Payne. 


REV.  JAMES  H.  A.  JOHNSON  D.  D., 
.me  of  the  three  Original  Members  of  the  South 
arolina  Conference,  and  one  of  the  first  men  or- 
ained  Deacon  and  Elder  in  South  Carolina,  by  a 
olored  Bishop,  Rt.  Rev.  D.  A.  Payne. 


REV.  CHARLES  L.  BRADWELL, 
One  of  the  first  Native  Preachers  to  join  the 
A.  M.  E.  Church,  1865. 


REV.  LEVI  J.  COPPIN,  D.  D. 
Editor  A.  M.  E.  Review. 


REV.  CHARLES  S.  SMITH,  D.  D. 
Secretary  of  Sunday  School  Union. 


REV.  B.  F.  LEE,  D.  D.  LL.  D., 
Editor  of  ChristianaRecorder. 


REV.  JAMES  C.  EMBRY,  D.  D. 
General  Business  Manager. 


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We  are  Methodists.  The  term  African  is  only  distinctive  and 
means  nothing  more  nor  less  than  that  this  organization  is  controlled 
and  chiefly  (though  not  wholly)  composed  of  persons  of  African  des- 
cent ;  and  thank  God  that  as  long  as  the  Brotherhood  ot  Man  is  not 
practically  acknowledged  by  others,  it  will  always  remain  thus. 

Separated  from  the  Methodist  Society  of  Philadelphia  in  Novem- 
ber, 1787,  "because  of  the  unkind  treatment  of  their  white  brethren," 
and  organized  in  1816  by  Richard  Allen  and  fifteen  others,  the  A. 
M.  E.  Church  has  steadily  increased  in  numbers,  power  and  efficien- 
cy, until  to-day  it  numbers  (according  to  the  Budget  of  1887)  410,516 
members;  244,447  S.  S.  pupils,  officers  and  teachers. 

"  Hitherto  the  Lord  hath  helped  us."  "  How  hath  the  little  one 
become  a  thousand  and  the  small  one  a  strong  nation."  This  Church 
had  no  small  nor  unimportant  mission.  It  was,  and  even  now  is,  theirs 
to  declare  the  eternal  God— his  firm  law  and  his  mercy,  his  justice  and 
his  holiness  to  the  human  race,  whether  rich  or  poor,  bond  or  free. 
However  ostracised,  however  lonely,  however  persecuted,  however 
dejected,  however  heart-broken,  however  sorrow-stricken  or  sin-smitten, 
its  cheering,  inspiring,  comforting  and  gracious  words,  sweet  as  the 
breath  from  blossoming  orange  groves,  send  tidings  to  all  that  dwell 
beneath  the  skies,  saying  : 

"  Come  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy, 
9  Weak  and  wounded,  sick  and  sore ; 

Jesus  ready  stands  to  save  you, 
Full  of  pity,  love  and  power  ; 

He  is  able — 
He  is  willing,  doubt  no  more." 

However  pleasant  and  profitable  it  would  be  to  take  historic 
wings  and  fly  into  the  past  and  examine  therein  the  rise  and  progress 
of  our  beloved  Zion,  at  this  time  it  must  be  foregone.  We  must 
begin,  where  this  prelude  has  safely  conducted  us  to  consider  "The 
Introduction  of  African  Methodism  in  East  Florida." 

This  Church  was  organized  in  one  of  the  Middle  Atlantic  States, 
added  to  her  members,  and  spread  in  many  places  of  the  Western  and 
Central  States  for  5 1  years  before  it  reached  the  Southern  States  prop- 
er. The  infamous  system  then  in  operation,  together  with  the  moral 
and  religious- disregard  and  abuse  of  God's  image  in  ebony,  were 
barriers  against  the  approach  of  a  distinct  Church,  the  existence  of 
which  is  a  vindication  of  the  negroe's  manhood,  and  which  held  all 
men  as  equals  and  the  slavery  of  any  to  be  wrong.  But  these  bar- 
riers were  not  destined  to  remain.  God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way. 
The  Southland,  whose  golden  fields  laughed  in  the  sunlight,  and  along 
whose  very  horizon  were  written  the  words,  Prosperity!  Prosperity  !! 
undergoes  a  rain  of  fire  and  a  baptism  of  blood.    The  iron  heel  of 

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the  oppressor  is  broken,  the  chains  of  the  slaves  are  snapped,  the 
shackles  are  knocked  from  bleeding  bodies.  Here,  as  elsewhere, 
the  sword  prepares  the  way  for  the  Church,  the  healer  follows  the 
smiter.  We  find  in  May,  1865,  forty-two  days  after  the  Union  Army 
captured  Petersburg  and  Richmond,  Va. ,  thirty-six  days  after  the 
back-bone  of  the  Confederacy  was  broken  by  the  surrender  of  Gen. 
R.  E.  Lee,  only  twenty  days  after  General  Johnson  gave  his  sword  to 
the  Union  General ;  one  of  the  chief  commanders  of  the  army  of 
African  Methodists,  Bishop  D.  A.  Payne,  entered  Charleston,  S.  C, 
and  May  15,  planted  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  there.  From  this  center 
radiated  other  organizations  in  the  principal  cities  of  South  Carolina 
and  Georgia. 

Bishop  Payne  sent  Rev.  Brother  Charles  H.  Pearce  to  Florida  in 
1866  to  find  an  opening  for  the  Church.  On  the  second  Sunday  of 
1866  Brother  Pearce  lifted  up  the  banner  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  for 
the  first  time  in  this  State,  at  Jacksonville.  Bro.  Pearce  came  clothed 
with  the  panoply  of  God,  armed  with  the  sword  of  the  Spirit,  seeking 
his  brethren  and  presenting  them  a  faith's  pure  shrine  at  which  all  be- 
lievers in  the  Lord  Jesus  of  that  persuasion  could  gather,  and  worship 
God  under  their  own  vine  and  fig-tree,  and  none  shall  dare  to  molest 
or  make  them  afraid.  He  went  forth  through  the  forest,  the  sparsely 
settled  town  and  villages  and  from  house  to  house,  harvesting  souls, 
proclaiming  God's  word,  arousing  the  race's  almost  destroyed  confi- 
dence in  the  Eternal  and  themselves,  telling  them  : 

"  Give  to  the  winds  thy  fears, 

Hope  and  be  undismayed  ; 

God  hears  thy  sighs,  counts  thy  tears, 

God  shall  lift  up  thine  head." 
Those  were  times  of  despair ;  gloom  overshadowed  the  negro's 
sky;  the  bird  of  hope  ceased  to  cry  and,  placing  her  head  beneath 
her  wing,  had  gone  into  a  deep  sleep.  Great  restlessness,  caused  by 
the  experience  of  the  past  and  a  dread  of  the  future,  together  with  ig- 
norance, swayed  the  masses.  All  seemed  to  be  drifting — onward — 
God  only  knew  whither.  At  that  time  the  organization  of  this  negro 
Church  provided  a  bond  of  union,  binding  those  who  entered  it  to 
each  other  and  to  a  connectional  center  of  their  own  in  co-operation, 
sympathy,  brotherly  kindness  and  love. 

Having  collected  thirteen  members  Brother  Pearce,  on  the  third 
Sunday  in  June,  proceeded  to  organize  them  into  the  first  A.  M.  E. 
Church  in  the  State,  at  Midway,  now  a  suburb  of  Jacksonville,  and 
under  the  pastoral  charge  of  Rev.  Brother  G.  B.  Hill.  One  of  their 
number,  Brother  John  Thomas,  was  appointed  pastor.  Other  church- 
es were  organized  in  Jacksonville  proper  :  Mt.  Zion,  LaVilla,  St.  Paul, 
Ferdonia,  East  Jacksonville,  Mt.  Olive,  Enterprise,  Palatka,Ocala,  Green 
Cove  Springs,  and  other  parts  of  the  east  and  south.    The  fire  burned 


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westward,  also  catching  at  Lake  City,  Live  Oak,  Madison  and  all 
along  the  line  until  it  reached  Tallahassee  ;  and  in  that  capital  city  the 
fathers  in  the  name  of  God  raised  the  banner  of  African  Methodism 
and  lifted  up  their  voices  saying,  '"Our  mission  is  to  save."  Here  the 
first  African  Methodist  Annual  Conference  in  Florida  was  held  by 
Bishop  A.  W.  Wayman,  June  8th,  1867.  ^s  this  Conference  was  held 
in  the  western  portion  of  our  State,  others  will  inform  you  of  its  work 
and  its  workmen.  Suffice  it  for  me  to  say,  that  both  in  the  east  and 
west,  through  great  privations  and  with  unrelenting  fortitude  the  fath- 
ers worked  and  prayed  and  prayed  and  worked,  and  God  gave  them 
souls  for  their  hire.  The  Church  increased  wonderfully  under  the  wise 
leadership  of  Brothers  Pearce,  Bradwell,  Long,  Mr.  G.  Stewart,  Solon 
Stewart,  Wilson,  Meachem,  Morgan,  Gowens,  LaCruse,  the  Elder 
John  R.  Scott,  Sampson,  Wyatt,  Abraham  Grant  (now  Bishop),  Thom- 
as, Thompson,  Jackson,  Johnson,  Armstrong,  Boggs,  Brigadere,  Croom, 
Stockton  and  others,  of  whom  the  greater  part  remain  unto  this  pres- 
ent, but  some  are  fallen  asleep.  Yes,  they  are  not  dead  but  asleep." 
"  Asleep  in  Jesus  !  blessed  sleep, 
From  which  none  ever  wake  to  weep." 

"  From  1867  to  1876  only  one  Annnal  Conference  existed  in  the 
State,  but  the  members  and  ministers  increased  so  rapidly  that  in  1876 
the  Conference  was  divided  with  the  line  between  Madison  and 
Jefferson  counties  as  the  western  boundary,  into  the  East  and  Florida 
Conferences.  Let  it  be  remembered  that  while  the  Florida  Conference 
is  the  mother  Conference,  yet  within  her  daughter — the  East  Florida — 
is  the  mother  A.  M.  E.  church  in  the  State,  and  that  the  pioneers  trav- 
eled from  the  east  westward  as  evangelists  of  light,  bearing  on  their 
tongues  the  glorious  Gospel  of  Peace. 

The  East  Florida  Conference  is  now  organized,  and  we  pass  to 
notice  the  progress  of  African  Methodism  in  East  Florida  as  shown  by 
the  records  of  the  East  Florida  Annual  Conference.  From  one  brush 
arbor  at  Midway,  in  1876,  with  thirteen  members,  in  18.90  we  have 
171  chapels  worth  $68,605  and  8,019  members;  from  one  ordained 
minister  we  have  113  ordained  ministers  now  living  ;  from  no  Sunday- 
school  in  1866,  we  have  now  192  S.  Schools  and  11,951  pupils,  offi- 
cers and  teachers. 

It  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  these  figures  as  to  membership  do 
not  and  cannot  fully  represent  all  that  has  been  accomplished  in  that 
line,  for  the  reason  that  some  who  through  the  influence  of  our  min- 
istry were  brought  to  the  Saviour,  have  moved  to  other  States.  But 
they  are  still  true  to  Jesus  and  loyal  to  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church. 

Others  who  through  the  preaching  of  the  word  of  God  by  the 
representatives  of  our  Church,  were  convicted,  and  converted,  joined 
our  ranks,  lived  consistent  Christian  lives,  fought  the  good  fight,  run 


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the  race,  finished  their  course  and  having  been  mustered  out  of  our 
ranks  in  the  Church  militant,  have  urged  their  way  through  fields 
of  trackless  ether,  over  mountains  of  clouds,  beyond  moon,  sun  and 
the  farthest  stars,  up  to  the  Eternal  City — the  Saints  Everlasting  Rest. 
They  are  now  members  of  the  Church  triumphant,  which  is  without 
spot  before  the  throne  of  God.  It  is  of  them  we  think  while 
singing,  "Give  me  the  wings  of  faith  to  rise  within  the  veil  I  see; 
The  Saints  above  how  great  their  joys,  how  bright  their  glories  be. 
Once  they  were  mourners  here  below,  and  poured  out  cries  and  tears. 
They  wrestled  hard  as  we  do  now,  with  sins,  and  doubts  and  fears." 

My  brethren  and  friends,  only  in  Eternity  can  the  achievements 
of  the  Church  in  our  State  be  known. 

We  close  this  paper  after  observing  that  the  Church  inspired  the 
love  of  knowledge  and  education  in  the  race  so  much  in  need  of  it. 
Strange  that  the  fathers,  most  of  whom  were  not  schoolastically  trained, 
and  had  not  our  priveleges,  whose  only  books  were  the  Bible,  the 
hymn  book,  the  Discipline  and  book  of  nature  and  experience,  and 
whose  preceptor  and  guide  were  common  sense  and  the  Holy  Spirit. 
Strange,  I  say,  that  we  find  them,  believing  in  education,  preaching 
education,  talking  Education,  and  proving  their  faith  by  their  works; 
working  for  education,  appointing  agents  and  endowments  to  build 
colleges.  The  Divinity  School,  of  which  we  are  proud,  and  which  we 
believe  under  Providence,  is  to  send  forth  trained  heads,  trained 
hearts,  and  trained  hands,  herculean  workers  for  God  and  humanity, 
before  whom  the  walls  of  ignorance,  superstition  shall  fall  like  the 
wall  of  Jericho,  tremble  and  fall,  is  the  fruit  of  the  tree  planted  by  the 
fathers. 

Brethren  and  friends,  much  has  been  done,  and  much  remains  for 
us  to  do.  The  Church  has  been  handed  down  to  us  untarnished  by 
the  fathers.  On  this  the  celebration  of  the  Quarto-Centenary  of  its 
introduction  into  the  South,  and  the  24th  year  of  its  introduction  into 
our  own  State  of  Florida,  let  us  reconsecrate  ourselves  to  labor  for 
God,  for  the  Church  and  for  the  race.  Our's  is  a  grand  heirloom. 
May  we  prove  true  to  our  trust.  Take  up  the  grand  old  Church  where 
our  fathers  left  it,  bear  it  patiently  and  wisely  onwards,  upwards  and 
heavenwards,  keep  it  in  the  same  channel,  guided  by  the  same  com- 
pass, and  having  the  same  chart,  God  grant,  that  we  will  have  the 
same  indomitable  will,  endurance,  devotion,  love,  self  sacrifice  and 
faith  in  God  that  the  fathers  had,  and  continue  to  work  until  the  field 
which  is  the  world,  shall  be  taken  for  Christ,  and  until  his  blessed  re- 
ligion robed  in  the  rainbow  of  its  own  glory  shall  hold  its  high  culmi- 
nating point  in  the  heavens  and  shed  its  redeeming,  sanctifying, 
saving  radiance  on  the  evening  of  the  world. 

Whereas,  The  Florida  Conference  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  has 
elected  Rev.  A.  J.  Kershaw,  presiding  Elder  of  the  Monticello  Dis- 


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trict,  as  historian,  to  gather  materials  for  a  history  of  African  Method- 
ism in  Florida,  and 

Whereas,  Such  a  history  will  be  incomplete  without  the  history 
of  the  East  Florida  Conference;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we,  members  of  the  East  Floaida  Conference, 
do  hereby  concur  in  said  resolution,  and  will  appoint  an  associate 
historian  on  our  part  to  associate  with  Bro.  Kershaw,  and  gather  mate- 
rials for  said  history  from  this  part  of  our  State. 

Rev.  Robert  L.  Wiggins,  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  (South)  is,  per- 
haps, the  very  first  white  minister  who  welcomed  our  pioneer  minister 
to  Florida.  It  was  in  this  wise  :  The  Rev.  C.  H.  Pearce  was  sent  to 
Florida  in  the  winter  of  1866  to  see  if  there  was  not  an  opening  for 
the  A.  M.  E.  Church  there.  Soon  after  his  arrival  at  Jacksonville,  as 
he  was  walking  down  Bay  street,  there  came  meeting  him  Revs.  R.  L. 
Wiggins,  the  presiding  Elder,  and  F.  A.  Branch  the  preacher  in  charge 
of  the  M.  E.  Church,  South,  in  this  city.  Mr.  Pearce's  clerical  appear- 
ance impressed  them,  and  they  resolved  to  stop  him  and  inquire 
whether  he  was  a  minister,  and  upon  doing  so  he  seemed  to  regard  it 
an  opening  for  him  to  begin  his  work;  so  he  presented  the  said  gentle- 
men with  a  copy  of  the  Discipline  of  his  Church.  After  som  :  inqui- 
ries about  his  Church  and  plans,  the  white  brethren  passed  on,  promis- 
ing to  read  the  Discipline  and  see  him  again  the  next  day.  They  read, 
and  were  pleased  with  the  discipline,  and  resolved  to  encourage  Rev. 
Pearce  in  his  mission  to  the  colored  people  of  Florida.  So  the  next 
day  they  met  Mr.  Pearce  and  informed  him  that  they  were  ready  to 
encourage  him,  and  to  this  end  had  agreed  to  try  and  get  the  colored 
people  out  at  their  church  that  night  for  him  to  preach  to.  He  con- 
sented and  preached,  but  only  a  few  turned  out  to  hear  him.  The 
white  brethren  tried  to  explain  it,  and  insisted  that  he  announce  an 
appointment  for  the  next  night  again,  promising  to  him  a  better  turn- 
out. Sure  enough,  the  next  night  found  him  with  a  pretty  fair  con- 
gregation, and  the  white  brethren  as  well  as  the  colored  people  were 
well  pleased  with  the  sermon  and  the  minister,  and  thus  Mr.  Pearce 
had  the  way  opened  up  for  him  by  these  two  ministers  of  the  M.  E. 
Church,  South. 

Rev.  Robert  L.  Wiggins,  being  introduced  to  the  Conference  at 
Madison,  and  invited  to  address  the  Conference,  gave  a  brief  state- 
ment of  his  connection  with  the  religious  history  of  the  colored  people 
in  Florida.  After  stating  that  he  had  preached  regularly  to  the  col- 
ored people  every  year  of  his  ministry  till  the  introduction  of  the  A. 
M.  E.  Church  into  Florida,  and  being  persuaded  that  it  would  be  best 
for  the  colored  people  as  a  free  people  to  have  a  separate  organization, 
and  finding  in  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  such  an  orgination  as  he  was 
persuaded  was  such  as  offered  them  the  opportunity  they  needed,  he 
at  once  advised  them  to  join  the  church.    Being  Presiding  Elder  ot  the 


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Jacksonville  District,  he  was  in  position  to  do  us  much  good  or  much 
harm,  especially  as  he  was  endeared  to  multitudes  of  the  colored  people 
by  his  personal  ministration,  having  been  the  pastor  of  many  of  them 
in  many  parts  of  the  State.  It  was,  therefore,  a  fortunate  circumstance, 
if  not,  indeed,  of  the  Divine  ordering,  that  our  pioneer  minister  met  with 
Bro.  Wiggins  as  he  did,  and  secured  his  sympathy  and  encouragement, 
and  doubtless  this  circumstance  had  much  to  do  with  the  rapid  spread 
of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  Florida.  And  it  was  hardly  a  year  before 
the  church  was  in  successful  operation  in  almost  every  part  of  the  State, 
finding  a  people  prepared  of  the  Lord  already  through  the  preaching 
of  the  minister  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church,  South.  At  this  time,  when  the 
Rev.  R.  L.  Wiggins  was  introduced  to  our  Conference,  at  Madison 
in  1889,  he  expressed  himself  as  amazed  at  the  rapid  development 
made  by  our  Church,  and  confessed  it  had  exceeded  his  most  san- 
guine expectations.  A  little  singular  incident  was  called  out  by  the 
speech  of  Bro.  Wiggins.  After  a  few  appropriate  remarks  by  the  pre- 
siding Bishop,  Arnett,  a  visiting  Bishop,  Bishop  Gaines,  of  Georgia, 
arose  and  said  he  must  shake  Bro.  Wiggins'  hand,  for  it  was  his  father 
who  was  a  member  of  the  old  Georgia  Conference,  Rev.  James  A. 
Wiggins,  when  he  was  stationed  in  Washington,  Ga.  ,  who  made  the 
first  serious  impression  on  his  mind,  that  eventuated  in  his  conversion. 
Thus  our  Church  became  indebted  to  both  the  father  and  the  son  for 
valuable  contributions  to  the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  Hence,  we  deem  it 
fitting  that  the  name  of  Wiggins  should  have  its  place  in  the  history 
of  our  Church,  it  is  hereby  recorded  as  at  different  times  forming  im- 
portant links  in  our  history. 


THE  PIONEER  WORKMEN. 


REV.   J.    J.  SAWYER. 

Knowiug  the  respect  in  which  they  are  held,  I  am  satisfied  that 
my  appointment  to  this  task  was  made  in  the  expectation  that  I  would 
at  least  do  the  best  I  could  in  the  premises.  This  I  have  done,  and 
yet  I  have  fallen  very  far  short  of  doing  justice  to  the  gentlemen  men- 
tioned and  I  fear  of  satisfying  those  concerned.  I  would  have  given 
a  clear  and  concise  statement  of  the  periods  and  important  events  of 
their  several  lives  without  in  any  way  giving  my  own  opinions,  but  I 
had  so  little  data  at  command  and  so  little  time  to  get  more,  I  thought 
it  best  to  pursue  another  course,  and  portray  them  as  best  I  could. 


THE  PIONEER  WORKMEN. 


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There  may  be  some  whom  I  have  not  particularly  mentioned,  who  are 
known  to  have  filled  important  places  and  to  be  very  worthy  and  able 
men.  If  so,  it  is  not  because  I  did  not  know  them,  or  I  did  not  know 
them  to  be  pioneers,  as  I  understand  the  term. 

The  Bishops  who  have  presided  over  work  in  Florida  are  : 

1.  Bishop  A.  W.  Wayman,  D.  D. 

2.  "  John  M.  Brown,  D.  D.  D.,  C.  L. 

3.  "  T.  M.  D.  Ward,  D.  D. 

4.  "  Jabez  P.  Campbell,  D.  D.,  LL.  D. 

5.  "  A.  W.  Wayman,  D.  D. 

6.  "  Daniel  A.  Payne,  D.  D.,  LL.  D. 

7.  B.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D. 

The  Secretaries  were  :  Dr.  B.  T.  Tanner;  Revs.  J.  H.  Armstrong, 
I.  R.  Scott,  Sr.,  J.  J.  Sawyer,  J.  E.  Lee,  R.  B.  Brookins,  S.  H.  Cole- 
man, D.  W.  Gillislee,  and  J.  R.  Scott,  Jr. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Pearce,  the  pioneer  indeed  of  the  African  M. 
E.  Church  in  the  State  of  Florida,  came  to  the  State  in  1866.  He  was 
a  man  of  medium  height,  heavy  built,  well  formed,  gentlemanly  bear- 
ing, and  he  showed  the  capacity  of  much  endurance.  As  a  preacher 
he  seemed  to  have  perfect  control  of  his  voice  and  an  education  am- 
ple for  all  intents  and  purposes  ;  he  addressed  his  subject  to  the  brain 
of  his  hearers  only  so  far  as  it  would  enable  him  to  reach  the  heart 
through  the  sympathy,  which  he  seldom  failed  to  do.  Among  his 
brethren  he  was  lively,  friendly  and  instructive.  He  was  generally 
successful  both  as  Pastor  and  Presiding  Elder.  As  a  debater  he  stood 
firmly  by  his  cause  and  succeeded  wonderfully  in  showing  the  best 
features  of  it,  while  he  turned  the  argument  of  his  opponent  into  ridi- 
cule, and  few  were  they  who  engaged  in  conflict  with  him  and  came 
off  victoriously.  Elder  Pearce  was  a  sincere  lover  of  the  African  M. 
E.  Church  and  a  faithful  advocate  of  its  doctrines  and  claims ;  and 
that  Church  will  long  remember  and  cherish  his  valued  services  espe- 
cially that  portion  of  the  Church  known  as  the  East  Florida  Annual 
Conference. 

Rev.  Robert  Meachem  was  the  first  of  Florida's  own  sons  that 
was  ordained  to  the  ministry  of  our  Church,  or  was  among  the  first. 
He  was  a  fine  preacher,  a  good  pastor  and  was  famous  in  his  day  for 
building  houses  of  worship.  After  serving  the  Church  many  years, 
sometimes  as  Pastor  and  sometimes  as  Presiding  Elder,  he  quit  the 
Church.  While  he  is  not  now  amono-  us,  we  feel  that  on  this  occasion 
of  thanksgiving  vhis  name  should  be  mentioned  and  his  works  remem- 
bered. 

Rev.  Thomas  W.  Long  is  among  the  first  ministers  of  Florida, 
whether  considered  in  relation  to  his  bea-inning  or  usefulness.  In  the 
earlier  days  of  his  ministry,  as  Presiding  Elder,  he  traveled  over  near- 
ly all  the  territory,  continuously,  now  occupied  by  our  Conference,  and 


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in  whatever  town  or  neighborhood  he  preached  he  was  heard.  He 
preached  extremely  loud,  yet  there  was  a  sweetness,  a  persuasiveness, 
a  cunningness,  a  forcibleness  in  his  preaching  which  rendered  him  ac- 
ceptable with  all.  He  is  an  upright,  earnest  and  discreet  Pastor,  a 
helpful  and  judicious  Presiding  Elder.  On  the  Conference  floor  he 
seems  not  to  be  fond  of  debate,  yet  he  makes  himself  heard  when  he 
must  speak.  In  the  life  and  rervices  of  Elder  Long  our  Church  in 
Florida  enjoys  great  satisfaction  and  even  pride. 

Rev.  William  Bradwell  was  one  of  the  greater  lights  of  the  Church 
here  in  its  infancy,  and  although  the  writer  of  these  pictures  was  not 
in  the  Florida  Conference  at  the  time  that  Mr.  Bradwell  labored  here, 
he  has  had  a  personal  acquaintance  with  him  and  was  pastor  of  our 
Church  at  Monticello  about  four  or  five  years  later  than  Mr.  Bradwell 
himself.  He  was  an  able  and  forcible  preacher  of  an  independent 
spirit ;  he  seemed  to  be  careful  for  nothing ;  all  things  seemed  to  work 
together  for  his  good — for  persecutions  rather  increased  his  friends  and 
the  threats  and  abuse  of  his  enemies  tended  to  replenish  his  storehouse. 
The  history  of  our  Conference  cannot  be  completed  without  a  very 
favorable  mention  oi  the  Rev.  Wm.  Bradwell. 

Rev.  W.  D.  Johnson  came  to  the  State  about  187 1,  and  served 
the  Church  here  three  years.  During  that  time  he  did  proficient  ser- 
vice. 

During  the  same  year,  1871,  Rev.  W.  W.  Sampson  cune  to  this 
Conference.  Elder  Sampson  was  always  regarded  by  all  who  knew 
him  as  a  devout  christian,  a  faithful  preacher  of  the  Gospel  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ.  He  stood  high  in  the  estimation  of  his  brethren  and  all 
who  knew  him.  He  was  kind  and  would  cleave  to  those  whom  he 
admired,  and  if  he  did  not  revenge  the  person  who  did  him  an  injury 
it  was  because  grace  sustained  him.  All  his  ministerial  work  was  ac- 
complished in  the  Jacksonville  district  as  Pastor  and  Presiding  Elder, 
except  a  few  months  in  his  declining  years.  All  honor  to  his  name. 
A  spotless  life  was  his;  a  beautiful  example  of  Christianity. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Armstrong  was  among  the  leading  pioneers.  He  was  a 
forcible  and  sensible  preacher,  a  firm  administrator  of  the  law.  He 
adapted  himself  to  the  circumstances  with  which  he  found  himself  sur- 
rounded, if  in  doing  so  he  would  lose  nothing  of  worth  or  dignity. 
He  was  an  able  secretary,  an  untiring  traveller  where  duty  called,  even 
though  his  way  was  beset  with  dangers.  He  filled  important  places  in 
Church  as  well  as  State. 

Rev.  John  R.  Scott  figured  very  conspicuously  in  the  .Fifth  An- 
nual session  of  the  Florida  Conference  to  my  own  knowledge.  This 
conference  convened  at  Madison,  December  15th,  1870,  Bishop  John 
M.  Brown,  D.  D.,  presiding.  Elder  Scott  was  a  clear,  forcible  and  at- 
tractive preacher,  an  energetic,  zealous  and  successful  worker  for  Afri- 
can Methodism  and  the  cause  of  Christ;  devoted  to  his  race,  amiable 


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indeed  was  he  among  his  brethren,  kind  hearted  to  all  who  needed  his 
sympathies.  He  was  respectful  to  all  and  so  demeaned  himself  that 
he  won  the  respect  of  all  who  knew  him  irrespective  of  their  race  or 
color,  although,  perhaps,  they  hated  the  cause  which  he  represented. 
Rev.  John  R.  Scott,  Sr.,  was  a  great  man,  a  great  race-man,  great  so- 
ciety man,  a  great  statesman  and  a  great  churchman.  It  may  be  said 
truly  that  he  loved  his  race  and  his  Church  much,  but  he  loved  his 
God  more.  In  Florida  there  are  many  who  would  use  the  language 
or  David  respecting  Jonathan  :  "I  am  distressed  for  my  brother  (John 
R.  Scott).    Very  pleasant  hast  thou  been  unto  me." 

Revs.  John  Thomas,  Samuel  Morgan,  Cupid  Wilson,  Mack  Stew- 
art, Washington  Rivers,  Fuller  White,  Wm.  G.  Steward,  Major  John- 
son, A.  J.  McDowell,  H.  E.  Bryant,  Allen  Jones,  Sr.,  David  Young, 
Dennis  Wood,  Richard  Brigadere,  George  Vaughn  and  John  Pope, 
were  among  the  first  Elders.  They  were  pious,  faithful,  christian  gen- 
tlemen, fervent  unpretending  preachers.  Some  of  them  are  sleeping 
with  their  fathers  and  others  of  them  still  survive,  and  have  had  the 
honor  of  filling  many  high  positions  in  Church  and  State  and  are  held 
in  highest  respect  for  their  services,  especially  Revs.  Fuller  White  and 
W.  G.  Steward. 

In  the  list  of  Deacons  in  the  year  1870  we  find  the  following 
names  :  Thomas  Thompson,  F.  King,  Wm.  Cole,  Geo.  W.  Wither- 
spoon,  Henry  Brown,  King  Stockton,  George  Anderson,  L.  Hargot, 
Silas  Marshall,  Peter  Spears,  John  Church  well,  Jacob  Livingston,  An- 
thony Davis,  Caesar  Ely,  David  White.  W.  D.  Johnson,  Joseph  Broad- 
enax,  Benj.  Williams,  Edward  Dryer  and  Alexander  Lofton.  They 
were  all  energetic,  self-sacrificing  preachers,  strongly  attached  to  the 
Church  of  their  choice.  Some  of  them  deserve  special  mention  in  this 
connection. 

Rev.  George  W.  Witherspoon  was  born  in  1846,  was  ordained  in 
1867,  has  held  several  of  the  best  charges  as  Pastor,  has  served  as  Pre- 
siding Elder  in  the  Florida  Conference  and  is  now  at  one  of  the  best 
charges  in  this  Conference,  viz.,  Key  West.  He  served  the  people 
twelve  years  in  the  Legislature  of  Florida,  was  the  member  elect  to  the 
47th  Congress  and  was  afterwards  elected  to  the  Legislature.  He  has 
served  as  Inspector  for  the  Port  of  Pensacola  and  now  fills  that  posi- 
tion in  Key  West. 

Rev.  Thomas  Thompson  is  a  great  singer.  Perhaps  he  may  be 
regarded  as  the  leader  in  this  means  on  which  our  pioneer  ministers 
very  much  depended  for  success.  What  Brother  Thompson  failed  to 
accomplish  by  preaching  he  would  attempt  to  do  by  singing  or  by  some 
other  means,  so  that  by  all  means  conceivable  to  him  he  seemed  deter- 
mined to  save  some.  And  very  many  are  they  who  can  say,  "  I  was 
converted  under  Elder  Thompson."  He  is  known  as  a  great  revival- 
ist, and  he  is  also  a  church  builder. 


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The  Deacons  ordained  in  1870  were  :  Francis  Carolina,  Allen 
Dean,  Levi  Evans,  Samuel  Jackson,  Allen  Jones,  Jr.,  Wm.  Jones,  Jo- 
seph Spears,  John  Lewis,  J.  VV.  Gilbert. 

Rev.  F.  Carolina  was  a  high-toned  christian  gentleman.  He  loved 
the  African  M.  E.  Church;  he  reverenced  her  Bishops;  he  admired 
his  brethren,  the  ministers,  and  never  missed  an  opportunity  to  im- 
press others  as  he  was  impressed  of  their  greatness.  Elder  Carolina 
did  not  like  to  leave  Palatka,  yet  he  spoke  in  such  high  terms  of  his 
successor  that  failure  was  almost  impossible  to  the  fortunate  one,  (who 
was  your  humble  servant).  He  was  a  bold  leader,  a  church  builder, 
a  powerful  preacher.  He  fills  a  place  in  our  Western  work  which  he 
well  deserves. 

Rev.  Allen  Jones,  William  Jones  and  Joseph  Spears  have  been 
successful  ministers  and  are  still  very  acceptable  in  their  work. 

In  1877  the  Conference  convened  in  Monticello,  Bishop  Camp- 
bell, presiding ;  Secretary,  J.  H.  Armstrong ;  Recording  Secretary, 
John  R.  Scott,  and  the  writer  of  this  Paper  the  pastor  of  the  Church. 
In  that  session  the  Florida  Conference  sat  with  the  East  Florida  Con- 
ference, with  the  following  members  : 

Presiding  Elders. — M.  J.  Johnson,  T.  W\  Long,  J.  H.  Armstrong, 
John  R.  Scott  and  B.  W.  Roberts. 

Traveling  Elders. — W.  W.  Sampson,  J.  J.  Sawyer,  F.  Carolina, 
J.  C.  Waters,  J.  J.  Lowe,  J.  Thomas,  S.  Jackson,  T.  Denham,  T. 
Thompson,  W.  R.  Wood,  P.  Crumes,  A.  Jones,  Jr.,  W.  Jones,  R. 
Brigadere,  W.  C.  Cole,  A.  Fort,  David  Hamilton,  Alfred  Brown,  J. 
C.  LaCruse  and  P.  Gowens. 

Traveling  Deacons. — E.  J.  Brookins,  W.  Jones,  W.  Glimp,  R. 
Epton,  J.  R.  Robinson,  T.  Higginbotham,  J.  Sutton,  S.  Boggs,  E. 
Smith,  K.  Stockton,  J.  Edwards,  A.  Chambers  and  C.  A.  Hadley. 

Local  Elders. — Cupid  Wilson  and  Dennis  Wood. 

Local  Deacons. — Alexander  Lofton  and  D.  Fuller. 

Licentiates. — W.  S.  Stewart  and  R.  B.  Brookins. 

The  following  named  composed  the  Florida  Conference  : 

Presiding  Elders. — Charles  H.  Pearce,  W.  G.  Stewart,  J.  W.  Wy- 
att  and  Jacob  Singleton. 

Traveling  Elders. — F.  White,  A.  Grant,  S.  L.  Mims,  G.  W.  With- 
erspoon,  I.  H.  Welch,  R.  Meachem,  H.  Call,  A.  Jones,  Sr.,  G.  An- 
derson, W.  Williams,  J.  D.  Haynes,  J.  Speers,  J.  Churchwell,  W.  L. 
Jones,  M.  A:  Trapp,  L.  Hargot,  J.  Taylor,  A.  Dudley,  J.  Spaights, 
P.  Speers,  W.  A.  Bird  and  H.  Hall. 

Traveling  Deacons. — E.  Smith,  B.  Williams,  G.  Washington,  S. 
Marshall,  H.  B.  Devaughn,  C.  Bonds,  A.  Goodwin,  F.  Leavett,  A. 
Hammond,  S.  Roberts,  A.  Davis  and  E.  Williams. 

Local  Elders. — B.  Nathan,  N.  Graham  and  J.  O.  Hall. 

Local  Deacons. — E.  Pinkney  and  W.  Swann. 

Licentiates. — G.  Hawkins. 


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Rev.  A.  Grant  will  rank  as  one  of  the  pioneer  preacher.  African 
Methodism,  Bishop  Allen  or  some  other  of  the  Church's  Bishops  were 
set  forth  in  every  sermon  I  ever  heard  him  preach,  and  while  in  Flor- 
ida perhaps  it  would  be  hard  to  discern  whether  he  was  a  better  Chris- 
tian or  African  Methodist  from  his  preaching.  Elder  Grant  (now 
Bishop)  was  strongly  attached  to  his  friends.  He  advised  well ;  he  al- 
ways knew  where  to  go,  when  to  act  and  what  to  do. 

Rev.  Alfred  Brown  was  born  in  the  State  of  Georgia  in  the  year 
1833;  joined  the  M  E.  Church,  South,  in  1847  >  he  joined  the  A.  M. 
E.  Church  in  this  State  in  1866  ;  he  joined  the  Annual  Conference  in 
187 1,  and  was  ordained  Deacon  at  the  same  time.  He  has  served  the 
Church  very  successfully,  has  been  pastor  of  some  of  our  hardest  and 
remotest  charges  and  has  held  some  of  the  best  charges  in  South  Flor- 
ida. He  was  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Enterprise  district  two  successive 
years.  In  the  days  of  his  earlier  ministry  he  hazzarded  his  life  to  es- 
tablish schools  in  Hernando  county,  and  he  has  steadily  manifested  a 
disposition  to  advance  the  education  of  our  people  at  whatever  cost. 

Rev.  S.  H.  Coleman  joined  the  East  Florida  Annual  Conference 
in  Ocola,  in  the  year  1879,  and  has  done  more  in  building  up  our 
Church  in  South  Florida  than  any  one  amongst  us.  He  has  succeed- 
ed wonderfully  as  a  preacher  and  his  success  is  owing  to  his  effort. 
He  seems  to  do  well  in  a  calm,  but  much  better  in  a  storm.  He  en- 
joys prosperity,  yet  he  smiles  at  adversity  ;  he  cares  little  about  the 
journey  whether  it  be  rough  or  smooth.  His  object  is  success  at  the 
end,  for  this  he  expectantly  looks  and  diligently  strives.  There  is 
nevertheless  a  modesty  in  Mr.  Coleman  which  is  commendable.  He 
has  filled  some  of  our  best  charges  and  is  now  Presiding  Elder,  and  as 
a  preacher  is  very  popular. 

Rev.  R.  B.  Brookins  was  converted  and  joined  our  Church  in 
Suwannee  county,  Florida,  in  1873;  was  baptized  by  Elder  Pearce  ; 
appointed  class-leader  in  Fernandina  by  Elder  Sawyer,  1875  ;  licensed 
to  preach  by  Elder  Sampson  ;  joined  the  East  Florida  Conference  at  its 
first  session  held  in  Palatka  in  1877.  He  was  sent  to  Baldwin  circuit 
for  two  years,  and  while  there  he  built  a  church  at  Baldwin  and  anoth- 
er in  another  part  of  his  work  and  added  64  names  to  the  list  of  mem- 
bers. I  mention  this  work  particularly  because  it  always  seemed  to 
me  he  deserved  favorable  consideration  for  that  two  years  work,  if  he 
did  nothing  more ;  for  where  on  earth  could  a  worse  place  be  found  ? 
Echo  answers,  where  ?  He'  rapidly  grew  into  favor  and  maintains  his 
popularity  unabated  until  now.  He  has  filled  some  ot  the  best  charges 
in  this  Conference  as  Pastor  and  Presiding  Elder ;  is  pastor  of  the 
largest  Church  in  the  State  at  present  under  our  control.  His  sermons 
are  logical  and  powerful,  extremely  fervent  and  captivating.  He  ap- 
pears to  have  no  idea  of  his  ability  to  preach,  yet  there  are  few,  if  any, 
in  our  midst  who  surpass  him.  Elder  Brookins  knows  how  to  work 
those  around  him  for  all  they  are  worth. 


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Rev.  E.  J.  Brookins  and  Thomas  Higginbotham  rest  among  the 
sainted  dead.  They  were  lovely  characters ;  they  were  useful  men. 
Rev.  E.  J.  Brookins  was  prayerful,  zealous  and  successful  to  the  ex- 
treme. 

Rev.  P.  G.  Goins  is  a  successful,  energetic,  untiring,  unyielding 
christian  gentleman,  who  has  filled  many  places  of  honor  in  the  Church. 
He  was  P  -esiding  Elder  five  years. 

Rev.  John  P.  Robinson  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1842  ;  joined  the 
A.  M.  E.  Church,  Jacksonville,  Florida,  in  1867,  under  Eider  Brad- 
well  ;  was  licensed  to  preach  in  1873  5  was  ordained  a  Deacon  in  7874 
at  Tallahasse  by  Bishop  T.  M.  D.  Ward  ;  he  was  ordained  an  Elder  by 
Bishop  J.  P.  Campbell  in  1880.  He  organized  and  built  the  church 
in  Cedar  Keys,  for  which  he  deserves  especial  mention  ;  he  has  held 
several  good  charges  as  pastor  and  is  now  doing  good  work  at  Palatka; 
he  served  five  years  as  Presiding  Elder  and  resigned  of  his  own  ac- 
cord, being  loved  and  respected  by  his  brethren.  He  enlisted  in  the 
United  States  Army  in  Virginia  and  was  mustered  out  in  Key  West, 
Florida.  He  has  not  forgotten  his  military  tactics  yet,  and  it  is  owing 
to  this  fact,  perhaps,  as  much  as  to  his  preaching,  that  he  is  crowned 
with  such  success. 

Rev.  Pen-Brooks  Braddock  is  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Jacksonville 
district.  It  is  remarkable  that  the  Rev.  Mr.  Braddock  has  arisen  from 
a  probationer  in  the  Church  to  the  position  of  Presiding  Elder  of  the 
Jacksonville  district,  in  which  he  has  rendered  invaluable  service  for 
five  years,  and  yet  he  has  never  had  an  appointment  outside  the  city, 
i.  e.,  when  Jacksonville  was  not  included,  and  he  is  still  acceptable  in 
this  proudest  ot  Florida  districts.  He  was  the  acceptable  Pastor  of 
East  Jacksonville  church  and  of  St.  Paul's  church  in  Lavilla.  At  the 
last  named  place  he  built  the  first  brick  church  in  the  State,  owned  by 
our  connection,  and  paid  for  it.  He  also  very  materially  assisted  the 
Rev.  W.  P.  Ross  in  erecting  the  Divinity  High  School  building,  which 
is  now  the  pride  of  our  Conference  and  the  occasion  of  our  meeting. 

And  what  shall  I  say  more,  for  the  time  would  fail  me  to  tell  of 
Revs.  W.  P.  Ross.  Joseph  Lee,  J.  H.  Welch,  John  R.  Scott,  Jr.,  B. 
W.  Wiley,  T.  T,  Gaines,  S.  H.  Hadley,  M.  M.  Moore,  D.  W.  Gillis- 
lee  and  others,  who  have  done  much  and  is  doing  more  to  further  the 
cause  of  Christ  and  extend  the  Church  and  its  mighty  influences.  All 
I  can  say  when  I  think  of  them  is,  "there  are  giants  in  these  days." 


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MRS.    M.    E.    C.  SMITH. 

Rev.  Bishop,  Officers  and  Members  of  the  East  Florida  Quarto-Centenary 
Confei'ence  : 

Dear  Brethren  and  Co-workers  in  the  Master's  Vineyard  : 
Many  and  eloquent  have  been  the  remarks  concerning  the  Pioneer 
workers,  or  the  Fathers  of  African  Methodism  in  the  State  of  Florida, 
and  we  will  now  talk  a  little,  in  our  humble  way,  about  the  Mothers, 
the  Pioneer  Women,  who  have  in  the  Providence  of  God,  shared  many 
of  the  hardships  encountered  by  the  Fathers,  and  stood  faithfully  at 
their  side  assisting  them.  From  the  earliest  period  of  man's  existence 
woman  has  played  an  important  part  in  the  drama  of  life,  and  she  has 
ever  wielded  a  quiet  but  steady  influence  over  ail  the  affairs  of  the 
human  race.  This  is  invariably  true  among  all  civilized  peoples,  in 
contradistinction  to  the  great  indignity  and  degradation  to  which  she 
was  often  subjected  by  many  uncivilized  and  semi-barbarous  nations, 
who  regarded  her  only  as  a  drudge  or  slave,  to  be  submissive  to  the 
whims  and  fancies  of  her  lord. 

In  the  early  history  of  our  own  country  we  find  woman  acting 
well  her  part.  Foremost  among  those  whose  names  are  mentioned 
as  suffering  persecution  on  account  of  their  religious  convictions,  we 
find  the  names  of  such  heroine  women  as  Mary  Dyer,  Mary  Fisher, 
Ann  Austin  and  Ann  Burden — the  latter  receiving  twenty  stripes  for 
coming  from  London  to  America  to  preach  against  persecution.  And 
so  throughout  the  entire  history  of  the  nation  we  find  that  woman  has 
in  some  way  distinguished  herself. 

In  sacred  writ  mention  is  made  of  Deborah,  the  prophetess  and 
judge,  who,  assisted  by  the  heroic  Barak,  delivered  her  land  from  the 
oppression  of  the  Canaanites.  Esther,  who  likewise  delivered  her 
people  from  Hainan's  wicked  plots  ;  also  Phebe,  Lydia  and  Dorcas, 
who  are  mentioned  in  the  Xew  Testament  as  remarkable  for  their  hos- 
pitality and  good  works.  And  thus  it  is  throughout  the  entire  history 
of  mankind,  we  find  woman  ever  at  man's  side,  participating  with  him 
in  deeds  of  love  and  mercy. 

Woman  annointed  our  blessed  Saviour  for  his  burial,  and  she  was 
likewise  earliest  at  his  tomb  to  mourn  his  departure,  and  the  first  to 
proclaim  the  joyful  news  of  his  resurrection.  Woman  always  has  and 
always  will  fill  the  place  assigned  her  by  her  Creator,  as  man's  helper, 
and  she  is  most  dignified  when  engaged  in  her  work,  displaying  all  that 
tact  and  ingenuity  for  which  she  is  remarkable. 

The  annals  of  history  records  the  lives  and  deeds  of  many  of  its 
heroines,  as  well  as  its  heroes,  and  we  are  here  to-day  to  speak  of  the 


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heroines  of  African  Methodism  in  the  State  of  Florida,  or  more  partic- 
ularly speaking,  the  Pioneer  Women  of  East  Florida. 

We  are  glad  to  say  that  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  has  ever  given  prom- 
inence to  her  females,  and  woman  throughout  her  borders  she  hath 
delighted  to  honor  when  honor  was  due  her.  We  refer  with  pride  to 
the  names  of  such  illustrious,  self-sacrificing,  christian-hearted  women 
as  Sisters  Mary  Still  and  G.  G.  Waterman,  Sisters  M.  E.  Miller  and 
S.  L.  Raif,  Sisters  Greenwood,  Jones,  Comer  and  others,  all  of  whom 
were  zealous  christian  workers  in  the  cause  of  Christ.  They  are  the 
ones  whom  we  regard  as  our  Deborahs,  Phebes,  Lydias  and  Dorcases. 
They  went  about  doing  good.  They  held  up  the  missionary's  hands 
when  they  were  weak.  They  bore  the  heat  and  burden  of  the  day. 
Some  have  passed  away  and  some  are  still  living  and  working  for  the 
upbuilding  of  our  Zion.  It  is  our  purpose  to  give  a  brief  sketch  of  the 
life  and  labors  of  some  of  those  noble  women  who  came  to  this  State 
during  the  dark  primeval  period  of  our  Church's  history,  and  have 
labored  faithfully  and  assiduously  for  its  upbuilding,  as  well  as  for  the 
welfare  of  their  race. 

On  the  first  page  of  our  record  is  enrolled  the  name  of  Sister 
Mary  E.  Miller.  Born  in  Warren  county,  Georgia,  she  entered  the 
State  as  a  refugee,  and  came  to  the  city  of  Jacksonville  in  1865.  After 
attending  for  some  time  the  public  school,  then  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Freedmen's  Bureau,  preparing  for  the  work  of  teaching,  she  was 
called  with  others  to  be  a  teacher,  and  was  appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy 
occurring  in  the  Baptist  Sabbath  school,  under  the  auspices  of  Chap- 
lain Hall,  of  Conneticut,  and  for  several  weeks  previous  to  commenc- 
ing this  work,  she  with  others  who  were  called,  was  daily  offered  to  a 
throne  of  grace,  and  fully  consecrated  to  the  work  of  a  Sabbath  school 
teacher.  But  she  was  not  destined  to  remain  long  in  that  field  of  labor, 
for  immediately  after  the  arrival  of  Rev.  C.  H.  Pearce,  and  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church,  being  of  the  Methodist  faith,  she 
made  a  confession  of  the  same  to  the  good  chaplain  (who  parted  with 
her  very  reluctantly)  and  came  to  her  Church  while  it  was  yet  strug- 
gling for  existence.  In  the  midst  of  the  deepest  intellectual  darkness, 
with  no  shelter  other  than  an  arbor  of  boards  erected  under  the  admin- 
istration of  Rev.  Wm.  Bradwell,  pastor.  Such  was  the  state  of  our 
Church  when  Mrs.  Miller  came  to  cast  in  her  lot  with  us.  Here  she 
has  labored  early  and  late,  in  season  and  out  of  season,  during  the 
darkest  age  of  our  Church  in  this  State,  as  well  as  during  its  brighter 
dawning,  closely  identified  with  every  movement  for  the  good  of  her 
race  and  for  the  advancement  of  the  Redeemer's  kingdom.  She  has 
labored  in  our  Sabbath  school  under  all  the  superintendents  from  Rev. 
J.  R.  Sweet  (senior),  of  the  past,  to  W.  A.  Middleton,  of  the  present. 
She  was  the  indefatigable  and  ever  reliant  assistant  of  Rev.  W.  P. 
Ross,  as  Founder  and  first  President  of  Divinity  High  School,  and, 


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indeed,  it  cannot  be  denied  that  it  was  largely  through  her  labors  that 
this  school  succeeded  in  its  primitive  state,  and  the  future  success  of 
this  school,  however  brilliant,  must  be  largely  attributed  as  the  fruit 
and  reward  for  the  labors  and  sacrifices  of  the  past.  But,  turning  the 
leaf,  we  find  on  this  page,  the  name  of  Sister  Mary  Still,  born  in  Phil- 
adelphia, on  the  banks  of  the  Delaware,  over  eighty  years  ago.  Her 
father  and  mother,  Levin  and  Syney  by  name,  were  Christians  and 
members  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  After  teaching  school  for  many 
years  in  New  Jersey  and  Philadelphia,  her  attention  was  turned  south- 
ward. It  is  remarked  of  her,  by  one  of  her  earliest  pupils,  in  this 
wise  :  ' '  Though  she  may  have  had  many  equals  in  disciplining  minds 
and  imparting  instruction,  she  had  few  in  training  characters  for  use- 
fulness and  happiness."  Such  was  the  durable  and  lasting  impression 
made  upon  the  lives  of  all  who  came  under  her  control,  that  they  were 
constrained  to  follow  after  usefulness,  and  in  striving  to  be  useful  they 
were  good.  Miss  Still  came  to  Jacksonville  in  1866,  and  immediately 
commenced  her  work,  of  trying  to  instruct  her  race,  teaching  under 
the  shelter  of  an  arbor  erected  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Bradwell,  pastor  of  the 
A.  M.  E.  Church.  She  was  directress  of  the  Sabbath  school  for  many 
years,  and  the  wise  counsellor  and  friend  of  pastors  and  superintend- 
ents, laboring  faithfullv  for  the  good  of  the  church,  alwavs  abounding 
in  words  of  wisdom,  and  famous  for  her  deeds  of  love  and  charity, 
ever  ready  to  encourage  the  right  and  put  down  the  wrong,  it  may  be 
truly  said  of  her.  that  her  words  were  few  and  well  chosen,  seasoned 
with  grace.  She  was  the  organizer  and  founder  of  such  charitable  in- 
stitutions as  the  Old  Folks'  Home,  the  Ladies'  Aid,  and  the  Ladies' 
Friendly  L  liion  and  others.  She  feemed  to  find  her  greatest  pleasure 
in  relieving  the  sick  and  administering  to  the  distressed.  Much  more 
might  be  said  of  this  noble,  self-sacrificing  sister,  but  space  forbids. 
Her  labors  are  now  ended  and  she  has  gone  to  reap  her  sure  reward. 

Her  niece.  Miss  Josephine  Jones,  nee  Still,  who  was  born  in 
Burlington  county,  N.  J.,  had  the  honor  of  accompanying  her  aunt 
to  Florida.  She  had  the  advantage  of  the  public  schools  in  New  Jer- 
sey, and  also  attended  the  Institute  for  Colored  Youth  under  the 
instruction  of  Miss  Fannie  Jackson,  now  Mrs.  Cappin.  Mrs.  Jones 
assisted  her  aunt  in  teaching  school  both  day  and  night.  She  has 
been  and  is  still  laboring  to  contribute  her  mite  towards  the  moral  and 
intellectual  improvement  of  her  race.  She  has  been  for  many  years 
past  a  faithful  laborer  in  our  church  and  Sabbath  school,  and  in  her 
own  language  she  says,  *'  Most  of  my  time  has  been  spent  for  the  up- 
building of  my  race."  But  again  the  leaf  is  turned,  and  on  this  page 
we  see,  in  letters  of  bold  relief,  the  names  of  Susan  L.  and  G.  G. 
Waterman,  eldest  and  youngest  daughters  of  Amos  and  Eliza  Water- 
man, of  Mt.  Holly,  Burlington,  New  Jersey.  The  elder  early  mani- 
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reflective  mind,  and  she  was  also  remarkable  for  solidity  of  character, 
from  childhood  up  to  womanhood.  The  opportunity  afforded  for  her 
early  education  was  somewhat  limited,  being  only  such  as  a  district 
school  afforded,  which  was  somewhat  like  our  country  schools  of  the 
present  day,  operated  at  very  distant  intervals.  However,  she  at- 
tended regularly,  when  school  was  in  session,  though  obliged  to  walk 
the  distance  of  two  miles  daily,  laboring  under  a  great  disadvantage. 
Her  first  experience  as  a  teacher  was  at  Woodberry,  Gloucester  county, 
New  Jersey,  where  she  taught  six  months,  after  which  she  also  attend- 
ed the  Institute  for  Colored  Youth  in  Philadelphia,  where  she  remained 
until  the  call  for  teachers  to  come  South.  She  then  offered  her  ser- 
vices to  the  Freedmen's  Bureau,  but  was  refused  by  the  committee  on 
account  of  being  not  strong  enough  to  endure  the  hardships  they  ex- 
pected she  would  have  to  encounter.  This  was  indeed  a  heavy  loss 
to  her,  as  she  was  filled  with  an  earnest  desire  to  teach  the  freedmen, 
and  do  something  for  the  uplifting  of  her  race.  However,  she  was 
not  to  be  turned  from  her  purpose,  but  undertook  the  journey  south- 
ward on  her  own  responsibility  and  at  her  own  expense.  She  came, 
in  company  with  Miss  Still  and  her  niece,  of  whom  we  have  spoken. 
Stopping  at  Jacksonville  at  the  residence  of  Rev.  J.  R.  Scott,  senior, 
where  she  learned  that  there  was  a  wide  field  of  labor  open  for  her  at 
Lake  City,  she  journeyed  thence,  spending  her  last  dollar  to  defray 
the  expense  of  passage,  trusting  in  the  Lord  to  provide.  Those  who 
know  of  the  cordial  reception  she  met  on  her  arrival  at  Lake  City, 
can  bear  witness  that  the  Lord  most  wonderfully  and  bountifully  pro- 
vided. Amorg  her  first  pupils  were  the  present  Dr.  Jerry  and  brother, 
brought  by  their  father  to  her  for  instruction,  on  the  day  immediately 
following  her  arrival.  In  a  few  days  she  was  employed  to  teach  in  the 
barracks,  with  a  lady  of  the  opposite  race,  Miss  Thomas,  of  West 
Chester,  Pennsylvania,  and  afterwards  with  Miss  Chase,  of  Boston. 
There  being  no  school  house  erected,  Miss  Waterman  begged  and  col- 
lected two  hundred  dollars  with  which  to  purchase  the  land  on  which 
the  Freedmen's  school-house  was  erected.  She  stood  the  test  of  a 
public  examination  before  the  Board  of  Instruction  at  Tallahassee,  and 
was  for  many  years  Principal  of  the  Lake  City  public  school.  During 
this  time  she  had  organized  the  A.  M.  E.  Sabbath  school,  and  was 
acting  in  the  various  capacities  of  Superintendent,  Secretary,  and 
Teacher.  Nor  were  her  labors  confined  to  her  own  denomination, 
for  she  was  Secretary  of  both  the  Methodist  and  Baptist  churches.  In 
1869  she  was  married  to  William  Raif,  of  North  Carolina.  As  a  mar- 
ried lady  and  housekeeper,  her  heart  and  hand  were  ever  ready  to 
assist  the  poor.  Her  house  could  have  been  called  with  propriety, 
"  The  Preacher's  Hotel,"  because  for  years  it  would  have  been  strange 
not  to  have  found  a  weary  traveler  under  that  hospitable  roof.  It  is 
remarked  of  her  by  one  who  knew  her  best,  that  self-knowledge  was 


REV.  M .  E.  BRYANT,  D.  D. 
Editor  of  Southern  Christian  Recorder. 


REV.  L.  RUFFIN  NICHOLS, 
Presiding  Elder  of  the  Edisto  District,  South 
Carolina  Conference. 


REV.  JAMES  F.  DART, 
Presiding  Elder  of  the  Charleston  District 
South  Carolina  Conference. 


REV.  SAMUEL  W.  BELLAMY,  REV.  SAMUEL  WASHINGTON, 

Presiding  Elder  of  the  Beaufort  District,  South        Presiding  Elder  of  the  Marion   District,  Soutl 
Carolina  Conference.  Carolina  Conference. 


PIONEER  WOMEN   OF   EAST  FLORIDA. 


one  of  her  peculiar  distinctions.  She  knew  where  her  superior  strength 
lay,  and  was  likewise  as  conscious  of  her  own  weakness.  She  would 
attempt  nothing  but  what  she  felt  sure  of  doing  well,  and  what  she 
could  not  do  well  she  preferred-  not  to  attempt.  But  Sister  Raif  fell 
asleep  in  Jesus,  March  28th,  1884,  at  the  age  of  48,  after  a  long  and 
severe  illness,  which  she  bore  with  Christian  fortitude,  yielding  up  her 
life  with  that  sweet  resignation  of  soul  for  which  she  was  so  particu- 
larly remarkable.  May  her  rest  be  sweet  and  undisturbed,  and  her 
spirit  dwell  with  Christ  her  Saviour. 

Miss  G.  G.  Waterman,  the  younger  sister,  came  also  from  New 
Jersey  to  Florida,  about  the  year  1873.  Two  years  later  she  com- 
menced teaching,  and  has  been  ever  since  then  actively  engaged  in  the 
work.  She  is  the  founder  of  Finley  High  School  in  Lake  City,  founded 
June  10th,  1889,  and  still  operating  successfully.  She  has  filled  every 
office  in  the  Sabbath  school  of  Lake  City,  and  is  the  present  superin- 
tendent. She  has  been  for  years  in  the  employ  of  the  Publication  De- 
partment. Manager  Gould  remarked  thus  of  her  on  introducing  her 
to  Dr.  Fanner,  now  Bishop:  "  Dr.,"  said  he,  "  If  all  our  preachers 
worked  for  the  publishing  department  as  Sister  Waterman  has  done,  I 
would  feel  like  standing  upon  a  steeple  and  proclaiming  our  consequent 
success  to  the  world  !"  But  we  have  turned  to  another  name,  Mrs. 
Martha  D.  Sickles,  now  Mrs.  Greenwood,  who  came  to  Florida  from 
New  York  in  October,  1866,  in  company  with  Rev.  C.  H.  Pearce, 
and  two  other  teachers.  Mrs.  Sickles  stopped  at  Monticello ;  the 
others  went  to  Tallahassee.  When  she  arrived  at  her  destination  she 
found  the  A.  M.  E.  church  in  course  of  erection  under  the  supervision 
of  Rev.  Robert  Meachem,  pastor.  The  work  was  pushed  forward  as 
rapidly  as  possible,  so  that  she  might  begin  to  teach.  On  Sunday 
morning,  October  2 2d,  1866,  Mrs.  Sickles  organized  the  A.  M.  E. 
Sabbath  school,  and  on  Monday  morning  following  she  also  opened 
the  public  school  and  continued  her  mission  of  teaching  both  day  and 
night,  laboring  faithfully  in  every  enterprise  undertaken  for  the  good 
of  her  race  and  the  upbuilding  of  her  Church.  x\fter  many  years  of 
labor  she  became  Mrs.  Greenwood,  and  removed  trom  Monticello  to 
the  rural  districts,  where  she  is  still  engaged  in  the  work  of  uplifting 
her  race.  Lastly,  but  by  no  means  the  least,  we  turn  to  the  name  of 
Miss  M.  A.  Comer,  daughter  of  Anderson  and  Emma  Comer,  born  in 
Georgia,  who  came  while  very  young  to  Florida,  and  has  been  during 
the  greater  portion  of  her  life  striving  to  assist  her  people  m  every  way, 
by  precept  andvexample.  She  is  a  faithful  and  untiring  worker  in  our 
Church,  ever  ready  and  willing  to  do  something  for  the  cause  of  Christ. 
She  has  for  years  been  the  moving  spirit  in  the  Live  Oak  Sabbath 
school,  and  she  is  still  striving  to  do  with  her  might  what  her  hands 
find  to  do.  There  may  be  others  whose  names  we  have  failed  to  get, 
who  should  have  had  a  place  on  our  roll  of  honor,  but  we  have  given 

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those  whose  names  we  could  readily  recall.  Such  are  the  characters 
of  the  women  whom  the  Church  delights  to  honor — the  Pioneer  Wo- 
men of  East  Florida — women  who  withstood  the  toils  and  hardships  of 
a  rugged  life,  in  the  wilderness  of  our  Church.  They  came,  imbued 
with  a  deep  sense  of  the  responsibility  and  sacredness  of  their  work, 
and  entered  upon  it  willingly  and  cheerfully,  and  have  prosecuted  it 
faithfully.  Distributed  throughout  the  eastern  as  well  as  the  western 
portion  of  our  state,  they  were  beacon-lights,  as  it  were,  illuminating 
the  dark  path  of  the  Missionaries  of  the  Cross.  Side  by  side  they 
labored  harmoniously  with  them,  cheering  and  encouraging  them  in 
their  mission  of  gaining  souls  for  the  Master. 

Thus  they  would  go, 
On  missions  of  mercy, 
Following  Christ  from  day  unto  day, 
Cheering  the  faint  and  raising  the  fallen, 
Pointing  the  lost  to  Jesus  the  way. 
Thus  has  the  work  of  the  Church  and  School  ever  been  closely  allied 
in  this  great  and  glorious  work  of  progress,  and,  by  the  combined 
action  of  the  missionary  and  teacher,  light  has  been  slowly  but  surely 
dispensed  and  darkness  compelled  to  recede.    We  will  ever  honor  the 
memory  of  those  dear  women  who  have  been  instrumental  in  this  good 
work.    Some  have  passed  on  before,  but  their  good  deeds  still  live, 
and  we  trust  that  the  circling  waves  of  their  good  influence  may  spread 
on,  and  on,  until  they  shall  reach  and  be  felt  by  generations  yet  un- 
born.   And,  for  those  who  still  survive,  our  prayer  is,  that  the  blessings 
of  God  may  ever  attend  them,  that  they  may  be  encouraged  to  con- 
tinue the  good  work  begun,  until  the  Lord  shall  say — "  Well  done." 
And  then,  at  last,  may  they  find  an  abundant  entrance  into  that  rest 
that  awaits  the  finally  faithful. 


An  Address  Delivered  Before  the  Law  Glass  of  Allen  University. 


MAJOR  J.    H.  FORDHAM. 

Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen : — It  was  with  reluctance  that 
I  accepted  the  invitation  to  address  the  graduating  law  class,  owing  to 
business  engagements  and  a  lack  of  time  for  preparation.  I  also  felt  a 
delecacy  in  handling  a  subject,  which  to  those  not  conversant  with  the 
law,  would  seem  dry  and  monotonous ;  and  these  young  men  having 
gone  through  the  principles  of  common,  civil,  criminal  and  constitu- 


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tional  laws,  and  the  various  ramifications  of  evidence,  the  dissecting 
of  these  various  branches,  would  find,  possibly  little  to  interest  them. 
Howbeit  I  shall  try  to  give  a  word  of  advice  and  encouragement  which 
may  be  of  benefit  to  some. 

Gentlemen  of  the  Graduating  class,  attorneys  and  counsellors  at 
law.  You  to-day  must  feel  proud,  must  feel  gratified  beyond  expres- 
sion that  you  have  succeeded  in  reaching  the  first  round  of  the  profes- 
sional ladder.  How  you  have  come  all  along  the  tedious  way,  what 
deprivations  you  have  had  to  undergo,  what  sacrifices  you  have  had  to 
make,  few  know,  possibly  none  but  yourselves.  To-day  you  can  look 
retrospectively  back  over  those  dark,  tedious  days  and  nights,  and  with 
uncovered  heads  bowed  low  and  hearts  filled  with  emotion,  give  thanks, 
honor  and  praise  to  the  Great  Chancellor  of  the  universe,  the  giver  of 
the  law,  the  Most  High  Judge. 

You  have  come  thus  far  well.  Before  you  is  the  unknown  future  ; 
with  you  the  question  of  success  or  failure  rests.  On  you  depends 
posterity ;  the  race  goes  a  step  forward  or  backward.  Will  you  suc- 
ceed ?  Are  you  determined  to  make  your  mark  ?  You  have  enlisted 
and  are  equipped  for  the  fight.  It  is  a  fight  of  intelligence.  Have  you 
made  up  your  mind  to  climb  the  mountain  of  Fame,  measuring  arms 
with  the  mighty  giants  of  the  land  ? 

COMMENTS  ON  YOUNG  ATTORNEYS. 

Get  office;  pathetic  appeal;  put  out  shingle;  tackle  solicitor; 
court  in  tears  ;  build  air-castles  ;  great  speeches  to  jury ;  solicitor  floored; 
your  peculiar  walk;  peculiar  talk  ;  peculiar  action.  Show  me  a  man 
that  is  not  afraid  to  work,  although  he  is  a  doctor,  lawyer  or  profes- 
sional man  of  any  kind,  others  are  tilings.    In  fine  clothes — nice  things. 

Let  me  call  your  attention  to  an  undisputed  fact  which  you  can 
take  home  with  you  and  digest  at  leisure  :  That  it  will  take  you  ten 
years  more  of  hard  study  and  diligent  work  to  make  you  a  lawyer,  and 
ten  more  years  of  practice,  diligent  research  and  careful  reading  to 
make  an  eminent  attorney. 

You  will  find  the  first  five  years  of  practice  harder  than  the  years 
you  read  law  here  in  this  university.  Nothing  but  hard,  earnest  work, 
steady  purpose,  indomitable  will  and  energy,  will  give  you  success. 
Disciples  of  Blackstone,  you  have  a  bright  future  before  you,  and  much 
to  achieve."  "  Look  aloft,"  press  onward  and  forward,  for  you  are  not 
without  hope.  I  am  reminded  of  the  beautiful  lines  from  Campbell's 
"  Pleasure  of  Hope  :  " 

''Eternal  Hope  !    When  yonder  sphere  sublime 
Pealed  their  first  notes  to  sound  the  march  of  Time, 
Thy  joyous  youth  began — but  not  to  fade — 
When  all  the  sister  planets  have  decayed ; 
When  wrapt  in  fire  the  realms  of  ether  glow 


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And  heaven's  last  thunder  shakes  the  world  below  ; 

Thou,  undismayed,  shall  o'er  the  rums  smile, 

And  light  thy  torch  at  Nature's  funeral  pile." 
Adam,  who  had  nothing  to  do  in  the  garden  of  Eden,  it  the  way 
of  thought,  except  to  prune  his  vines  and  sing  morning  and  evening 
hymns,  might  live  on  grapes  and  cold  water  and  get  fat.  Such  a  diet 
would  not  do  for  us  in  this  day  and  time,  whose  system,  intellectual 
and  corporeal,  is  wasting  under  severe  and  continual  strains.  You 
must  have  substantial  and  it  takes  money  to  purchase  them,  and  good 
honest  work  to  make  money.  In  your  voyage  of  life,  exercise  care ; 
be  honest  and  honorable.  Let  the  first  and  predominant  impression 
you  make  upon  the  world  be  that  you  have  a  mind  of  adequate  strength 
for  the  highest  achievements  in  your  profession,  and  I  pray  thee,  for 
some  years  use  the  curb  rather  than  the  spur  with  your  imagination. 
And  above  all,  remember  thy  Creator  at  all  times  and  in  all  places. 
Give  homage  and  obedience;  don't  act  the  coward  and  be  afraid  to  ac- 
knowledge your  Maker  wherever  you  are  thrown,  though  you  are  paid 
to  keep  silent.     [Tale  of  Bob  and  boots.] 

The  amens  that  comes  from  these  comers  lifts  the  soul  of  the  min- 
ister who  stands  behind  the  sacred  desk. 

It  would  do  vou  no  harm  to  read  Mansfield's  Mode  of  Managing 
Legal  Questions;  also,  Cowper,  Douglass  &  Fields,  the  New  York 
and  Pennsylvania  Reports,  and  Richardson,  of  our  State.  Examine 
the  decisions  in  Massachusetts  Reports  carefully  and  you  will  find 
them  good  law  in  South  Carolina.  Then  the  Surrogate  or  Probate 
Court  Reports  should  be  read  carefully.  Direct  your  chief  aim  to  ac- 
quire a  reputation  for  deep  and  correct  thinking,  leaving  eloquence  to 
shift  for  itself ;  seeking  merely  to  convey  your  ideas  in  the  most  simple, 
perspicuous  and  opposite  language.  Be  not  in  haste  to  raise  the  super- 
structure of  your  oratory  ;  learned  researches,  vigorous  discrimination, 
wide  comprehension  and  correct  judgment  will  in  time  distinguish  you 
as  an  orator  and  a  great  man.  I  cannot  think  the  trammels  of  poverty 
very  favorable  to  one's  ascent  up  the  rugged  steep  on  which  Fame  has 
thought  proper  to  build  her  temple.  Very  poor  men  have  rendered 
themselves  famous  with  scarcely  a  square  meal  to  the  day  ;  but  a  lib- 
eral amount  of  this  world's  goods  makes  success  easier.  There  may 
be  danger  that  wealth  may  make  a  man  indolent ;  this  I  think  depends 
on  the  constitution  of  the  character.  The  sting  of  genius  may  be  as 
operative  an  impulse  as  the  pinch  of  necessity. 

Work  hard  to  overcome  dullness  and  sloth  and  confusion,  and  in- 
dustriously apply  yourselves  to  business.  Laurels  so  earned  may  be 
worn  with  pleasure,  but  those  which  are  dropped  on  a  man's  head  by 
chance,  or  placed  there  by  partiality,  or  by  the  waywardness  of  des- 
tiny, is  a  yoke  and  a  burden  to  the  wearer.  Because  you  are  attorneys 
be  not  conceited,  and  in  your  dealings  with  men  practice  no  deceit. 


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Say  to  the  demon  Conceit  and  his  foster  brother  Deceit,  what  Poe  said 
to  the  raven  perched  above  his  chamber  door — 

"Take  thy  beak  from  out  my  heart, 
And  take  thy  form  from  off  my  door." 

The  great  Carlyle  has  said,  that  "  the  best  gift  God  ever  gave  to 
man  was  an  eye  that  really  saw,  and  that  only  a  few  men  were  recipi- 
ents of  this  gift."  It  becomes  you  to  use  those  eyes  God  gave  you, 
and  see,  and  seeing  to  have  the  courage  to  tell  just  what  you  see,  and 
having  said  it,  stand  by  it,  not  with  malice  or  arrogance,  but  with  the 
sturdiness  of  a  thorough  conviction. 

Mr.  President,  as  I  look  in  the  faces  of  these  young  men,  armed 
and  equipped  for  the  struggles  of  life,  my  mind  goes  back  to  the  win- 
ter of  1874,  when  I  was  admitted  to  the  bar  as  an  attorney.  Those  were 
pleasant  days  and  I  like  to  think  of  them.  That  the  Law  Department 
of  Allen  University  is  a  success  goes  without  saying ;  and  with  such  a 
Professor,  such  a  Dean  as  the  Hon.  Thos.  A.  Saxon,  Allen  will  yet 
plant  her  banner  on  the  highest  summit  of  Fame  and  Achievement, 
and  the  names  ol  her  Arnett,  her  Morris,  and  her  Saxon  will  go  thun- 
dering down  the  ages  to  nations  unborn,  who  will  give  reverence  and 
respect  to  their  sacred  memories. 

As  we  journey  through  the  ever-changing  scenes  of  life  let  us  feel 
the  touch  of  each  other's  shoulders ;  side  by  side,  hand  in  hand,  with 
hearts  beating  in  unison  and  eyes  cast  Westward.  Forward  is  the  com- 
mand which  is  being  passed  along  the  whole  line,  from  where  the  Gulf 
of  Mexico  dances  to  the  balmy  southern  breeze  to  far-beyond  majestic 
Michigan,  Superior,  Huron  and  Erie's  placid  shores  to  the  snow-capped 
hills  of  Canada;  and  as  it  comes  vibrating  along  the  Atlantic  coast  it 
goes  ringing  across  the  Mississippi  fainter  and  fainter;  but  ere  it  dies 
away  the  Rockies  catches  the  magic  sound,  and  it  is  re-echoed  back 
in  louder  tones — Westward  !  forward  ! 

Why  all  this  commotion  ?  Who  are  these  I  see  coming  from  the 
North,  the  East  and  the  South,  with  their  faces  turned  to  the  setting 
sun  ?  They  are  the  children  of  Ham  seeking  an  asylum,  a  refuge 
from  persecution,  from  ostracism  and  from  murder. 

O  Thou  that  holds  the  destiny  of  all  nations  in  Thy  hand,  our 
Guide,  our  Counsellor,  our  King!  Guide  us,  protect  us,  and  shield 
us,  whilst  here  we  tarry,  from  wicked  men  who  are  continually  putting 
us  to  death — throw  around  us  Thy  protecting  arms  and  instill  into  us 
race  pride.  Teach  us  to  respect  the  sanctity  of  home  and  the  virtue 
of  our  maidens. 

Is  there  a  man  here  so  base,  so  mean,  so  vile,  who  has  sunk  so 
low  in  the  slough  of  iniquity,  who  is  so  depraved,  who  would  refuse 
to  lift  his  strong  arm  in  defense  of  the  chastity  and  virtue  of  our  wo- 
men ?  I  believe  there  is  none,  and  God  forbid  that  there  ever  be  one. 
May  we  all  register  a  solemn  vow  that  human  life  shall  be  protected, 


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that  the  sanctity  of  our  homes  and  the  chastity  of  our  maidens  shall 
and  will  be  protected  at  all  times  and  under  all  circumstances,  though 
hell  itself  with  all  its  demons  bid  defiance. 

Other  refuge  we  have  none, 

Hang  we  helpless,  Lord,  on  thee  ; 

LeaVe,  O  leave  us  not  alone, 
Shield,  protect,  we  ask  of  Thee. 


ADDEESS  BEPOEE  THE  SOCIETIES  OF  ALLEN  TOIVEESITY. 


REV.    W.    B.    DERRICK,    T).  D. 

In  the  words  of  an  impassioned  speaker,  "  My  heart  grows  glad, 
my  soul  thrills  with  pleasure,  my  hopes  grow  brighter,  my  ambition 
soars  higher,  my  respect  for  my  race  grows  deeper  and  my  thanks  to 
God  more  grateful,"  as  I  stand  here,  my  mind  encircling  the  past,  and 
all  that  proves  my  people  to  be  a  race  too  long  oppressed — a  people 
who  have  suffered  beneath  the  most  inhuman  persecution,  but  by  en- 
ergy, constancy,  courage  and  valor,  have  succeeded  in  acquiring  lib- 
erty. Our  constant  solicitude  has  been  and  still  is  to  gain  a  place 
among  the  intelligent  and  christian  people  of  this  and  other  lands.  A 
full  comprehension  of  our  duties  and  responsibilities,  and  all  that  go 
toward  making  a  people  happy,  virtuous  and  brave,  united  with  inces- 
sant labor  will  inevitably  accomplish  that  end. 

Now  when  liberal  and  healthy  opinions  appear  to  efface  the  mem- 
ory of  those  dark  and  disastrous  times,  in  which  the  race  groveled  un- 
der the  most  harsh  opinions — there's  no  words  to  describe  the  deplo- 
rable condition  in  which  we  existed  before  the  emancipation.  And 
while  the  story  of  our  woes  and  the  harrowing  tortures  we  endured 
under  the  hell-born  system  is  relegated  to  the  historian,  yet  with  Vic- 
toria Earle  "I  may  safely  say  that  extant  history  does  not  tell  of  a  sin- 
gle race,  in  a  like  period,  who  evince  so  many  features  of  progressive 
development,  which  it  has  been  the  privilege  of  the  masses  to  witness 
in  the  Negro."  And  with  her  I  most  heartily  say,  "  that  if  the  white 
American  people  at  large  can  afford  to  bequeath  such  a  page  to  future 
history  as  their  present  treatment  of  the  now  helpless  American-born 
Negro,  then  they  must  expect  thinking  minds  of  the  future  to  question 
not  only  their  Christianity,  but  their  common  humanity  as  well." 

With  pride  we  revert  to  the  epoch  when  universal  liberty  was  pro- 
claimed by  the  great  emancipator,  Abraham  Lincoln,  and  sanctioned 


ADDRESS  TO  SOCIETIES  OF  ALLEN  UNIVERSITY. 


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by  the  civilized  world,  when  all  became  free  before  God  and  the  re- 
public ;  even  though  penniless  and  without  place  to  lay  our  heads  up- 
on, became  free  and  equal  despite  the  wail  raised  by  the  opposing  par- 
asites North  and  South,  who  feebly  cried  that  the  Negro  emancipated 
and  left  to  himself,  would  prove  not  only  an  helpless  but  a  worthless 
burden  upon  the  community.  Thus  was  judged  the  capacity  of  the 
whole  race.    How  unjust !    How  unkind  ! 

It  is  universally  known  that  the  cause  for  which  the  late  bloody 
rebellion  was  waged, — great  and  stupendous  enough  to  occupy  the 
thoughts  of  civilized  nations,  has  in  the  peaceful  revolution  of  intel- 
lectual progression  become  fixed  in  the  silent  archives  of  history,  and 
the  problem  that  contains  the  power  to  make  or  mar  us  as  a  people — 
the  problem  of  Letters — is  emblazoned  forth  pre-eminently  before  the 
dwellers  of  our  beloved  country.  To  you  as  men  conscious  of  the 
business  of  life,  we  turn  to  you  gentlemen,  graduates  of  the  Class  of 
1890.  The  academic  distinctions  and  honors  which  has  just  been  con- 
ferred upon  you,  constitutes  a  most  happy  termination  of  years  con- 
nected with  this  University  in  the  capacity  of  students.  For  these 
high  distinctions  you  have  long,  well  and  earnestly  labored,  and  while 
I  tender  to  you  the  warm  and  cordial  congratulations  of  the  Professors, 
and  I  may  say  the  patrons  of  learning  of  the  assembled  University, 
on  this  gratifying  termination  of  your  past  career. 

THE  FUTURE  ADMONITION. 

I  would  claim  your  indulgence  while  I  address  a  few  words  to 
you  concerning  your  future — the  untried  future  upon  which  you  are 
about  entering,  with  its  blending  of  shadow  and  sunshine,  its  strange 
commingling  of  joy  and  sorrow,  its  vales  of  humiliation,  its  bitter  wa- 
ters of  Mearah  and  adjoining  wells  of  Elim. 

I  would  ask  you,  further,  to  accept  the  words  of  advice  and  ad- 
monition I  shall  offer  on  behalf  of  the  faculty,  as  the  best  proof  of  the 
complete  satisfaction  with  which  they  have  viewed  your  steady  aim  at 
proficiency,  commendable  industry,  that  have  begotten  in  them  senti- 
ments of  the  highest  esteem  for  you,  and  a  warm  and  unabated  inter- 
est which  is  destined  to  outlive  this  day's  exercises  and  follow  you  from 
these  consecrated  walls  to  and  through  every  stage  of  your  career. 

Addressing  you  as  the  "alumni"  of  this  university — what  are 
you  but  literally  as  the  term,  those  that  are  nourished  and  brought  up, 
the  pupils,  foster-children,  reared  within  the  camp,  apprentices  ?  This 
classical  term  "  Alumni,"  carries  us  back  to  the  days  of  Plato  and 
Aristotle,  the  founders  of  the  academic  peripatetic  school — B.  C.  400 
—to  the  portico  and  grove  at  Athens,  whose  schools  of  philosophy 
were  the  acknowledged  thrones  of  the  intellectual  world.  Beneath 
the  spell  of  the  subtile  and  dazzling  theories  which  were  there  elabo- 
rated, all  the  cultivated  minds  of  the  age  bowed  in  willing  thralldom, 


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and  although  said  theories  in  the  mighty  march  of  human  progress 
have  been  modified  and  pruned  of  certain  inconsistencies,  yet  in  the 
main  the  germs  of  unsullied  truth  live  and  will  mould  generations 
down  the  long  vista  of  time. 

And  now,  alumni  of  Allen  University,  members  of  a  fraternity 
whose  record  covers  a  period  of  2,270  years,  now  that  you  are  taking 
the  first  steps  in  your  respective  careers,  afford  me  a  brief  and  patient 
hearing  while  I  proceed  to  say  a  few  words  as  to  your  future,  as  we 
read  the  admonition  engraven  as  with  the  sunbeams  of  heaven  over 
the  doorways  of  the  temple  of  knowledge. 

MAN  "  KNOW  THYSELF." 

Alumni,  remember  that  each  of  you  is  a  link  in  the  chain  of  the 
existence  of  human  beings,  and  as  such  it  behooves  you  to  know  your- 
selves as  constituted  of  a  dual  nature — body  and  soul. 

THE  BODY. 

1  st.  The  body  or  physical  nature,  is  an  animal  organization,  but 
the  soul  is  the  immaterial  and  immortal,  that  thinks  and  wills,  vivifies 
and  governs  the  body.  Although  man,  according  to  this  body,  is  an 
animal,  he  is  as  such  infinitely  supreme  to  all  other  creatures.  This 
is  manifested  in  his  erect  bearing  or  posture,  keen  and  intellectual 
eyes,  his  finely-shaped  head  and  expressive  countenance — the  index  of 
the  soul,  and  above  all  in  his  organs  of  speech  and  song,  capable  of 
endless  variations  of  sounds  to  express  and  convey  the  most  sublime 
thoughts  and  sentiments  of  the  mind. 

Let  me  remind  you  and  all  our  alumni,  that  a  healthy  mind  dwells 
in  a  healthy  body ;  hence  the  necessity  for  cultivating  the  physical 
powers  is  recognized  by  leading  universities  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlan- 
tic in  the  establishment  of  gymnasiums.  Do  not  let  physical  culture 
be  disdained  as  the  occupation  only  befitting  for  juniors,  but  let  it  be 
remembered  that  busy  Julius  Csesar,  who  made  ancient  Rome  the 
mistress  of  the  world,  grave  Cicero,  the  father  of  Roman  eloquence, 
and  other  heroes  and  sages  of  antiquity,  thought  it  of  the  first  impor- 
tance to  cultivate  such  exercises,  and  the  neglect  of  which  they  loudly 
and  constantly  raised  their  voices  against. 

The  literature  of  the  years,  though  almost  unexplored,  contains  a 
mine  of  unmistakably  valuable  treatises  on  the  subject  of  physical  train- 
ing. And  what  the  Greeks  and  Romans  have  done  in  this  direction  I 
need  not  tell  you,  but  before  closing  this  part  of  my  advice  let  me  bid 
you  bear  in  mind  that  the  duty  of  physical  training  for  developing  the 
entire  man  is  not  the  exclusive  province  of  West  Point,  for  that  which 
prepares  the  military  and  naval  cadets  to  encounter  fatigue  and  long 
marches,  will  most  materially  aid  the  future  merchant  on  'Change  in 
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supply  both  the  cottage  and  State  House  ;  the  mechanic  who  shall 
handle  the  ponderous  machines  in  our  work-shops  :  the  sailors  on  the 
trackless  ocean  who  shall  lay  at  our  feet  the  fruits  of  foreign  lands  ; 
the  miners  who  shall  descend  the  shaft  to  develop  the  natural  resources 
of  our  native  land  :  gentlemen  of  the  learned  professions,  in  short, 
every  branch  of  human  industry  which  recognizes  the  dignity  of  labor, 
embodied  in  the  law,  coeval  with  the  history  of  civilization:  "With 
the  sweat  of  thy  brow,  thou  shalt  eat  thy  bread  all  the  days  of  thy 
life."  You  will  readily  infer,  Alumni,  from  what  I  have  said,  that  I 
desire  your  physical  culture  should  be  made  subservient  to  and  as  a 
means  for 

INTELLECTUAL  QUALITIES. 

What  could  be  expected  of  a  race  who.  for  over  two  centuries, 
were  taught  to  regard  themselves  as  the  property  of  masters,  like  oxen 
and  horses,  rather  than  responsible  human  beings  ;  deprived  of  the 
right  of  protecting  their  persons ;  denied  the  right  of  legal  marriage, 
their  children  taken  from  them  :  animal  and  obscene  pleasures  encour- 
aged and  oft-times  forced  upon  them.  Thus  trained,  how  could  the 
Negro  develop  those  higher  qualities  and  traits  of  character  and  religious 
purity  so  essential  to  the  happiness  and  peace  of  all  good  citizens  ? 
He  was  not  permitted  to  read  God's  law  from  His  holy  Word.  His 
instruction  was  of  an  oral  nature,  and  consisted  of  an  imperfect  and, 
in  many  instances,  falsified  tradition  and  heathen  superstition.  This 
was  the  sort  of  instruction  imparted  by  individuals  who  were  unfit  in 
every  respect,  morally  and  mentally,  particularly ;  while  the  only  en- 
joyment allowed  the  Negro  was  eating  and  drinking  and  merry-making 
after  a  very  peculiar  fashion  of  those  accursed  days. 

It  is  no  fault  of  the  Xegro  that  he  is  ignorant,  but  the  result  of 
past  conditions  undeniably.  In  contrasting  the  percentage  of  the  il- 
literacy of  the  two  races  it  is  but  fair  to  consider  their  points  of  de- 
parture respectively. 

PARALLEL  OF   ILLITERACY  NEGROES  AND  WHITES. 

The  negro  for  generation  on  generation  was  doomed  to  toil  from 
early  morn  until  dusky  eve  on  the  cotton,  rice  and  sugar  plantations, 
while  on  the  other  hand  the  whites,  during  the  same  period,  enjoyed 
untrammelled  liberty,  unlimited  opportunity,  the  most  approved  and 
perfectly  equipped  educational  advantages,  contact  and  intercourse 
with  refined  and  enlightened  society.  Yet  in  spite  of  this  overwhelm- 
ing disparity,  we  point  with  pride  to  the  remarkable  mental  develop- 
ment of  the  race,  numberless  scholars  maintaining  their  Alma  Maters 
in' the  republic  of  Letters.  Since  the  conversion  of  the  slave-pens  into 
school-houses  and  the  auction-blocks  into  pulpits,  the  Negro's  ability 
to  master  the  three  "RV  has  been  unquestionally  demonstrated,  not 
alone  as  pupils  but  instructors.     It  was  an  able  writer  of  the  last  cen- 


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tury  who  quaintly  said,  "  While  the  man  of  the  body  takes  the  great- 
est care  to  set  out  and  adorn  the  part  for  which  he  thinks  himself  the 
most  valuable,  the  man  of  mind  will  bestow  most  pains  in  developing 
mind,  as  though  utterly  oblivious  to  all  else."  To  this  I  would  add, 
that  the  law  for  improving  our  mind  and  keeping  it  in  its  healthful 
state,  is  the  same  as  with  our  physical  being :  to  exercise  constantly 
and  successively  every  one  of  its  noble  faculties. 

THE  SOUL  OF  MAN, 

Because  created  in  the  image  of  God,  contains  God-like  capacities 
which  may  be  divided  into  the  intellectual  and  moral. 

THE  INTELLECTUAL  CAPACITIES. 

The  intellectual  capacities  comprehend  perception  or  the  power 
of  discerning  the  cause  of  our  sensations  and  conceptions,  or  that 
power  by  which  we  form  notions  of  absent  objects  of  perception  and 
past  sensation, — memory  or  the  power  of  recalling  the  past, — imagina- 
tions of  the  power  of  creating  ideal  objects — reason  or  the  power  of 
deducing  one  proposition  from  another,  and  consciousness  or  the  im- 
mediate knowledge  the  mind  has  of  its  sensations  and  thoughts  and, 
in  general,  of  all  its  present  operations. 

These  intellectual  capacities  of  man  are  capable  of  immense  de- 
velopment:  The  objects  of  nature,  their  utility  generally;  the  power 
of  correctly  forming  a  true  estimate  of  self — merits  and  demerits,  vir- 
tues and  vices,  desires  and  hopes,  and  that  propensity  which  discrimi- 
nates between  what  is  proper  or  improper,  just  or  unjust,  right  or  wrong, 
good  or  bad. 

No  earthly  creature,  besides  man,  is  capable  of  thinking  of  the 
Infinite  Creator,  and  his  will  of  tracing  Nature  up  to  Nature's  God; 
for  none  can  discriminate  between  cause  and  effect  in  order  to  reach 
the  first  cause,  God. 

GOD'S  REVELATION. 

God  revealed  himself  only  to  Man.  No  other  of  the  known  crea- 
tures can  comprehend  the  universe  in  which  they  breath  and  have 
their  being.  We  understand  its  wondrous  harmony  and  unity  and  the 
marvelous  adaptation  that  is  everywhere  seen.  Man  occupies  the  first 
place  in  the  universe  and  stands  so  much  nearer  his  Creator  than  the 
other  creatures,  who  are  ignorant  of  him  and  his  works. 

MORAL   CAPACITIES  OF  MAN. 

The  moral  capacities  of  Man  are  the  will  or  the  power  of  choosing 
or  refusing,  according  to  the  discovered  nature  and  tendency  of  action 
or  objects;  love  which  has  for  its  legitimate  object  the  good  and  beau- 
tiful ;  conscience,  or  the  moral  sense,  which  generates  and  governs  a 
proper  regard  in  our  intercouse  with  our  fellow-man,  according  to  their 


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various  relations  to  us  and  the  laws  and  duties  arising  from  those  rela- 
tions :  giving  every  one  his  due,  which  as  the  germ  constitutes  the  car- 
dinal virtue  of  justice  in  all  its  various  forms  of  equity,  honesty,  fidel- 
ity, veracity,  sincerity  and  candor,  imparting  a  true  estimate  of  char- 
acter and  a  perfect  sense  of  honor. 

KNOW  THYSELF. 

Know  thyself  "alumni,"  and  make  a  proper  choice  in  life.  Re- 
member that  as  long  as  evil  propensities  govern  man,  to  choose  that 
which  is  wicked  will  not  free  you.  but  will  enchain  you  but  the  more 
under  the  control  of  the  base  and  dishonorable.  The  consciousness 
of  having  developed  our  physical,  moral  and  intellectual  capacities 
according  to  the  will  of  God  and  elevated  ourselves  to  the  higher  or- 
der of  beings,  is  in  itself  a  gracious  reward,  when  egotism  and  carnal 
passions  shall  have  passed  away. 

Alumni !  as  mariners  ready  to  be  launched  out  upon  the  tempes- 
tuous sea  of  life,  beneath  whose  surface  lie  hidden  many  dangerous 
reefs  and  rocks,  upon  which  inexperienced  ones  have  been  shipwreck- 
ed, suffer  the  word  of  warning  : 

"look  to  the  beacon-light," 

and  as  you  go  finally  from  this  hall  avoid  : 

First — The  pestilential  influence  of  bad  books  or  such  writings  as 
tend  by  their  dangerous  or  seducting  sentiments  or  facinating  style  to 
weaken  your  character,  to  relax  the  firmness  of  your  moral  nature,  to 
taint  if  not  thoroughly  corrupt  your  hearts,  to  engender  low  and  de- 
basing tastes  and  appetites,  and  to  make  the  laws  of  nature  appear  as 
light  things  in  your  eyes.  Avoid  them,  touch  them  not  however  light- 
ly, for  as  poison  is  to  the  body  so  are  these  to  the  mind.  But  when 
you  meet  with  a  good  book,  treat  it  as  you  would  a  true  friend  ;  let  it 
be  your  silent  and  frequent  companion. 

Second. — Avoid  superficial  reading,  or  mere  glancing  at  maga- 
zines and  periodicals  and  popular  literature.  That  habit  has  never 
fastened  the  bays  and  laurels  around  any  student's  brow.  Follow  the 
contrary  course,  and  seek  wisdom  for  herself  alone.  "  Her  ways  are 
pleasant  and  her  paths  are  peace,"  guiding  you  as  a  shining  lamp. 
The  literature  of  the  present  times  exhibits  more  than  ever  before  a 
tendency  to  question  opinions,  no  matter  how  long  established  by  the 
lapse  of  centuries;  to  overthrow  everything,  no  matter  how  sacred  it 
be  deemed,  that  cannot  be  squared  with  hasty  objection.  In  short,  to 
remove  the  old  landmarks  of  your  faith  and  landing  its  advocates  in 
the  region  of  confusion  and  intellectual  darkness. 

Third. — Be  thorough  in  your  studies,  which  is  the  only  antidote 
against  superficiality.  Be  tolerant  or  liberal  in  your  views.  Avoid 
bigotry,  and  that  prejudice  which  sees  no  beauty  in  anything  outside 


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its  own.  Cultivate  the  broad  benevolence  of  heaven,  that  widens  out 
and  extends  itself  respecting,  man's  religious  convictions,  while  you 
firmly  and  intelligently  maintain  your  own.  Never  overlook  the  mel- 
lowing influence  of  a  refined  taste,  for  from  the  dress  of  your  person, 
the  furniture  of  your  dwellings  up  to  the  sculpture,  the  poetry  and  elo- 
quence, music  and  all  those  arts  that  adorn  life,  its  power  is  felt.  It 
has  also  the  laws  of  progress,  and  if  as  history  tells  us,  the  polished 
contemporaries  of  Horace  blushed  at  the  praise  their  honored  ances- 
tors bestowed  upon  the  dialogues  of  Plautus,  to  them  so  rude  and  bar- 
barous when  compared  with  the  elegant  comedies  of  Terence,  it 
should  evidently  be  your  highest  ambition  to  assist  in  rearing  such  a 
standard  of  taste  and  refinement,  that  those  who  come  after  you  may 
regard  it  with  admiration  and  profound  respect. 

Avoid  all  those  points  that  are  below  the  dignity  or  demeanor  of 
a  gentleman  or  lady,  one  of  which  is  affectation.  Cultivate  true  po- 
liteness, which  is  the  genuine  result  of  goodness  of  heart  and  rectitude 
of  mind.  Without  these  the  most  elegant  exterior  and  cultivated  men- 
tal powers,  will  prove  valueless  and  will  certainly  not  elevate  you 
above  and  keep  you  from  the  frivolous  and  vicious,  whose  companion- 
ship has  a  downward  tendency.  The  great  antidote  to  the  deleterious 
effects  of  such  companionship  is, 

SELF  RESPECT. 

If  you  should  follow  the  beacon  light  of  truth  and  celestial  wisdom, 
listen  to  the  admonition  of  a  tender  conscience — that  voice  of  God  in 
man.  Amidst  the  wild  surging  billows  of  temptation  that  threaten  to 
overwhelm  the  soul,  hold  fast  to  your  integrity  and  learn  the  power  of 
the  word  "  No,"  and  determine  by  the  help  of  God  that  your  heart 
shall  not  reproach  you  as  long  as  you  live.  This  is  to  adopt  for  your- 
selves principles  of  the  highest  honor,  as  they  are  indeed  the  most 
comprehensive. 

These  principles  will  if  steadily  adherred  to  prove  your  safest  guide 
when  passing  over  the  slippery  paths  of  life.  They  will  enable  you  to 
realize  the  grand  truth  which  Plato  taught  within  the  groves  at  Athens, 
"  That  it  is  equally  the  office  of  virtuous  constancy  to  withstand  the 
attacks  of  pain  and  the  blandishments  of  pleasure."  They  will  save 
you  from  discouragement  and  temptation  which  might  otherwise  over- 
whelm you,  and  will  finally  convert  the  howling  desert  of  misfortune 
into  a  blooming  paradise  of  joy. 

Alumni,  I  am  warned  by  the  lapse  of  time  to  bring  my  address 
to  a  close,  and  yet  I  would  detain  you  for  a  brief  space,  while  I  voice 
more  and  for  the  last  time,  earnestly  and  most  solemnly  warn  and  be- 
seech you,  ever  to  bear  in  mind  the  important  truths,  that  is  intelligent 
beings  never  to  lose  sight  of  your  respectability  as  American  citizens 
and  members  of  the  community  at  large. 


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DIVERSIFIED  INDUSTRY. 

If  the  Negro  is  to  rid  himself  of  the  old  landmark  of  slavery  he 
must  be  found  engaged  in  more  diversified  industry.  The  Irish  and 
Italians  were  never  enabled  to  rise  in  the  respect  of  the  community  as 
long  as  they  remained  daily  laborers  and  nothing  more  ;  carrying  the 
spade,  pick  and  shovel ;  digging  ditches  and  sweeping  streets.  It  was 
right  and  lawful  to  do  so — to  earn  an  honest  living — but  as  long  as 
they  did  this  and  nothing  else  they  appeared  to  the  native  to  be  a 
course,  uncultured  and  dangerous  class,  and  so  with  us  so  also  will  the 
Negro  appear  if  to  some  reasonable  extent  he  does  not  add  higher 
forms  of  employment  to  digging,  grooming,  waiting  and  white-wash- 
ing. The  Negro  is  fully  capable  and  must  become  skilled  mechanics. 
— carpenters,  blacksmiths,  tailors,  stove-makers,  jewelers,  etc.  He 
must  become  conversant  with  the  handicraft  and  mechanism  of  the 
day  and  age  in  which  he  lives.     He  must 

ACCUMULATE  PROPERTY. 

This  will  do  more  than  any  other  one  thing  toward  securing  that  respect 
and  recognition  for  which  we  are  striving:  without  it  we  will  neither 
respect  ourselves  nor  gain  the  respect  of  others.  The  acquisition  of 
property  always  indicates  a  degree  of  industry,  capacity,  thrift  and 
precedence  which  do  honor  our  manhood  and  womanhood,  while  con- 
tinued poverty  is  naturally  taken  to  show  want  of  ability,  intelligence 
and  sound  habits. 

Remember  money  gives  influence  and  power.  It  enables  the 
possessor  to  accomplish  private  and  public  ends.  We  may  not  be  able 
to  accumulate  the  wealth  of  a  Rothschild  or  a  Yanderbuilt,  yet  it's  in 
the  province  of  every  man  to  secure  himself  a  home  and  something  be- 
side. This  can  only  be  done  by  practicing  strict  and  judicious  econo- 
my, buy  less,  produce  more,  discountenance  the  credit  system,  calcu- 
late intelligently  on  probabilities,  frown  down  the  spirit  of  prodigality, 
emulate  those  who  are  thrifty  and  industrious,  enhance  to  the  utter- 
most of  your  ability  and  means  the  comfort  and  happiness  of  home  : 
by  so  doing  you  will  give  indubitable  evidence  of  possessing  the  highest 
form  of  civilization. 

The  sooner  we  cease  to  be  petitioners,  seeking  favors,  and  look- 
ing to  the  government  or  political  parties  to  be  nursed  and  cared  for 
and  supported — striking  out  boldly  and  courageously,  mainly  to  create 
a  future  by  industrv  and  character — the  sooner  will  the  time  come 
when  things  will  be  radically  changed.  We  must  live  for  coming  gen- 
erations as  well  as,  ourselves.  We  must  strive  to  secure  a  competency. 
It  will  help  our  children  to  build  upon. 

THE  TERRIBLE  SPIRIT  OF  CASTE. 

Another  terrible  hindrance  to  the  Negro  in  his  aspirations  is  the 


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spirit  of  caste.  On  the  part  of  the  whites  the  effect  is  powerful  for 
evil  universally.  It  has  the  strength  of  more  than  two  centuries.  It 
has  been  instilled  into  the  children  at  home,  taught  to  them  in  school, 
and  even  in  churches.  It  has  been  inculcated  by  such  omnipotent  ex- 
ample that  it  has  become  the  overshadowing  prejudice  of  the  age,  con- 
trolling society,  industry,  education,  politics  and  religion.  It  seems 
to  run  in  the  blood  of  the  whites,  and  defies  both  State  and  National 
laws. 

No  class  of  men  have  had  to  run  a  race  handicapped  and  weight- 
ed down  with  so  many  disadvantages  from  caste,  discriminations  and 
prejudice.  Despised  for  being  degraded,  yet  forbidden  to  rise  out  of 
the  degradation.  Verily,  American  caste  outranks  and  is  more  obnox- 
ious than  the  odious  caste  of  the  Hindoos  !  Such  a  condition  of  things 
cannot  last  forever.  Time,  circumstances  and  the  force  of  events  will 
surely  bring  eventually  the  desired  change. 

SOCIETY — QUALIFICATIONS. 

Upon  yourselves  depends  whether  you  will  be  useful  or  worthless 
members  of  society,  or  polished  arrows  and  firebrands,  dealing  death 
and  destruction  all  around.  Fortify  your  minds  with  the  maxims  and 
germs  of  truth.  Let  no  evil  habit  gain  strength  with  your  years.  Be 
temperate  in  all  things,  and  the  blessings  of  sound  health  shall  be 
yours;  prudent  and  economical  and  fortune  shall  attend  you.  Be  just 
in  your  dealings  and  you  will  be  honored  and  respected  by  the  world. 

INDUSTRIAL  QUALITIES. 

The  industrial  qualities  of  the  Negro  were  suppressed  under  sla- 
very. Not  only  were  they  suppressed,  but  when  a  slave  he  was  made 
to  pursue  his  daily  labor  under  degrading  circumstances  and  influences 
which  were  not  calculated  to  inspire  intelligence  or  develop  skill.  The 
hoeing  of  corn  and  tobacco  and  the  performance  of  domestic  labor, 
was  as  high  as  the  Negro  was  allowed  to  reach — with  a  few  rare  ex- 
ceptions, when  he  was  permitted  to  learn  some  skilled  industry. 
Hence  our  enemies  predicted  freedom  would  cause  us  to  become  worth- 
less and  indolent ;  and  when  the  war  was  closed  the  Negro  was  left 
homeless  and  friendless,  but  in  spite  of  his  forlorn  condition,  in  spite 
of  fears  and  apprehensions  that  he  naturally  felt  about  the  people  his 
circumstances  compelled  him  to  live  among  and  labor  for ;  in  spite  of 
all  impediments  the  Negro  sought  work,  and  disproved  the  accusation 
of  his  defamers. 

RELIGION. 

Cling  to  vital  religion  as  with  the  grasp  of  death,  and  your  exit 
from  the  world  will  be  triumphant  and  happy. 


ADDRESS  TO  SOCIETIES  OF   ALLEN  UNIVERSITY. 


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PATRIOTISM. 

It  is  recorded  of  the  ancient  Spartans  that  when  their  young  men 
walked  the  streets,  their  eyes  were  ever  modestly  lowered  and  that  one 
might  as  well  anticipate  the  eye  of  a  marble  statue  to  be  turned  as 
theirs,  but  that  on  the  field  of  battle  no  one  dared  to  look  upon  them. 
Country  was  the  all-dominating  idea  with  them.  So  should  it  be  with 
you,  alumni.  Emulate  the  past,  and  do  better  for  the  moral,  social 
and  intellectual  advancement  of  your  country.  You  owe  your  coun- 
try love  and  patriotism.  Like  the  young  men  of  Sparta,  be  modest 
and  equally  tolerant.  Yet  you  must  gird  yourselves;  put  on  the  whole 
armor  of  truth  to  grapple  and  cope  with  error  and  dissiminate  light  all 
along  the  line,  or' be  forever  lost  to  the  applause  of  the  good.  In  this 
gigantic  and  glorious  struggle,  see  to  it  that  you  acquit  yourselves  like 
men,  for  here  are  wanted  no  cowards,  no  triflers,  no  insignificants,  but 
brave,  earnest,  zealous  workers  to  go  forth  as  leaders  and  champions. 
In  this  life-struggle,  too,  are  wanted  no  superficiality,  but  thorough- 
ness; not  merely  the  graces  and  accomplishments,  but  also  the  virtues 
that  add  reverence  to  the  bloom  of  youth  ;  not  hollow  punctilliousness, 
but  genial  politeness  and  morality;  not  a  torpid  lukewarmness,  but  a 
lively  exercise  of  every  faculty  and  talent  as  noble  gilts  of  heaven. 
Wherever  duty  and  wherever  honor  calls,  there  and  only  there  must 
our  alumni  be,  and  "dare  to  be  a  Daniel" — to  do  all  that  is  incumbent 
upon  you  to  overcome  ignorance  and  stem  the  current  of  immorality. 
But  further,  as  the  future  actors  and  representatives  of  Allen  University 
in  the  great  arena  of  life,  on  you  do  relatives,  instructors,  friends  and 
society  now  turn  their  anxious  eyes,  to  see  realized  in  you  their  best 
wishes,  their  fondest  and  long-cherished  hopes.  Will  you  disappoint 
them  ?  In  your  keeping  to-day  is  committed  the  happiness  of  many  ; 
on  your  future  behavior  will  in  a  great  measure  depend  the  progress  of 
thousands,  who  will  rise  or  fall,  according  as  you  shall  adorn  or  dis- 
grace your  generation — according  as  you  shall  fulfill  or  neglect  the 
honorable  discharge  of  the  various  duties  incumbent  upon  you  as  con- 
servatories or  depositories  of  those  moral  and  social  privileges  which 
must  be  transferred  to  your  custody  to-day,  when  your  respective  pro- 
fessors shall  have  finished  their  allotted  tasks. 

As  you  will  be  called  upon  to  share  as  participants  in  the  solution 
of  the  Negro  problem,  ever  bear  in  mind  that  there  are  two  forces  at 
work,  and  these  are  the  only  forces  working  for  the  true  solution  of 
the  question  ;  Education  and  the  acquisition  of  property.  Guard  with 
a  father's  care  the  rights  of  the  once  hunted  and  still  despised  race,  al- 
though American  citizens,  until  they  shall  have  been  clothed  with  every 
right,  having  the  Constitution  as  his  shield  and  the  ballot  as  his  sword ! 
Let  others  waver,  but  you  stand  firm  ;  others  prove  false,  but  be  you 
proudly  true,  fearless  and  faithful  until  death  !  Let  the  cry  of  social 
equality,  coined  and  uttered  all  along  the  line  from  Maine  to  Mexico, 


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by  the  cruel  and  base,  be  to  you  the  real  expression  of  a  great  and  splen- 
did truth  :  For  know  this,  no  man  can  be  the  equal  of  the  one  he  robs. 

Remember  that  we  rise  in  the  scale  of  moral,  social  and  intellec- 
tual beings  by  raising  others,  and  he  who  stoops  above  the  fallen  by 
the  wayside,  like  the  Good  Samaritan,  stands  erect  as  God's  nobleman. 

Nothing,  as  already  said,  can  be  more  noble  or  grander  than  to 
scatter  broadcast  the  s:eds  of  noble  thoughts  and  virtuous  deeds;  to 
liberate  the  souls  of  our  fellow-men,  darkened  by  sin  and  chained  to 
error.  Carry  further  with  you  the  noble  lesson  taught  you  by  your 
Alma  Mater,  who  receives  into  her  fostering  bosom  every  race,  every 
nationality  and  creed,  and  emblazoned  on  her  the  motto  :  "  The  Fath- 
erhood of  God  and  the  Brotherhood  of  Many 

When  you  shall  pass  beyond  the  bounds  of  our  horizon,  beyond 
the  tidemarks  of  Time,  beyond  the  reach  of  human  harm  or  help,  and 
away  from  life's  vicissitudes,  to  join  the  innumerable  host  of  the  just 
made  perfect,  let  the  historian  be  able  to  place  on  record  the  wealth  of 
your  thoughts  and  deeds.  The  memory  of  the  brave  and  virtuous 
members  of  this  alumni  of  1890,  who  loved  and  surrendered  submis- 
sively alone  to  death,  the  blessed  benefactors  and  not  the  execrated 
enemies  of  humanity.  In  the  burning  exhortation  of  the  Hebrew 
leader,  patriot,  statesman  and  commander-in-chief,  we  say  to  you  : 
"  Choose  you  this  day  whom  you  will  serve." 

Now  when  mortal  and  immortal  powers  and  a  dense  cloud  of  wit- 
nesses appear  deeply  interested  in  your  choice  for  the  future ;  now  the 
great  searcher  of  hearts  is  watching  you  from  heaven,  his  dwelling- 
place,  and  those  whom  you  respect  and  love  most  on  earth  is  regard- 
ing your  earnest  expectation  and  painful  suspense  concerning  the  fu- 
ture surroundings  and  circumstances  in  which  you  must  make  a  heroic 
struggle  to  win  and  wear  an  immortal  crown.  Not  for  a  moment  can 
we  doubt  as  to  what  will  be  your  choice.  Oh  !  now,  I  firmly  believe 
it  will  be  that  which  constitutes  the  whole  duty  of  man,  left  on  record 
by  one  of  the  great  Master's  of  assemblies:  "To  fear  God  and  keep 
His  commandments." 

We  would  now  express  the  sentiments  of  the  Faculty  and  the  en- 
tire community  by  wishing  you  "  God-speed  and  success  through  life." 


REV.  BRUCE  H.  WILLIAMS, 
Ex-Presiding  Elder  of  the  Georgetown  District.    Now  Pastor  of  Emanuel  Statio 
ton  Station.  S.  C.     Member  of  the  Financial  Board.  A.  M.  E.  Church. 


REV.  ABRAM  WESTON, 
Ex-Presiding  Elder  of  the  Columbia  District, 
Columbia,  S.  C.  Conference.  Now  Pastor  of 
Winnsboro  Station,  Winnsboro,  S.  C. 


REV.  SILAS  H.  JEFFERSON, 
Presiding  Elder  of  the  Sumter  District,  Colum 
bia,  S.  C.  Conference  and  Professor  of 
Sacred  Geography,  Allen  University. 


REV.  EDWARD  D.  SPEARMAN, 
Ex- Presiding  Elder  of  the  Manning  District,  Colum- 
bia, S.  C.  Conference.  Now  Pastor  of  Newberry 
Station,  Newberry,  S.  C. 


REV.  WILLIAM  M.  THOMAS. 

Presiding  Elder  of  the  Abbeville  Distric 
Columbia,  S.  C.  Conference. 


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GLASS  Or  1890.  - 


BY  JAMES   A.    HANDY,  D.D. 


Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen,  and  Ladies  ^ind  Gentlemen  of  the 
Graduating  Class  of  1890  : 

To  become  your  adviser  is  to  assume  no  light  responsibility,  espe- 
cially when  I  remember  that  little  piece  of  history  that  informs  us  that 
when  a  mighty  conqueror  had  marched  his  myriads  to  the  banks  of  the 
Hellespont,  he  paused  ere  he  poured  the  vials  of  his  wrath  upon  the 
devoted  plains  of  Italy,  and  then  he  took  a  survey  of  his  army.  Troop 
after  troop,  regiment  after  regiment,  division  after  division,  corps  after 
corps,  passed  in  review  before  him.  While  he  was  flushed  with  pride, 
and  while  conquered  kings  were  paying  homage  to  his  triumphs,  a  sud- 
den paleness  overspread  his  brow  ;  tears  unbidden  coursed  along  his 
pallid  cheeks,  and  the  mighty  Xerxes  wept  to  think  that  in  less  than 
one  hundred  years  he  and  all  the  myriads  that  thronged  around  him 
would  be  sleeping  with  the  dead.  The  thought  was  chilling,  for  to  him 
death  was  the  end  of  power,  pomp  and  glory. 

But,  ladies  and  gentlemen  of  the  graduating  class,  as  I  look  into 
your  faces,  the  emotions  that  the  view  excites  does  not  spring  from  the 
thought  that  you  all  will  die,  but  higher,  grander,  that  you  all  must 
live.  Yes,  life  is  before  you,  with  all  its  hopes  ;  life,  with  all  its  fears ; 
and  life,  with  its  stern  responsibilities.  You  are  living  at  a  time  when 
all  the  facilities  of  living  are  immensely  increased  and  hourly  increas- 
ing. It  is  grand  to  live  to-day  and  be  a  factor  in  the  work — the  grand- 
est in  which  man  can  be  engaged — the  work  of  lifting  a  race  up  to  re- 
finement, to  usefulness  on  earth,  and,  finally,  to  glory  in  Heaven. 

All  great  states,  great  cities,  great  churches  and  great  institutions 
of  learning  as  well  as  great  men  had  a  beginning.  This  is  true  of 
your  school  and  of  you,  ladies  and  gentlemen. 

Our  country  was  found  at  one  time  at  Plymouth  Rock ;  our 
Church  at  Sixth  and  Lombard  streets,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  ;  our  school 
of  learning  at  Union  Seminary,  Ohio.  Our  country  to-day  stretches 
from  sea  to  sea  and  from  the  heights  of  Abraham  in  the  north  to  the 
blue  waters  of  the  gulf  in  the  south  ;  our  Church  is  in  every  city,  town 
and  village  in  these  United  States,  the  islands  of  the  sea,  and  over  in 

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Fatherland,  millions  are  under  her  influence,  and  hundreds  of  thous- 
ands worship  at  her  altar,  singing,  chanting — 

The  Lord  omnipotent  reigneth. 

Our  schools  of  learning  dot  the  hillsides  from  Granite  England  to 
the  Golden  Eldorado,  and  from  the  lakes  to  the  gulf.  The  pulsations 
of  education  are  felt  everywhere.  God  seems  to  be  using  the  A.  M. 
E.  Church  to  hasten  Ethiopia  to  stretch  out  her  hand  to  the  great  work 
of  human  restoration.  Truly  may  it  be  said  to-day  what  Daniel  said  : 
"  Many  shall  run  to  and  fro  and  knowledge  shall  be  increased."  Ed- 
ucation shall  yet  gircBe  the  earth.  The  Bible  and  the  spelling  book, 
the  Church  and  the  schoolhouse,  the  preacher  and  the  teacher,  under 
God  and  His  Christ,  shall  redeem,  educate  and  refine  earth's  sons  and 
daughters,  arraying  them  in  more  than  rainbow  beauty. 

Daniel  A.  Payne,  the  apostle  of  education  in  the  United  States, 
the  founder  of  Wiiberforce  University  and  of  higher  education  for  the 
race,  for  more  than  forty  years  has  led  on,  managed  and  directed  the 
educational  work  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church ;  and  he  is  still  its  leader, 
and  to-day,  at  his  own  Wiiberforce,  is  at  work  preparing  her  faculty 
and  students  for  their  twenty-sixth  commencement. 

Young  ladies  and  gentlemen,  life  is  before  you ;  life,  with  all  its 
hopes ;  life,  with  all  its  fears ;  and  life,  with  all  its  responsibilities. 
You  are  called  upon  to  live  at  a  time  when  the  facilities  of  living  are 
increased  and  are  almost  hourly  increasing.  It  is  grand  to  live  to-day. 
All  the  avenues  to  moral,  mental  and  spiritual  development  are  open- 
ed and  free  to  you.  You  are  invited  to  come  in  and  participate  fully 
in  these  grandeurs,  this  beauty  and  wealth.  There  is  no  royal  road  to 
eminence.  No  man  stands  in  fame's  fair  temple  with  the  great  and 
good  without  study — constant,  continual  study.  And  remember,  that 
out  of  school  you  must  not  forget  your  books ;  but,  all  through  life, 
review,  review.  .Yes,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  review  your  studies,  that 
you  have  so  thoroughly  mastered  this  scholastic  year.  Remember  al- 
so that  you  should  have  an  aim  in  coming  to  school.  It  is  not  suf- 
ficient that  you  make  the  percentum,  that  you  pass  the  examination  ; 
stop,  pause,  consider,  for  what  purpose  am  I  at  school  ?  for  what  this 
outlay  of  means,  time  and  work  ? 

And  now,  young  ladies  and  gentlemen, 

If  you  gain  a  hero's  crown, 

And  wear  the  garland  bright, 
You  must  do  a  hero's  work 

And  live  a  virtuous  life. 
If  you  grow  up  to  men's  estate 

And  be  women  good  and  true, 
You  must  strictly  watch  and  wait 

And  paddle  your  own  canoe. 


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In  addressing  you,  young  gentlemen  and  ladies,  I  am  impelled, 
not  by  the  force  of  custom  only,  but  by  inclination  and  a  desire  for 
your  prosperity.  As  you  have  now  completed  the  course  of  your  col- 
legiate education,  you  are  doubtless  filled  with  no  small  anxiety  as  to 
the  business  you  are  to  pursue  in  life.  That  you  make  a  right  choice 
in  this  respect  is  of  the  highest  consequence  to  your  welfare  and  hap- 
piness. For  if  you  engage  in  pursuits  to  which  you  are  not  strongly 
attached  or  to  which  your  abilities  are  not  peculiarly  fitted,  you  cannot 
expect  to  prosper.  You  ought,  therefore,  particularly  to  consider  your 
natural  inclination,  your  acquirements  and  talents.  To  excel  in  any 
learned  profession  you  must  not  only  love  it,  but  .you  must  admire  it. 
You  must  prefer  it  with  a  partiality  which  borders  on  enthusiasm.  None 
but  voluntary  worshipers  can  obtain  a  place  in  the  temple  of  fame. 
You  have  now  arrived  at  a  most  important  period  in  life,  a  period  in 
which  you  must  begin  to  reduce  scientific  acquirement  to  practical  wis- 
dom. The  former  is  the  result  of  study  and  attention  ;  the  latter  of 
skill  in  moral  adjustment  and  proportion.  By  the  former  you  become 
learned,  and  by  the  latter  prudent.  Both  must  unite  in  the  formation 
of  a  character  great  and  useful.  Stu  y  and  abstract  speculation  give 
the  mind  a  range  to  un circumscribed  and  a  direction  too  indefinite, 
and,  of  course,  before  they  can  be  really  useful,  must  be  modeled  and 
limited  by  observation  and  practice.  You  will  find  that  many  things 
which  in  theory  appear  consistent  and  beautiful  will,  when  brought  to 
the  test  of  experiment,  appear  disjointed  and  deformed.  A  mere  phi- 
losopher, a  thoroughbred  metaphysician,  is,  of  all  characters,  the  least 
qualified  to  judge  human  affairs,  to  organize  and  bring  into  operation 
extensive  plans  of  utility.  He  is  at  the  same  time,  of  all  characters, 
the  most  tenacious  of  his  own  opinions,  because  to  his  own  mind  they 
are  speculatively  true,  whereas  to  a  plain,  practical  man  they  are  down- 
right falsities.  Berkeley  could  philosophize  himself  into  a  belief  of  the 
non-existence  of  matter,  though  he  would  shrink  at  a  blow  from  the 
spit  of  his  ancient  master.  Hume  could  so  completely  abscond  from 
common  sense,  he  could  so  far  retire  into  the  barren  solitudes  of  met- 
aphysics as  to  believe  that  he  had  neither  body  nor  mind.  And  yet 
with  all  his  philosophy  he  was  obliged  so  eat  and  drink  like  other  men. 
Abstract  studies  pursued  beyond  a  certain  limit  appear  to  produce  a 
kind  of  mental  insanity ;  and  instead  of  aiding  the  great  end  of  learn- 
ing, the  perfection  of  nature,  accomplish  its  destruction.  Let  me  ad- 
vise you  to  pursue  that  method  and  kind  of  study  which  experience 
has  proved  most  useful.  For  it  is  by  this  alone  that  the  value  of  all 
learning  must  be  ascertained.  "  Letters,"  says  Lord  Bacon,  "  do  not 
sufficiently  teach  their  own  use,"  but  there  is  a  wisdom  beyond  and 
above  them  gained  by  observation.  It  is  natural  and  reasonable  to 
believe  that  those  studies  which  men  of  genius,  taste  and  erudition 
have  cultivated  and  admired  ought  to  claim  a  large  portion  of  your 


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attention.  Though  many  of  the  moderns  have  been  disposed  to  dis- 
card the  study  of  ancient  languages,  yet  the  beneficial  effects  of  these 
have  been  so  conspicuous  in  the  greatest  statesmen,  orators,  poets  and 
theologians  that  we  ought  unquestionably  to  retain  them  and  hold  them 
as  an  important  and  essential  part  of  education.  Scacely  can  you  find 
an  eminent  man  in  modern  times  who  has  not  formed  his  genius  and 
acquired  his  taste  and  talents  for  executing  works  of  immortal  renown 
by  a  thorough  study  of  the  Greek  and  Roman  classics.  This  circum- 
stance ought  to  have  great  weight  with  every  young  man  and  woman 
who  wishes  to  become  eminently  distinguished.  It  is  objected  that  we 
have  translations  of  the  most  valuable  writers.  It  may  also  be  said 
that  we  have  Washington  and  Franklin  in  marble ;  but  we  must  re- 
member that  these  great  men  are  not  here  ;  we  do  not  here  behold  the 
saviour  of  this  country  or  the  subduer  of  the  skies.  No  study  is  so 
well  calculated  to  bring  forward  and  invigorate  the  powers  of  youth  as 
the  study  of  languages.  This  is  a  constant  exercise  of  their  invention, 
memory  and  judgment,  and  is  better  accommodated  to  their  capacities 
than  any  other.  The  habit  of  attention  and  the  mental  energies  that 
are  acquired  in  the  study  of  ancient  languages  are  of  the  highest  im- 
portance. In  these,  youth  are  obliged  to  apply  and  be  industrious,  or 
they  cannot  succeed.  They  will  get  that  thoroughly  for  which  they 
are  obliged  to  labor,  and  wtll  never  forget  it.  I  believe  Dr.  Blair's 
observation  is  true,  that  "  Learning  and  good  taste  will  flourish  or  de- 
cline as  the  learned  languages  are  cultivated  or  neglected."  I  would 
recommend  to  you  the  further  study  ot  these  in  the  best  authors ;  not 
that  their  ideas  are  more  just  or  their  learning  more  profound  than 
those  of  many  moderns,  but  because  from  them  you  will  imbibe  the 
spirit  of  true  genius,  and  habituate  yourselves  to  their  superior  ele- 
gance and  beauty.  Of  course  when  you  attempt  to  perform  works  of 
genius,  the  fire  of  ancient  time  will  kindle  within  you.  The  spirit  of 
Homer  and  Demosthenes,  of  Cicero  and  Virgil,  will  thrill  through 
every  fiber  of  the  soul.  These  sons  of  Minerva  will  rise  from  the  dead 
and  appear  in  bodies  new  and  incorruptible.  It  is  no  small  recom- 
mendation to  the  ancient  languages  that  those  who  have  been  the  most 
thoroughly  acquainted  with  them  have  generally  been  most  eminent  in 
other  branches  of  learning. 

You  ought  by  no  means  think  of  relinquishing  the  study  of  the 
arts  and  sciences  merely  because  you  have  passed  through  the  usual 
collegiate  course,  or  because  your  labors  are  to  be  chiefly  employed  in 
one  profession.  What  you  have  already  obtained  is  merely  to  enable 
you  to  pursue  further  and  to  greater  advantage.  One  of  the  most  dif- 
ficulty and  at  the  same  time  most  important  acquirements,  is  a  habit  of 
attention,  a  power  to  command,  arrange  and  connect  your  thoughts. 
This  habit,  however,  may  be  induced  by  popular  discipline.  For  this 
purpose,  mathematical  studies  are  recommended.    They  possess  this 


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peculiar  and  distinguishing  property,  that  they  exclude  all  operations 
of  the  imagination.  They  are  definite,  closely  connected  in  all  their 
parts,  and  bend  the  mind  to  truth  and  rigid  demonstration.  The  hab- 
it of  attention  and  acuteness  which  you  require  in  mathematical  sci- 
ence will  accompany  you  in  your  other  literary  labors,  and  manifest 
itself  in  the  productions  of  your  own  genius. 

You  that  have  designed  yourselves  for  any  of  the  learned  profes- 
sions ought  particularly  to  cultivate  logic  and  rhetoric.  They  will  en- 
able you  to  discipline  your  powers,  to  call  fourth  all  your  resources, 
and  to  display  them  to  the  greatest  advantage.  Logic  will  enable  you 
to  convince  and  rhetoric  to  persuade.  The  first  is  subservient  to  the 
understanding,  the  latter  to  the  imagination.  As  rhetoric  is  employed 
in  forming  agreeable  images  and  raising  pleasant  emotions  with  a  view 
to  impress  truth  more  forcibly  upon  the  mind,  the  study  of  this  is  gen- 
erally preferred  by  the  young  to  the  study  of  logic.  The  last,  howev- 
er, forms  a  very  valuable  part  of  a  learned  education,  and  will  be  ren- 
dered more  interesting  if  it  is  preceded  by  that  branch  of  metaphysics 
which  relates  to  the  philosophy  of  the  human  mind. 

In  the  next  place,  if  you  wish  to  become  capable  of  deep  research 
and  accurate  investigation,  you  must  apply  to  the  study  of  natural  phi- 
losophy. This  noble  science  will  enable  you  to  explain  the  various 
phenomena  of  nature  by  resolving  them  into  the  operations  of  original 
and  universal  laws.  The  seeming  irregularities  and  disjointed  appear- 
ances in  the  mental  system  stimulate  curiosity  to  discover  their  hidden 
connections.  The  mind,  from  its  tendency  to  order  and  systematic 
arrangement,  proceeds  with  pleasure  in  resolving  particular  facts  into 
general  principles,  ascertains  the  connections  between  these,  until  it 
renders  the  theatre  of  nature  a  coherent  and  magnificent  spectacle. 
Here  the  philosophical  inquirer  becomes  disembarrassed  of  vulgar  pre- 
judices, feels  his  mind  invigorated  and  enlarged,  beholds  order  and 
harmony  springing  out  of  apparent  confusion,  and  while  he  traces  the 
causes  of  things,  is  led  with  gratitude  and  wonder  to  the  great  efficient 
cause  of  all.  Natural  philosophy  rightly  pursued  is  theology,  and  will 
prove  one  of  the  best  helps  to  interpret  Divine  revelation.  This  sci- 
ence, of  course,  is  of  vast  importance  because  it  respects  you  as  ra- 
tional and  religious  beings. 

Another  branch  of  learning  which  I  would  recommend  to  your 
attention  is  criticism.  This  respects  all  the  productions  of  genius  in 
the  fine  arts  and  teaches  you  to  distinguish  what  is  defective,  what  is 
decent  and  proper,  grand,  sublime  and  beautiful.  Some  have  sup- 
posed that  there  is  no  invariable  standard  of  taste,  and  that  criticism  is 
left  to  fluctuate  with  the  caprice  of  every  individual.  If  this  is  the 
case,  how  has  it  happened  that  certain  productions  of  genius  have  in 
every  age  and  nation  excited  universal  applause  and  admiration  ?  How 
has  it  happened  that  all  are  pleased  with  the  fine  arts,  if  there  are  not 


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certain  fixed  principles  in  human  nature  to  which  those  arts  apply,  and 
with  which  they  accord  ?  Why  are  we  pleased  with  a  certain  degree  ot 
of  order  and  connection,  of  uniformity  and  variety,  unless  it  is  that 
these  control,  direct  and  influence  within  certain  limits  the  train  of 
perception  and  ideas  in  our  own  minds  ?  True  criticism  is  undoubt- 
edly a  rational  science,  founded  by  principles  in  the  nature  of  man. 
These  principles,  so  far  as  they  respect  the  sensitive  branch  of  our  na- 
ture, coincide  with  those  which  govern  in  morals.  He  who  studies 
criticism  as  a  science  will  observe  the  same  refined  and  correct  feel- 
ings springing  up  within  him  as  his  observations  are  excited  and  re- 
quired by  the  precepts  of  moral  philosophy.  If  in  tracing  the  con- 
nection between  the  fine  arts  and  those  feelings  which  are  excited 
through  the  eye  and  ear,  we  accustom  ourselves  to  distingush  what  is 
beautiful  and  what  deformed,  what  is  proper  and  what  is  improper, 
we  shall  naturally  transfer  the  same  taste  and  the  same  habit  into  our 
researches  concerning  the  propriety  or  impropriety  of  human  actions. 
Hence  the  science  of  criticism  is  of  vast  importance  as  a  support  to 
morality,  independent  of  the  ornament  and  splendor  which  it  enables 
true  genius  to  display.  When  you  can  assign  a  reason  for  the  pleas- 
ure you  derive  from  the  fine  arts,  your  enjoyment  is  doubled,  because 
you  experience  the  combined  pleasure  of  judgment  and  sensibility. 
Hence  criticism  occupies  a  middle  station  between  the  higher  senses 
and  the  intellect.  It  unites  sentiment  and  reason,  enlivens  and  im- 
proves both. 

Another  science  which  occupies  a  higher  station,  and  which  I 
would  earnestly  recommend  to  your  attention  is,  ethics.  The  great 
end  of  this  science  is  to  bring  all  our  affections  and  actions  into  sub- 
jeaion  to  the  dictates  of  reason  and  the  injunctions  of  revelation.  To 
accomplish  this  it  unfolds  the  ground,  the  nature  and  extent  of  moral 
obligation,  points  out  the  nature  of  virtue  and  vice,  ascertains  the  du- 
ties we  owe  to  God,  to  ourselves  and  to  our  fellow-men,  in  all  the  rela- 
tions of  solid  and  domestic  life,  political  and  religious  society.  The 
habit  of  studying  and  investigating  those  things  which  respect  you  as 
moral,  accountable  agents  will  inspire  you  with  a  high  sense  of  decen- 
cy and  propriety,  which  will  add  splendor  to  all  your  literary  acquire- 
ments and  give  a  right  direction  to  all  your  faculties.  In  your  re- 
searches into  moral  philosophy,  be  careful  not  to  depart  from  the  prin- 
ciples of  your  own  nature,  for  moral  rules  not  conformable  to  these  are 
impracticable  and  of  course  useless.  In  ethics,  metaphysical  specula- 
tions are  of  no  consequence.  They  are  tenants  for  life  in  the  clouds, 
and  cannot,  like  the  philosophy  of  Socrates,  be  brought  down  from 
heaven  and  established  in  cities  and  families.  The  consideration  of 
your  powers  and  talents,  compared  with  your  situation,  must  suggest 
the  rule  of  duty  and  point  out  the  force  of  obligation.  We  are  so  con- 
stituted that  the  moral  sense  accompanies  reason  in  all  its  disquisitions 


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about  right  and  wrong,  about  virtue  and  vice.  Though  moral  obliga- 
tion is  imposed  on  all  rational  beings,  by  the  standard  of  all  perfection, 
yet  this  obligation  can  never  exceed  their  ability  to  perform.  God  can 
never  require  impossibilities  of  His  creatures.  The  instant  we  per- 
ceive that  an  injunction  exceeds  our  capacity,  we  pronounce  it  unreas- 
onable and  become  discouraged.  A  mole  cannot  be  censured  for  not 
taking  in  the  universe  with  his  eyes,  or  a  gnat  for  not  shading  the  or- 
bit of  Saturn  with  his  wing.  Man  is  neither  so  great  nor  so  small  as 
some  have  supposed  him.  He  can  neither  comprehend  infinity,  nor 
does  he  sink  below  nothing.  He  has  intellect  and  will,  but  he  is  lim- 
ited within  a  certain  sphere.  His  duty  so  far  as  reason  can  go  is  to  be 
deduced  from  a  consideration  of  his  powers,  from  fact  and  experiment. 

The  next  science  which  I  would  recommend  to  your  particular 
attention  is  theology.  This,  of  all  others,  is  most  important.  It  em- 
braces your  highest  interests  in  life,  in  death,  and  in  eternity.  The 
sciences  I  have  already  mentioned  seem  calculated,  by  furnishing  you 
with  knowledge  and  mental  ener^v,  to  o-ive  vou  a  distinguished  rank 
among  men.  Theology,  by  inspiring  you  with  just  sentiments  of  Dei- 
ty, will  ally  you  to  all  His  perfections  and  give  you  assurance  of  an 
eternal  inheritance  in  His  kingdom.  This  exalted  science  unfolds  the 
existence,  perfections,  providence,  laws,  designs  and  works  of  God. 
It  teaches  you  what  you  must  believe  and  what  you  must  practice  to 
secure  the  Divine  approbation  and  obtain  eternal  felicity.  Theology 
deduces  moral  obligation  from  the  absolute  perfection  of  God.  and  en- 
joins the  performance  of  duties  by  motives  drawn  from  eternity.  Hu- 
man philosophy  cannot  stretch  out  an  arm  to  support  and  conduct  you 
beyond  the  limits  of  time.  It  exhibits  you  acting  for  a  few  moments 
on  a  narrow  stage,  and  then  loses  sight  of  you  forever.  But  Divme 
philosophy  exhibits  you  while  in  this  world  as  in  the  embryo  of  your 
existence,  and  while  it  announces  to  you  that  you  must  dissolve  and 
die,  assures  you  by  the  most  impressive  proofs  that  you  shall  rise  to  a 
state  incorruptible  and  eternal.  The  value  and  importance  of  man  is 
nowhere  seen  but  in  the  light  of  eternity.  Here  you  behold  him  mov- 
ing forward  in  rapid  progression,  enlarging  in  capacity  and  forever 
approximating  the  source  of  infinite  perfection. 

I  must  recommend  these  things  to  your  consideration,  hoping  that 
they  will  engage  you  in  a  vigorous  pursuit  of  human  and  divine  knowl- 
edge. The  limits  prescribed  me  on  this  occasion  forbid  me  to  enlarge. 
Before  I  part  with  you  I  feel  it  my  duty  to  declare  in  this  public  man- 
ner that  your  moral  conduct  and  literary  proficiency  have  excited  sen- 
timents of  the  highest  esteem  and  most  cordial  friendship  in  the  hearts 
of  those  who  have  had  the  care  of  ?  our  education.  May  you  rapidly 
progress  in  knowledge  and  virtue.  Remember  at  all  times  that  you 
are  in  the  hand  of  God :  that  you  are  accountable  to  Him  for  your 
conduct ;  that  your  characters  are  forming  for  eternity,  and  that  its 


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joys  or  woes  must  be  your  portion.  Impressed  with  earnest  solicitude 
for  your  prosperity,  I  now,  ladies  and  gentlemen  of  the  graduating 
class  of  1890,  bid  you  farewell. 

Mr.  President,  gentlemen  and  ladies  of  the  faculty,  permit  me 
most  sincerely  to  congratulate  you  upon  the  greatness,  grandeur  and 
breadth  of  the  work  in  which  you  are  engaged,  a  work  the  influence, 
power  and  results  of  which  will  be  felt  and  seen  along  the  ages  to  come. 
Work  on,  work  until  life's  work  is  done,  and  then  these  and  others 
trained  by  you  will  carry  the  good  work  on  until  time  shall  merge  into 
the  ocean  of  eternity.'   Gentlemen  and  ladies,  I  bid  you  adieu. 


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HISTORICAL  TABLE. 


BY  R.  W.  ARXETT. 


ANNUAL  CONFERENCE  MEETINGS,  ETO, 


Cctference. 

Date. 

Place  of  Heeting. 

Philadelphia 

April  9, 

1816 

Philadelphia,  Pa.  . 

Allen    .  . 

Baltimore    .  . 

April  1, 

1817 

Baltimore  .... 

Allen    .  . 

New  York  .  . 

May  — , 

1820 

Xew  York  City  .  . 

Allen    .  . 

Ptsb'g  or  Wstrn  Aug. — , 

1830 

Hillsboro,  0.  .   .  . 

Brown  .  . 

Indiana    .   .  . 

Oct.  2, 

1840  Blue  River,  Ind  .  . 

Brown  .  . 

Xew  England  . 

Tune  10, 

1852 

Xew  Bedford  .   .  . 

Payne  .  . 

Missouri  .   .  . 

Sept.13, 

1855 

Louisville  .... 

Pavne   .  . 

California    .  . 

'April  6, 

1865 

Sacramento     .   .  . 

Campbell 

S.  Carolina  .  . 

May  15, 

1865 

Charleston  .... 

Payne   .  . 

Louisiana    .  . 

Xov.  I, 

1865 

Xew  Orleans  .   .  . 

Campbell 

X.Carolina  .  . 

Mar.  — , 

1867 

Wilmington    .  .  . 

Way  man  . 

Yirginia   .   .  . 

May  10, 

1867 

Richmond  .... 

Wavman  . 

Georgia    .   .  . 

May  30, 

1867 

Macon,  Ga  .   .   .  . 

Way  man  . 

Florida    .   .  . 

Tune  8, 

1867 

Tallahassee  .... 

Wayman  . 

Pittsburgh  .  . 

April  3, 

1868 

Pittsburgh  .... 

Way  man  . 

Kentucky    .  . 

Sept.  8, 

1868 

Louisville  .... 

Pavne  .  . 

Tennessee    .  . 

Sept.  10, 

1868 

Xashville  .... 

Shorter 

Texas  .... 

Oct.  22, 

1S68  Galveston  .... 

Shorter 

Arkansas     .  . 

Xov.  19, 

1868 

Little   Rock  .  .  . 

Campbell 

Mississippi  .  . 

Oct.  8, 

1868 

Yicksburg  .... 

Shorter 

Alabama  .   .  . 

July  25, 

1868 

Selma,  Ala  .... 

Brown 

Illinois     .   .  . 

Aug.  1, 

1872 

Bloomington  .   .  . 

W  avman 

Xew  Jersey 

June  20, 

IS72 

Trenton,  X.  J.   .  . 

Shorter 

Xorth  Georgia 

Jan.  9, 

1874 

Augusta,  Ga.  .   .  . 

Ward    .  . 

West  Texas 

Dec.  2, 

1875 

San  Antonia    .   .  . 

Brown  .  . 

Kansas     .   .  . 

Oct.  4, 

1876 

Fort  Scott  .... 

Shorter 

West  Tennessee 

Oct.  4, 

1 8  76 

Clarksville  

Wavman  . 

South  Arkansas  Oct.  26, 

1876 

Arkadelphia    .   .  . 

Ward    .  . 

X.Mississippi  . 

Xov.  15, 

1S77 

Coldwater  .... 

Campbell 

East    Florida  . 

Oct.  27, 

1878 

Palatka,  Fla    .   .  . 

Campbell 

Columbia,  S.  C  Dec.  — , 

1878 

Xewberry  .... 

Brown  .  . 

Xorth  Alabama  Dec.  11, 

1878  Florence,  Ala  .   .  . 

Campbell 

XortheastTexas  Xov.  27, 

1879 

Corsicana,   Tex  .  . 

Ward    .  . 

Indian  .... 

Oct.  25, 

1879 

Yel.Sp'gsChoctawX 

Ward    .  . 

AY.  Kentucky 

Oct.*— , 

1880 

Paducah,  Ky  .  .  . 

Campbell 

Xorth  Ohio 

Sept.  7, 

1882 

Lima,  Ohio  .... 

Shorter 

Xorth  Missouri 

Sept.  19, 

1882 

Hannibal, Mo  .   .  . 

WTard    .  . 

X.  Louisiana  . 

Dec.  29, 

1882 

Shreveport  .... 

Caine    .  . 

Iowa  .... 

Aug.  15, 

1883 

Des  Moines  .... 

Ward    .  . 

South  Kansas 

'Sept. 20, 

1883 

Lawrence  .... 

Ward    .   .  1 

Macon,  Ga  .  . 

'Jan.  31, 

1883 

Sandersville    .   .  . 

Dickerson  . 

Central     TexaslDec.  — , 

1883 

San  Antonio    .  .  . 

Caine    .  .  I 

Secretary. 

Richard  Allen,  Jr 
Richard  Allen,  Jr 
Joseph  M.  Carr 
Lewis  Woodson 
M.   T.  Wilkerson 
T.  M.  D.  Ward 
J.  M.  Brown 
J.  B.  Sanderson 
T.  G.  Steward 
John  Turner 
G.  W.  Brodie 
J.  R.  Y.  Thomas 
T.  G.  Steward 
IB.  W.  Quinn 
!D.  E.  Asbury 
T.  H.  Jackson 

B.  L.  Brooks 
fohnson  Reed 
W.  A.  Rector 
Hiram  R.  Revell 
Lewis  Hillery 

E.  A.  Mcintosh 

F.  J.  Cooper 
W.  D.  Johnson 
I W,  R.  Carson 
T.  AY.  Henderson 
iD.  E.  Asbury 
Jj.  T.  Jenifer 
A.  R.  Green 
J.  R.  Scott,  Sr 
S.  C.  Goosley 
|C.  L.  Harris 
T.  B.  V.  Davis 
J.  F.  A.  Sisson 
O.  P.  Ross 
:T.  H.  Jackson 

G.  W.  Gaines 
E.  E.  Makiell 

C.  S.  Jacobs 
J.  H.  Hubbard 
W.  C.  Ban  ton 
A.  Grant 


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 SUMMARY  

OF  THE 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  ANNUAL  CONFERENCES 

FROM  I860  TO  1890. 


BY  REV.  R.  E.  WALL,  D.  D. 


COMPILER'S  NOTE. 

Dear  Reader  :  In  inviting  you  to  peruse  these  pages,  you  are 
requested  to  spare  your  criticisms.  Much  valuable  record  is  incom- 
plete, but  our  Fathers  did  what  they  could  :  they  knew  not  the  value 
of  a  clear,  concise  record,  and  have  left  much  important  matter  un- 
recorded. It  devolves  upon  their  sons  to  continue  the  good  work  be- 
gun by  them.  They  sowed  in  tears ;  we  shall  reap  in  joy.  They 
built  wiser,  stronger,  and  broader  than  they  knew  ;  will  you  complete 
the  structure  ?  The  Quarto-Centenary  has  passed,  and  we  enter  upon 
the  Semi-Centennial  with  greater  advantages,  larger  responsibilities, 
and  a  broader  field  to  cultivate.  Are  we  equal  to  the  task  ?  The 
moral,  social  and  intellectual  standard  of  this  grand  Church  of  ours 
must  be  lifted  higher  and  higher  each  succeeding  year,  until  the 
Church  and  Race  stand  upon  the  highest  plane  of  all  virtues. 

God  speed  the  day  when  the  Fatherhood  of  God  and  the  Brother- 
hood of  Man  will  be  universally  acknowledged  and  all  shall  exult  in 
the  glorious  liberty  of  the  redeemed  Children  of  God. 

Yours,  etc., 

R.  E.  WALL,  Compiler. 

Columbia,  S.  C,  July  23,  1890. 


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PREFATORY. 


At  the  rise  of  the  Annual  Conference  at  Baltimore,  in  1863, 
Bishop  D.  A.  Payne,  at  the  suggestion  of  Rev.  M.  French,  approved 
by  Major-General  R.  Saxton,  sent  to  South  Carolina  two  missionaries 
to  take  charge  of  the  colored  Methodists :  Rev.  James  Lynch,  of  the 
Baltimore  Annual  Conference,  and  J.  D.  S.  Hall,  of  the  New  York 
Conference.  Rev.  J.  D.  S.  Hall  felt  himself  constrained  to  abandon 
the  field  to  Rev.  T.  W.  Lyons,  of  the  M.  E.  Church.  The  former 
missionary,  however,  kept  up  the  organization,  and  at  the  Baltimore 
Conference  of  1864  he  was  appointed  to  the  Department  of  the  South. 

At  the  Annual  Conference  meeting  in  Baltimore  in  1865,  Elder 
Lynch  reported  organizations  at  Beaufort,  Port  Royal,  Hilton  Head, 
St.  Helens,  Edisto,  Charleston,  and  Savannah. 

Whereupon,  Bishop  Payne,  in  accordance  with  the  decree  of  the 
General  Conference,  proceeded  after  the  adjournment  of  the  Balti- 
more Annual  Conference  to  Charleston  to  organize  the  South  Carolina 
Annual  Conference.  On  the  15th  of  May,  1865,  Bishop  D.  A.  Payne 
organized  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  assisted  by  Revs.  Lynch, 
Handy,  Johnson,  Stewart,  Vanderhorst,  and  Bradwell.  Devotional 
exercises  consumed  about  an  hour. 

1865      Charleston,  May  15,  1865. — D.  A.  Payne,  Bishop. 

At  the  organization  of  the  Conference — James  Lynch,  James  A. 
Handy,  James  H.  A.  Johnson,  T.  G.  Stewart,  Richard  Vanderhorst, 
Charles  L.  Bradwell. 

Transferred— Rev.  G.  W.  Brodie,  from  B.  M.  E.  Church. 

Rev.  A.  L.  Stanford,  Philadelphia  Conference. 
Rev.  George  A.  Reese,  New  England  Conference. 
Ordination — Elders  :  James  H.  A.  Johnson  and  T.  G.  Stewart. 

Deacons :  Wm.  Bently,  James  E.   Hill,   Wm.  G. 
Stewart,  R.  Vanderhorst,  John  Graham,  Jas.  H. 
A.  Johnson,  T.  G.  Stewart. 
The  appointments  of  1865 — 

Savannah,  Ga.,  A.  L.  Stanford.     Edisto  Island,  C.  L.  Bradwell. 


PROCEEDINGS   OF    ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


Charleston,  S.  C,  R.  H.  Cain.  Ogeechee  River,  . 

Wilmington.  X.  C,  J.  A.  Handy.  Charleston,  S.  C,  . 

Raleigh.  X.  C,  Geo.  W.  Brodie.  Georgetown,  S.  C,  , 

Beaufort  River,  T.  G.  Stewart.  Goldsboro,  X.  C,  J.  H,  Handy. 
Hilton  Head.  J.  H.  A.  Johnson. 

1866  Savannah,  Ga.,  Max  14,  1866.-M).  A.  Payne,  G.  W.  Brodie. 

T.  G.  Stewart,  Secretaries. 

Admitted  on  Trial — By  James  A.  Handy :  Recommendation — 
Cornelius  Sampson.  Wm.  H.  Bishop,  Samuel  B.  Williams,  Alexander 
Bass,  Mather  Alston  :  Local  members,  Wilson  Morgan,  from  Savan- 
nah. Ga..  Wm.  Bradwell,  James  E.  Hills.  From  Florida — By  C.  H. 
Pearce  :  Robert  Meachem,  Joseph  Crewtz. 

Presented  by  R.  H.  Cain  for  Admission  :  James  Johnson,  J.  Gul- 
yard,  Andrew  Boston,  CEsop  Smith,  Caesar  Small,  Thomas  Evans, 
Moses  Campbell.  Wm.  Bull,  A.  T.  Carr. 

For  Local  Deaconate — John  Evert,  Caesar  Small.  J.  T.  Carrell, 
James  Grant,  Arisen  Delepses.  G.  W.  Brodie  offered  Robert  Lucas 
and  Wilson  Morgan  for  Deacon  from  North  Carolina.  C.  H.  Pearce 
presented  from  Florida.  Dennis  Woodier,  David  Gerug.  for  member- 
ship and  ordination. 

Rev.  H.  M.  Turner  was  absent  the  first  day.  but  presented  the 
following  names  for  the  State  of  Georgia — For  Itineracy  :  Thomas 
Craton,  Robert  Anderson,  Austin  Robertson,  Henry  Strickland,  An- 
drew Bursoro.  Robert  Alexander,  and  W.  J.  Gaines. 

For  Local  Membership — Wm.  B.  Campbell,  Henry  Stubbs,  Ed- 
ward S.  Bailey,  Russell  Jackson,  S.  B.  Jones. 

Rev.  Samuel  W.  Drayton  was  received  from  the  Protestant  Meth- 
odist Church.     He  brought  his  congregation  with  him. 

Rev.  Richard  Brigadier  presented  himself  and  a  congregation 
near  Lake  City,  Florida.  He  and  they  were  received  by  the  Confer- 
ence. 

1867  Wilmington,  N.  C,  March  30,  1867. 

Rev.  R.  H.  Cain  was  elected  chairman,  as  no  Bishop  was  present 


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at  the  opening  of  the  Conference.  Bishop  A.  W.  Wayman  arrived 
and  took  the  chair  on  the  second  day. 

Rev.  T.  G.  Stewart,  Secretary. 

The  amount  of  missionary  money  raised,  $941.76. 

The  amount  for  support  of  Bishops,  $197.26. 

The  Rev.  George  A.  Rue  had  died  during  the  year  at  Mew- 
berne,  N.  C. 

The  amount  raised  for  the  support  of  Pastors  was  $13,355.55. 

Admitted  on  Trial — By  R.  H.  Cain  :  Hardy  Edwards,  W.  E. 
Johnson,  David  Pickett,  Wm.  Thomas,  Albert  McGee,  Jas.  Nesbitt, 
Sol.  Spears,  Jas.  Mitchell,  Moses  B.  Salter,  Andrew  Boston,  Stephen 
Leaf,  Robert  Andrews,  Abraham  Hamilton,  Caesar  Smith. 

By  A.  T.  Can* :  Bruce  H.  Williams,  Thos.  Wilson. 

By  A.  T.  Stanford  :  Thos.  Garrett,  Andrew  McDorr,  R.  M.  Tay- 
lor, Samuel  Steward,  Samuel  Drayton. 

By  H.  M.  Turner :  Jos.  Jennings,  David  Anderson,  Nelson 
Beacham,  Solomon  Fauts,  Geo.  Hawkins,  Edward  Trapp,  Ben.  Quinn. 

By  C.  M.  Pearce :  Major  Johnson,  Emory  Freeman,  Fuller 
White,  W.  Rivers,  Jacob  Singleton,  Peter  Spears,  R.  Brigadier,  N.  E. 
Bryant,  Geo.  Vausi,  Allen  Jones. 

By  G.  W.  Brodie  :  W.  W.  Morgan,  Robert  Lucas,  H.  L.  Pope, 
L.  B.  Gibson,  Martin  L.  Hanse. 

By  S.  B.  Williams :  Elisha  Boone.    Total  45. 

Local  Deacons — By  A.  T.  Carr :  Saby  Green,  Abraham  Gordon, 
H.  W.  Jones,  Abe  Smith. 

By  R.  H.  Cain  :  John  Wass,  Addison  Richardson,  Edward  Ar- 
thur S.  Miller. 

By  E.  Smith  :  E.  Gourdine,  John  Memlane,  Jas.  White,  H.  Bal- 
lard, Jos.  White,  J.  Graham. 

Appointments  for  South  Carolina  (Charleston) : — 

Emmanuel,   Rev.  R.  H.  Cain  Orangeburg,.. ..Rev.  A.  Hamilion 

Morris  street,   B.  H.  Williams    Columbia,   Wm.  H.  Brown 

John  and  Jas.  Islands,    J.Graham  Granville,   

Edisto  Island,  R.  Vanderhorst    Winnsboro,  Hardy  Edwards 

Aiken,   Moses  B.  Salter    Pt.  Comfort,   Thos.  Evans 

Cooper  River,  M.  Campbell    Georgetown,   A.  F.  Carr 

Tavo,  M.   L.  Ball    Marion,.  E.  Smith 


REV.  RICHARD  E.  WALL,  D.  D., 
Presiding  Elder  of  the  Columbia  District, 
Columbia,  S.  C,  Conference  1890. 
Treasurer  of  Allen  University- 


REV.  JOHN  W.  LYKES, 
Presiding  Elder  of  the  Greenville  District,  Colum- 
bia, S.  C.  Conference. 


REV.  WILLIAM  D.  CHAPPELL,  A.  B.,  REV.  HIRAM  YOUNG, 

isiding  Elder  of  the  Manning  District,  Colum-       Presiding  Elder  of  Newberry  District,  Columbia, 
bia,  S.  C.  Conference.  S.  C.  Conference. 


REV.  C.  PIERCE  NELSON,  D.  D. 
Presiding  Elder  of  the  Orangeburg  District,  Columbia,  S.  C.  Conference, 
Secretary  of  Allen  University.    Editor  of  the  Palmetto  Gleaner. 


PROCEEDINGS   OF   ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


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Ashepoo,  S.  Spears  and  J.  Nesbitt    Conwayboro,   H.  W.  Jones 

Goose  Creek,   C.  Small    Williamsboro,  Thos.  Wilson 

Pon  Pon,   A.  Boston    Peedee,   '  P.  Wind 

Clarendon,   Jos.    Mitchell    Waccamaw,  W.  E.  Johnson 

Hilton  Head  Jas.  Hill    Pious  Hill,  A.  Gourdine 

Mt.  Pleasant,  ...Jas.  Johnson    Sampit,  P.  Harthy 

Summerville,   Win.   Thomas    Santee,   A.  Smith 

Raleigh  District,  North  Carolina— Rev.  Geo.  W.  Brodie, 
Presiding  Elder. 
Greensboro,  Rev.  M.  Alston    Piney  Grove,   Rev. 


Center,   L.  R.  Gibson  Warrenton,  W.    W.  Morgan 

Trinity,   H.  F.   Pope  Salisbury,   

Smithfield,   Robert  Lucas  Charlotte,    

Hillsboro,   

Wilmington  District,  North  Carolina — Rev.  S.  B.  Williams, 
Presiding  Elder. 

Brownsville,  Rev.  C.  Sampson    Bladen  County, ...Rev.  

Halifax,  WT.  H.  Bishop  Fayetteville,   

Newberne,   A.  Bass    Warren,   ,   

Rocky  Point,   E.  Boone 

Savannah  District,  Georgia — Rev.  A.  L.  Stanford,  Pre- 
siding Elder. 

Augusta,  Rev.  C.  L.  Bradwell    Bryant  Co.,... Rev.  R.  M.  Taylor 

Bitter  Creek,  Samuel  Steward    Darien,  Samuel  Drayton 

Ogeechee,  Thos.  Garrett 

Macon  District,  Georgia — Rev.  H.  M.  Turner,  Presiding  Elder. 

Atlanta,  Rev.  W.J.   Gaines    Albany,  ...Rev.  Fortune  Robinson 

Columbus,   David  Pickett    Cartersville,   Nelson  Beachem 

Marietta,  P.  McLane    Dorsen,  William  Cherry 

Greensboro,  H.   Strickland     I  Opelika   Ala.,        R.  B.  Bailey 

[        and  Geo.  Hawkins. 

Florence,  B.  Jackson    Greer  County,  D.Anderson 

Scumpkin,  Thos.  Bayton    Allenton,  Jos.  Wood 

Fort  Gaines,  R.  Alexander    Kingston,  C.  Murphy 

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Dalton,  ..A.  Brown 

Americus,    J.  Jennings,  W.  Rami 

Griffin,  «.  A.  McGhee 

Warrenton,  ........Robert  Cromley 

Cuthbert,  W.  H.  Noble 

Athens,  ..*  S.  B.  Jones 


Union  Springs,  H.  Stubbs 

Dorothy  County,  S.  Zants 

Blakely,  Jas.  George 

Hawkersville, ......... R.  Anderson 

Rome,   To  be  supplied 

Eufala,    


FLORIDA  CONFERENCE. 

Tallahassee  District — Rev.  C.  H.  Pearce,  Presiding  Elder. 

Fernandina,  Rev.  E.  A.  Trapp  Concord,  To  be  supplied 

Jacksonville,  W.  Bradwell  St.  John's  Mission,  Allen  Jones 

Palatka,   Dennis  Woods  Manana   M.  Steward 

Lake  City,   To  be  supplied  Appalachicola,  To  be  supplied 

Quincy,  B.  Quinn  Key  West,  To  be  supplied 

Monticello,  R.  Meachem  Antioch,   To  be  supplied 

Mt.  Tamer,  R.  Brigadier  Springfield,   To  be  supplied 

Pensacola,....  To  be  supplied  Bethlehem,   Fuller  White 

Madison,   Major  Johnson  Campbellton,  To  be  supplied 

Osceola,  To  be  suplied 

1868  Charleston,  S.  C,  January  i,  1868. 

Admitted  on  Trial — Edward  Meckey,  Felix  Torrence,  Alexander 
Owens,  Adam  Williams,  Jacob  Wallace,  Sabee  Hickley,  Morris  Gib- 
son, Emanuel  Gibson,  Phil  Rachel,  James  T.  Baker,  Simon  Miller, 
A.  Weston,  Martin  Latta,  E.  Gourdine,  Hiram  Young,  Samuel  Brad- 
ford, Isaac  Cook,  David  Glenn. 

For  North  Carolina:  Henry  Scott,  J.  E.  Cook,  David  Gray,  Jos. 
Nicholas,  Monroe  Irvin,  Henry  Tucker,  William  McClarm,  Emanuel 
Williams,  B.  W.  Morris. 

Locals-— James  White,  Samuel  Johnson,  C.  Seybrook,  Charles 
Just,  Emanuel  Furgerson,  David  Harris,  Felix  Green,  John  Singleton, 
Spencer  Wilson,  C.  Davis,  George  A.  Simmons,  S.  Gregg,  John 
McCall,  Joseph  Woodward,  Charles  Bracy,  May  Abraham,  Prince 
Dickerson,  A.  Brower. 

For  North  Carolina:  Isaiah  Culliutt,  James  Payne,  Pinkney 
Moorehead,  Wilson  Gray,  Richard  Ayers,  Job  Berry,  Arthur  Slater, 
I.  Wingate,  Scipeo  Sauls. 


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Ordained  Itinerant  Deacons — A.  Hamilton,  Edward  Meckey, 
Felix  Torrence,  William  Ford,  Alex  Owens,  C.  Seabrook,  Isaac  Cook, 
A.  Weston,  James  T.  Baker,  M.  Latta,  Hiram  Young.  J0I111  E.  Cook, 
Monroe  Irvin,  Henry  Tucker,  William  McLaurin,  B.  W.  Morris, 
Emanuel  Williams. 

Local  Deacons — Joseph  White,  Samuel  Johnson,  Charles  Just, 
David  Harris,  William  Singleton,  Cyrus  Da.vis,  G.  H.  Simmons, 
Stephen  Gregg,  John  McCall,  Joseph  Woodward,  Job  Berry,  Arthur 
Brower,  Isaiah  Culhcutt,  Wilson  Grey,  David  Cornell,  Joseph  Win- 
gate,  Scipeo  Sauls. 

Ordained  Elders— M.  B.  Salter,  Sol  Spears,  W.  Thomas,  B.  H. 
Williams,  Hardy  Edwards,  S.  B.  Gibson,  Henry  F.  Pope,  Abram 
Gordon,  James  Nesbitt. 

Local  Elders — James  Carroll,  Paul  Wind,  Saba  Green. 

1869.  Admittance  on  Trial — Robert  St.  Clair,  Joseph  Hayne, 
Moses  Dingles,  Abner  Scott,  Zebeda  Heatley,  Christian  Murphy, 
Isaac  Grant,  Andrew  Goodley,  Constance  Heywood,  Thomas  Brown, 
Morris  Gelzer,  Abram  Boyd,  Emanuel  Gibson,  Daniel  Humphries, 
Joseph  Myers,  March  Singleton,  William  Gamble,  Samuel  Bradford, 
John  McNeill,  Philip  Hartley,  Robert  Tarleton,  Henop  Spencer,  Silas 
Wertz,  John  Singleton,  John  Small,  Jacob  Thomas,  Wade  Perrin, 
Casser  Miller,  Jacob  Levine,  William  Dozier. 

Local  Orders — Manson  Williams,  Watter  Maxey,  A.  Richardson, 
Samuel  J.  Perrin,  Isaac  Perrin,  T.  S.  Simmons,  Scipio  Blake,  Paul 
W.  Jefferson,  Isaac  S.  Grant. 

Monday,  January  25,  1869. — Resolved,  That  any  member  of  Con- 
ference who  shall  spit  tobacco  on  the  floor  of  Conference  shall  be  rep- 
remanded  by  the  chair.  Carried. 

Ordained  Deacons — March  Singleton,  Samuel  K.  Howard,  Adam 
M.  Jackson,  C.  Murphy. 

Ordained  Elders — A.  Richardson,  Charles  Bracy,  Simon  Miller, 
David  Harris,  Isaac  Cook. 

1869    Appointments — Charleston  District— Rev.  R.  H.  Cain, 

Presiding  Elder. 

Emmanuel, ...Rev.  W.  H.  Brown    Clarendon,  Rev.  Moses  Dingle 

Morris  Brown  H.  D.  Edwards    Mt.  Pleasant,  James  Johnson 

Haynes  Chapel,  Robt.  Sinclair    Summerville,   W.  M.  Thomas 


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Edisto  Island,  A.  Hamilton 

John  and  James  Islands,  J.Graham 

Wadmalaw  Mission,  Wm.  Ford 

Cooper  River,  Moses  Campbell 

Ashepoo, ..  Solomon  Spears 

Goose  Creek,  Caeser  Small 

Pon  Pon,  Andrew  Boston 


St.  Stephen,  Edward  Meckey 

George's  Station,  C.  Haywood 

Walterboro,  Charles  Small 

Giffer  Mission,  John  McNiell 

Target  Draw  Swamp,  ...M.  Gelzer 

Summerton ,  Emanuel  Gibson 

"        Mission,  D.  Humphries 


Columbia  District,  ,  Presiding  Elder. 

Columbia  Sta.,  Rev.  W.  D.  Harris    Newberry  Station  Simon  Miller 

Lexington,  Silas  Wertz    Ninety-Six,  David  Glenn 

Broad  River,  Martin  Latta  j   Greenwood  and  Abbeville,  

Newberry  Circuit,  Isaac  Cook    (  Abram  Weston 

Gadsden  Circuit, ...A.  Richardson    f  Winnsboro,   ,H.  Young  and 

I  R.  Rachel. 

Sumter  District — Rev.  W.  E.  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Manchester,  Rev.  Wm.  Singleton      Rose  Hill,   Mitchell 

Manoring,  Stepheny  Leaf     St.  Paul,  Jacob  Levine 

Conterboro,   Abram  Powell  J  Rocky    Bluff  and  Gethsemane 

Statesburg,   George  Geddes   I  William  Dozier 

Moore  X  Roads,  Chas.  Jones    Kingsville  Mission,  H.  Spencer 

Bishop ville,  Prince  Dickerson    Tindall  Mills,  Sam.  Burroughs 

(  Peru  Hill  and  Camden,  

{   Samuel  Bradford 

Georgetown  District — Rev.  A.  T.  Carr,  Presiding  Elder. 

Peedee  and  Black  Riv.,  Paul  Wind  Bucksville,..Rev.  Abram  Gordon 

Waccamaw,  Saby  Green    Marion,  Bruce  H.  Williams 

North  Santee*  March  Singleton  Union  Chapel,  ...John  W.  McCall 

Sampit  Philip  Heartley    [  Fork  Chapel  and  Salem,  

Williamsburg,  Thomas  Wilson   1  Stephen  Grigg 

Gap  way,  Abram  Smith    Britton  Neck,  Jos.  Woodward 

Gourdine,  ....William  Gamble    Mill  Branch,   C.  Davis 

Conwayboro,  Jacob  Thomas    Friendship  Geo.  H.  Simmons 

"    Mission,... Henry  W.  Jones    f  Darlington  and  Florence,  

(   Erasmus  Gourdine 


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Aiken  District — Rev.  M.  B.  Salter.  Presiding  Elder. 


Aiken  Rev.  Jos.  E.  Hayne 

J  Graniteville  and  King's  Creek. 
(  Felix  B.  Torrence 

Barnwell,  W.  L.  Ball 

(  Orangeburg  and  Rowe's  Pump, 
 James  Mitchell 


Branchville  Mission,  Thos.  Brown 
Lewisville  Circuit,  ...Jas.  T.  Baker 

Fort  Motte,  Isaac  Grant 

Wateree  Adam  Williams 

Lower  Mt.  Zion,  W.  H.  Scott 

Upper  Mt.  Zion.  ...Jacob  Wallace 


Beaufort  District — Rev.  James  E.  Hill.  Presiding  Elder. 

Beaufort  and  Half-way  House  Rev.  Henrv  D.  Owens 

Parry  Spring  and  Bluffton  Rev.  Abner  Scott 

Lady  and  St.  Helena  Island  Rev.  Nathaniel  Drayton 

Pocotaligo  •.  To  be  supplied 


STATISTICAL  REPORT 

Xo.  Church  Members... 

Xo.  Probationers  

Local  Preachers  

Local  Exhorters  

No.  of  Churches  

Value  of  Churches  $ 

No.  of  Parsonages  

Value  of  Parsonages  $ 

Sabbath  schools  

Superintendents  

Sabbath  school  Children 


44103 

Teachers  

] 

:98 

6049 

Volumes  

i859 

226 

Bishop's  Support  $ 

43 1 

17 

258 

Widows  and  Orphans  . . . 

59i3 

33 

64 

Missions  

4 

50 

99433 

Book  Concern   

90 

25 

2 

Superannuated  Pr'chers 

3 

80 

600 

Wilbertorce  University.. 

4 

10 

91 

Deficiencies  

4 

5° 

9i 

For  Sabbath  schools  

206 

*3 

7406 

Contingent  

331 

OO 

IS  70    Sixth  Session  South  Carolina   Confere?ice,  Emanuel  Church, 
Charleston,  Saturday,  Janua?~y  15,  1870 — Rt.  Rev.  John 
M.  Brown,  Bishop  Presiding. 

Admitted  on  Trial,  January  20th — Israel  McGowan,  John  Wil- 
liams, Wra.  Sampson,  George  R.  Harris,  Frederick  Mitchell,  Alfred 
Boon,  Alexander  Williams,  M.  E.  Caldwell,  Silas  Jefferson,  Manson 
Williams,  Ed.  Spearman,  E.  Wideman,  Frank  Brown,  London  Law- 
rence, Jesse  Stephens,  Elijah  Moses,  S.  W.  Hazle,  Esau  Geary,  H. 
M.  Golland.  Joseph  Bedinburgh,  P.  W.  Jefferson,  Scipio  Blake,  Isaac 
Perry,  H.  B.  Pressley,  John  Thompson,  Tony  Murphy. 


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Local  Members — John  Thompson,  Louis  Prioleau,  Chas.  Davis, 
July  Harris,  Poleao  Jenkins,  Isaac  Cougler,  Daniel  Brown,  Walter 
Maxey,  Henry  Lake,  Robert  Henderson,  Samuel  Bond,  Wm.  Rankin. 
Ordinations — Elders  :  Jas.  T.  Baker,  Abner  Scott,  Abram  Smith, 
Erasmus  Gourdine. 
Deacons  :  Isaac  Grant,  Felix  Torrence,  A.  Powell. 
Locations  :  Andran  Goodley. 
Special  Ordinations — Deacons  :    G.   R.   Harris,   Daniel  Brown, 
John  Williams,  Jesse  Stephens,  Robert  Henderson,  Miles  Caldwell, 
Griffin  Johnson,  Walter  Maxey,  E.  D.  Spearman,  P.  W.  Jefferson,  S. 
H.  Jefferson,  E.  Wideman,  H.  B.  Pressley. 
Elders  :  Hiram  Young,  Abram  Weston. 

STATISTICAL  TABLE. 


Contingent  Expenses        $  51  65 

Pastors'  Support  7148  65 

Support  of  Sunday  schools  288  73 

Support  of  Missions   205  50 

Support  of  Book  Concern    22  15 

Support  of  Bishop   576  49 

Support  of  Superan'ted ... 

Preachers   27  20 

Deficiencies   33  50 

Wilberforce  University...    25  00 

Church  Extension    16  00 

No.  of  Members   40,858 

No.  of  Probationers   4,858 


No.  of  Local  Preachers  286 

No.  of  Exhorters   261 

No.  of  Churches   135 

Value  of  Churches  $  73?23! 

No.  of  School  houses  ...  1 
Value  of  School  houses.. 
No.  of  Sunday  schools..  157 
No.  of  Volumes  in  Sun- 
day schools  

No.  of  Teachers    436 

No.  of  Scholars   10,832 

No.  of  Superintendents.  125 


1871  Seventh  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  Bethel  A.M.  E. 
Church,  Columbia,  S.  C ,  January  28,  187 1 — Bishops 
John  M.  Brown  and  Jas.  A.  Shorter. 

Admitted  on  Trial — Henry  Lake,  Douglass  Taylor,  Chas.  Davis, 
Washington  Marshall,  Henry  Bussey,  James  Johnson,  Edward  Perrin, 
Samuel  Miles,  William  Sutliffe,  James  G.  Toomer,  Isaac  Cougler. 

Ordinations — Elders :  James  S.  Singleton,  Joseph  Woodward, 
Abner  Black,  Zebedee  Heartley,  Manton  Latta,  George  R.  Haines, 
Emanuel  Gibson,  Abram  Powell. 


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Deacons :  James  Dart,  Ezekiel  Thomas,  Matthew  Abraham, 
Washington  Marshall,  William  Echols,  David  Allen,  Israel  McGowan, 
Edward  Perrin,  Sawney  Brown,  George  Brown,  Matthew  Geddes, 
Alfred  McGarry,  George  W.  Fadden,  Henry  Lake,  Jackson  Green. 

Expulsions  :  Isaac  Grant,  Henry  D.  Owens. 

Withdrawn:  W.  H.  Scott. 

Deaths :  F.  Mitchell,  Jas.  Johnson,  E.  Pritchard,  Silas  Wertz, 
Wade  Perrin,  P.  Rochel,  James  Carroll. 
Location  :  Robert  M.  Andrews. 

APPOINTMENTS,    [87 1. 


Columbia  District— Rev.  A. 
Columbia  Sta.,  Rev.  W.  D.  Harris 

Lexington  Circuit,  S.  Perrin 

f  Mt.  Pleasant  and  Barhamville, 

{  Scipio  Blake 

Long  River  Circuit,  J.  G.  Toomer 
j  Columbia  and  Gadsden  Mission, 
I   Man  son  Williams 


Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Winnsboro  Circuit,  D.  Pickett 

Spartanburg  and  Union  Circuit, 


 Alexander  Williams 

Ridgeway  Mission,  Manton  Latta 
Lawrence  Circuit,  G.  E.  Johnson 

Saluda  Mission,  Isaac  Cougler 

Newberry  Station,.. Walter  Maxey 


Abbeville  District — Rev.  Simon  Miller,  Presiding  Elder. 


Abbeville  Sta.,.. Rev.  J.  T.  Baker 
Wrestern  Circuit, ..  J.  Bedenbaugh 

Eastern  Circuit,  Isaac  Cook 

Ninety-Six  Cir't,..E.  D.  Spearman 

Cokesberry,  P.  W.  Jefferson 

Due  West,  H.  B.  Pressley 

Warrenton,   Francis  Brown 

Greenville,  Emanuel  Wideman 

Marion  District— Rev.  H.  D. 

Marion  Station,  To  be  supplied 

Britton  Neck  and  Friendship 
Mission,  Rev>  Jos.  Woodward  ■ 

Union,   William  Rankin 

Robinson,   John  McCall 

(  Fork  Chapel  and  Salem,   

{  George  H.  Simmons 

Brown's  Creek,  Jesse  Stephens 


Pinalton,  Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson 

Anderson  and  WTarm  Spring  

 Washington  Marshall 

Greenwood, . .  .Nathaniel  Drayton 

Mt.  Carmel,  Amos  Johnson 

Harrisburg,  Edward  Perrin 

Abbeville  J.  W.  Knight 

Edwards,  Presiding  Elder. 

f  Florence  and  Mar's  Bluff,  

(  Rev.  Samuel  Miles 

Darlington  Mission,  Abner  Black 

Timminsville,   Wm.  Echols 

Springville,  George  Brown 

Center ville,   William  Ford 

Players'  X  Roads,.. G.  McFadden 


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Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  John  Graham,  Presiding  Elder. 

Lower  Clarendon. ...Elijah  Moses 

Cooper  River,  Sawney  Brown 

Black  Oak,   George  Brown 

Calamus  Pond,  John  McNeal 

Zion  Church,  Henry  Taylor 

Lower  St.  Stephen, ...E.  Gourdine 


Mt.  Pleasant  Cir't,  To  be  supplied 

St.  James,  Rev.  Saby  Moultrie 

j  St.  James  and  St.  Denis  Circuit, 

\  James  S.  Singleton 

j  St.  Stephens  and  Lower  Santee 
1    Circuit,  Moses  Campbell 


Charleston  District- 
Emanuel  Sta.,  Rev.  W.  H 
Morris  Brown  Sta. ,  B.  H.Williams 

Charleston  Mission,  L.  Burnett 

Hayne's  Chapel,  John  Everett 

James  Island,   S.  W.  Hazle 

John's  Island  Sta.,  James  F.  Dart 
Wadmalaw  Cir't,. .A.  Richardson 
Edisto  Island,  Caeser  Small 


-Rev.  R.  H.  Cain,  Presiding  Elder. 

Brown    Ashepoo,  Rev.  William  Sutler? 

Walterboro,  James  Nesbitt 

Bear,   To  be  supplied 

Pon  Pon,  A.  Boston 

Jacksonboro,   Peter  Flood 

Goose  Creek,... A.  C.  J.  Hamilton 
St.  Paul,   P.obert  Tarlton 


Beaufort  District — Rev.  James  Hill,  Presiding  Elder. 


Beaufort  Cir't,  Rev.  G.  R.  Harris 

Hilton  Head,  Abner  Scott 

(  Lady  and  St.  Helena  Island, . . . 

|  Alfred  Boone 

(  Pocotaligo  and  Graham ville, ... 
1   Jackson  Greene 


Beach  Branch,  Rev.  D.  Taylor 

New  River,  To  be  supplied 

BlurTton,   David  Glenn 

Chisholm  and  South  Combahee, 
 Andrew  Goodley 


Aiken  District— Rev.  W.  M. 
Aiken  Station,  Rev.  Hiram  Young 

Grawterville  and  Walklow,  

 James  Wooley  . 

Edgefield,  David  Harris 

Barnwell, ...... .Robert  Henderson 

Rickville  and  Williston,  

 William  Ball 

Edisto  Fork  Abram  Boyd 

j  Easterly  Mill  and  Graham,  

|  James  Mickey 

St.  Matthew,  T.  M.  Simmons 


Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 

Poplar  Cir't,  London  Laurence 

Mt.  Moria,  Zebedee  Heartley 

Bull  Swamp  and  Helena,  

 Israel  McGerran 

Mt.  Zion,  J.  H.  Wallace 

Lewisville,  Felix  Torrence 

Fort  Motte,  Thomas  Brown 

George  Sta.,  ...Constant  Hay  ward 

Deane  Swamp,  Morris  Gelzer 

Cedar  Creek,  Solomon  Spears 


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Georgetown  District — Rev.  A.  T.  Carr,  Presiding  Elder. 

Georgeton  Station,  To  be  supplied  Williamsburg,  Rev.  Jacob  Thomas 

f  Pee  Dee  and  Black  River,?          {  Kingstree  and  Gapway,   

(  Rev.  Paul  Wind    (  A.  Smith 

Waccamaw  Circuit, ..  .Saby  Green    Gourdine,  William  Gamble 

Sampit,  Philip  Hartley    Conwayboro  John  Williams 

Santee,   March  Singleton    Bucksville,  Abram  Gordon 


Sumter  District — Rev.  W.  E 

Sumter  Circuit, ..  .Rev.  James  Hill 

Smith,  Abram  Powell 

Manchester,  William  Singleton 

Providence,  H.  Singleton 

Manning,   ..William  Dozier 

Statesburg,   George  Geddes 

New  Hope,  Emanuel  Gibson 

Moore  X  Road,  Ransom  Jones 

Bishopvilie,  Prince  Dickerson 

Camden,  -....Gabriel  Brown 

j  Pine  and  Rose  Hill,  

I  Samuel  Bradford 


Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 

(  Mitchellville  and  St.  Paul,  

(  Jacob  Levine 

f  Rocky  Bluff  and  Gethsemane, . . . 

(  .Stephney  Leaf 

f  Kingsville  and  Antioch,  

(  Anderson  Burns 

Tindall  Mission... Sam.  Burroughs 

Summerton  H.  D.  Humphries 

(  Manchester  Bush  Arbor,  

(  May  Abraham 

(  Antioch  and  Summerton,  

I  Chas.  Bracey 

Hominy  Mission  Jas.  White 


Contingent,  

Pastor's  support,  

Sunday  school  support,.. 

Support  of  Missions,  

Support  of  Book  Cone  n 

Support  of  Bishops,   

Support  of  Superanuated 

Preachers,   

Support  of  Widows  and 

Orphans,    ... 

Deficiences,   

Wilberforce  University, 
Chuich  Extension,  


STATISTICAL  REPORT. 

$   112  10    No.  of  Members,  

11.920  81    No.  of  Probationers,  ... 
889  18    No.  of  Local  Preachers, 

No.  of  Exhorters,  

No.  of  Churches  


356  39 


77,067 
8,650 

Si? 

502 

188  47    No.  of  Churches,   254 

1,029  93    Value  of  Churches.  $  120,162 

55 
3 

3*9 


No.  of  School  houses,.. 
52  25    No.  of  Parsonages,  ..... 

No.  of  Sunday  schools, 
52  15    No.  of  Vols,  in  do. 

199  16    No.  of  Teachers,   

115  30    No.  of  Scholars,  

14,032  87    No.  of  Superintend'ts, 


6,249 
826 
20,  240 
224 


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The  Rev.  H.  J.  Young,  the  Endowment  agent  of  Wilberforce 
University,  appealed  for  subscriptions.  He  had  $4272  pledged  by  the 
members  of  the  Conference  to  assist  in  raising  $100,000  for  a  perma- 
nent endowment  fund. 

1873    Eighth  Session  of  the  South   Carolina   Conference,  Sumter, 
South  Carolina,  Friday,  January  19,  1872 — Bishop 
John  M.  Brown,  Presiding. 

Admissions  on  Trial — Anson  De  Leslie,  Henry  Mclntire,  Joseph 
White,  Thomas  Ford,  Paris  Dennison,  Samuel  Bellamy,  Ephraim 
Johnson,  R.  C.  Irvin,  Lewis  Claw,  J.  C.  McKnight,  Murray  Evans, 
Andrew  Casey,  Hercules  Elliott,  Simeon  Beard,  Henry  Mclntire, 
Joseph  White,  David  Izard,  H.  Hill,  Henry  Berry,  Spencer  Wilson, 
D.  S.  Rice,  Cook  P.  Nelson,  Ezekiel  Thomas,  R.  R.  Hamilton,  Elias 
Robertson,  Isaac  Gillens,  Mose  Johnson,  Santa  Anna  Hegler,  Samuel 
Howard,  William  Williams,  Aaron  Montgomery,  Albert  McGarney, 
Henry  McCutchen,  Caroline  Simmons. 

Ordinations — Elders  :  Griffin  C.  Johnson,  Francis  Brown,  H.  B. 
Pressley,  P.  Heartley,  March  Singleton,  Jacob  Thomas,  Moses  B. 
Gelzer,  John  Williams,  Joseph  Bedenbaugh. 

Deacons  :  Henry  McCutchen,  William  Sutliffe,  Simeon  Beard, 
Geo.  Randolph,  Paris  Dennison,  Albert  McGaney,  John  E.  McKnight, 
Murray  W.  Evans,  Samuel  Miles,  H.  Berry,  Isaac  Cougler,  Spencer 
Wilson,  Elijah  Moses,  Saby  Moultrie,  Robert  C.  Irvin,  D.  S.  Rice. 

Local  Deacons  :  Thomas  Ford,  Douglass  Taylor,  Ephraim  John- 
son, D.  Izard,  Ezekiel  Thomas,  Nathaniel  Hill. 

Money  Contributed  by  Daughters  of  Conference  : — 


Mt.  Pisgah  Chapel,  Sumter,  %  21  05 

Bethel  Church,  Columbia,  Mary  Glass,   40  50 

North  Santee,  Nancy  Small  and  Phillis  Nesbitt,   5  00 

Waccamaw,  Mary  Small  and  Sophia  Manigault,   5  05 

Georgetown,  C.  Douglas,  M.  Loyd,  M.  Anderson,   30  55 

Pee  Dee  and  Waccamaw,  J.  Small  and  Nellie  Thompson,   50  00 


Total,  $152  15 


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Columbia  District 

Columbia  Sta.,...Rev.  R.  H.  Cain 
State  Penitentiary,  A.  Richardson 

Winnsboro,  David  Pickett 

Glendale,  To  be  supplied 

Mt.  Pleasant  Circuit,.. M  Williams 

Gadsden,  Scipio  Blake 

Long  Run,  Alexander  Williams 

Spartanburg,  Manton  Latta 


APPOINTMENTS  FOR   1 87  2. 

Rev.  A.  Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Ridge  way,  Esau  Gary 

Laurens,  G.  S.  Johnson 

Saluda,  Isaac  Couglar 

Winnsboro,  John  G.  Toomer 

Mt.  Zion,   Samuel  Perrin 

Lexington,  Isaac  Cook 

Bethel,  Andrew  Cosey 

Newberry,  Walter  Maxey 


Abbeville  District — Rev.  Simon  Miller.  Presiding  Elder. 


Abbeville  Sta.,...Rev.  J.  T.  Baker 
Abbeville  Circuit.  J.  E.  McKnight 
Eastern  Circuit,.. Jos.  Bedenbaugh 
Western  Circuit, ...Ed.  Spearman 
Ninety-Six,... . .Emanuel  Wideman 

Due  West,   R.  C.  Irvin 

Warrenton,   H.  B.  Pressley 

Cokesberry,  S.  H.  Jefferson 


Greenville, 
Anderson. 


H.  M.  Mclntyre 
 C.  P.  Nelson 


Greenwood,  Spencer  Wilson 

Pendleton,   D.  S.  Rice 

Flat  Rock.  Francis  Brown 

St.  John,  Geo.  W.  Marshall 

Mt.  Carmelj  Amos  Johnson 

Harrisburg,  Edward  Perrin 


Marion  District — Rev.  H.  D.  Edwards,  Presiding  Elder. 


Marion  Station.  To  be  supplied 

(  Britton  and  Friendship,  

\  Rev.  Joseph  Woodward 

Union  Mission, ..  .William  Rankin 
Robertson  Mission,.. John  McFell 
Fork  Chapel  Geo.  W.  Simmons 

f  Brown  Creek  and  Salem,   

\  Jesse  Stephens 


f  Florence  and  Mar's  Bluff,  

(  Samuel  Miles 

Darlington,  Abner  Black 

Timminsville,  William  Echols 

f  Centerville  and  Perrysville,  

(   George  Randolph 

(  Lynchburg  and  Player's  X  Roads 
(   Erasmus  Gourdine 


Beaufort  Cir't, 
Hilton  Head,. 

J  Lady  Island 

{ 


Beaufort  District 
Re\ 


Rev.  James  Hill,  Presiding  Elder. 


G.  R.  Harris    (  Chisholm  and  Combahee,  

.Henry  Berry  1  Douglass  Taylor 

St.  Helena  ...    Bluffton,   David  Glenn 

,.H.  W.  Jones  j  Groomsville  and  Perry ville,  

Pocotaligo,  H.  W.  Evans   1  ■  .....Jackson  Green 


.nd 


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Charleston  District — Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 


Emanuel  Station,  Rev.  A.  T.  Carr 
Morris  Brown  Sta.,  B.  H.Williams 

James  Island  Sta.,  S.  W.  Hazle 

John's  Island  Cir't,  J.  F.  Dart 

Wadmalaw,  Samuel  Johnson 

Hayne  Chapel,  A.  De  Leslie 

Shiloh,  John  Everett 

Summerville,  ..Nelson  Richardson 
Goose  Creek,  Emanuel  Gibson 


St.  Paul,   Robert  Tarlton 

\  Stock  Hill  and  Bess  Ferry  

[   Joseph  White 

Spring  St.  Mission,  L.  Bunch 

[  City  Mission,  Lower  Division,.. 
I   A.  C.  J.  Hamilton 

Deane  Swamp  and  Target,  

 Morris  Gelzer 

George  Stat'n,  Constant  Hayward 
Wosno,  James  Mitchell 


Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  J 

Mt.  Pleasant,   To  be  supplied 

Zion  and  Wawbrough  Circuit, . . . 

 ....Rev.  Harvey  Gibbes 

South  Santee,  Saby  Moultree 

McClumanville,.. Samuel  Howard 

St.  Stephen,  George  Brown 

Lower  Clarendon, ...Elijah  Moses 

Cooper  River,  Moses  Johnson 

Black  Oak,  ...Peter  Hartwell 


ohn  Graham,  Presiding  Elder. 

Zion  and  Ebo,...John  S.  Singleton 

Hickory  Hill,  Sawney  Brown 

Minck's  Corner,  Isaac  Gillins 

Pineville  and  St.  John,  

 ..M.  Campbell  and  S.  Flegler 

Cainhoy  and  Woodville,  

 Abner  Scott 

(Spring  Hill  and  St.  Thomas,  

j  Albert  Boon 


Georgetown  District — Rev.  W.  H.  Brown,  Presiding  Elder. 

Williamsburg,  Jacob  Thomas 

j  Kingstree  and  Broad  Swamp,... 

(  William  Gamble 

Gap  way,   Abram  Smith 

Gourdine,  Philip  Heartley 

Conwayboro  Circuit,  John 


j  Georgetown  Station,  Rev. 

{   W.  H.  Brown,  transferred 

Peedee  and  Black  River,  

 Paul  Wind 

Black  River,  Thomas  Ford 

Waccamaw,   ..Abram  Gordon 

Sampit,  Paris  Dennison    }  Williams  and  S.  Bellamy 

North  Santee,  March  Singleton    Bucksville,   Saby  Green 


Edisto  District — Rev.  Andrew  Boston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Willtown  Circuit,  Rev.  A.  Boston  Parker's  ferry  Road,  Lester  Flood 

Ashepoo,  William  Sutliffe  Combahee,  Felix  Green 

Walterboro,  James  Nesbitt  Edisto  Island,  Caeser  Small 

Jacksonboro,  Abram  Boyd  Jess  Island,  Poledo  Jenkins 


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Sumter  District — Rev.  W.  E 

Sumter  Sta.,  Rev.  Abram  Powell 
Manchester  Circuit,  Damon  Allen 
(Providence  and  Rafton  Creek, 

/   Hannibal  Singleton 

\  Maumeg  and  Rocky  Bluff,  

\  Stephney  Leaf 

(  Stalesburg  and  Kingsville,   

(  Henop  Spencer 

New  Hope.   

Moore's-  X  Roads,  Win.  Dozier 

Bishopville.  Isaac  Grant 

Camden,    


Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 

(  Pine  and  Rose  Hill,   

(   Samuel  Bradford 

Antioch  Anderson  Burns 

Manchester  May  Abraham 

Sumnerton  Chas.  Bracy 

(  Conterboro  and  Mt.  Pleasant  

1   Bruce  Dickerson 

English  and  Flemming  

 James  White 

Cam  Savannah  Reason  Jones 

Haynesworth  Geddes  Green 


Aiken  District — Rev.  W.  D 

Aiken  Station.. Re  v.  Hiram  Young 
Grant ville  Circuit..  James  AVooley 

Edgfield  Circuit  David  Harris 

Barnville  Rob't  Henderson 

f  Blackville  and  Millerton  

(  Simeon  Beard 

Edisto  Forks...  Nathaniel  Drayton 

Easterly  Mills  Hercules  Elliott 

St.  Matthews  ]"•  H.  Wallace 


.  Harris,  Presiding  Elder. 

Poplar  Mission.. London  Laurence 

j  Mt.  Moria  and  Mt.  Zion  

(  Zebran  Heathy 

f  Bull  Swamp  and  Helena   

\   Israel  McGerran 

Louisville   Felix  Torrence 

Fort  Motte  Thomas  Brown 

Cedar  Creek  Andrew  Goodie v 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


Statistical  Table,  1872. 


Abbeville  District.. 

Marion  District   ' 

2 

$ 

r. 

a 
2 

go' 

Beaufort  District... 

Charleston  District. 

Georgetown  Dist... 

Sumter  District  

Aiken  District  

Columbia  District.. 

Contin  gen  t 

5  25 

9  30 

7  20 

2  20 

13  35 

11  35 

4  75 

4  20 

29  20 

Pastor's  Support 

2574  00 

970  75 

1083  00 

858  95 

3289  38 

3243  00 

1261  95 

1831  75 

2320  22 

Sunday  Schools 

78  75 

13  47 

16  60 

23  00 

66  04 

43  50 

37  76 

75  80 

118  30 

Missions 

4  00 

3  35 

10  75 

5  50 

16  44 

31  00 

5  75 

5  45 

81  75 

Book  Concern 

2  50 

63  50 

3  25 

2  95 

8  50 

•  14  35 

3  65 

5  45 

4  75 

Bishop  Support  

78  50 

2  80 

1:02  00 

45  55 

118  25 

102  35 

144  40 

108  50 

104  50 

Superanuated  Fund 

3  50 

2  80 

10  25 

2  40 

12  15 

8  30 

4  00 

2  85 

4  65 

Widows:  and  Orphan's.. 

5  50 

1  00 

6  75 

2  50 

9  35 

6  90 

2  53 

2  85 

5  25 

Deficiency  .. 

2  35 

50 

50 

2  25 

4  30 

4  50 

4  85 

1  15 

3  20 

Wilberforce  

1  35 

50 

i  JO 

2  35 

12  05 

13  00 

2  30 

75 

4  00 

Fducational  Purposes 

25 

4  50 

50 

66  25 

25 

25 

25 

Total  Money's 

2755  25 

No.  Members 

8952 

"  2382 

2155 

""951 

""8056 

6954 

'"3417 

"  4243 

""4827 

44  Probationers 

2417 

414 

381 

97 

8  09 

909 

667 

457 

1160 

"   Local  Preachers 

35 

53 

24 

18 

78 

40 

39 

57 

43 

*'   Local  Exhorters 

46 

40 

22 

9 

66 

54 

53 

41 

43 

"  Churches  

'  18 

13 

2 

24 

52 

29 

18 

23 

Value  "   

1408  05 

4025  00 

7150  00 

850  00 

39210  00 

12280  00 

257  50 

7675  00 

17300  00 

No.  School  Houses  

2 

16 

"  Pupils  

'"i845 

""838 

838 

259 

185500 

2950 

1339 

1942 

1984 

*'  Teachers  

79 

36 

27 

8 

95 

120 

96 

58 

51 

26 

21 

13 

5 

21 

17 

19 

27 

14 

kl  Parsonages  

2 

1 

Church  Extension  

8  40 

285  75 

2622  00 

4410  00 

4988  44 

302  60 

533  80 

615  85 

2493  69 

Presiding  Elders  

406  35 

m  90 

234  30 

27  39 

291  59 

111  25 

191  62 

139  65 

475  85 

Evangelization  of  Africa 

1  50 

2  00 

7  85 

56 

2  00 

75 

1  1( 

1  00 

Free  Will  Offering  

3  75 

1  00 

25 

3  00 

30 

1  10 

....... 

Theological  Institute... 

44  50 

1  80 

1  69 

"  "l  25 

1873     The  Ninth  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  George- 
town, February  1st,  1873,  Rt-  Rev-  J-  p-  Campbell, 
Presiding  ;  Associate  Bishop  Rt.  Rev.  John 
M.  Brown. 

Admitted  on  Trial — Toby  Jones,  Richard  Bryant,  Thomas  Wil- 
liams, H.  H.  Foster,  Nathaniel  Chilis,  Peter  Pickens,  B.  H.  Brown, 
George  Jones,  Harrison  Keitt,  Jos.  Richardson,  Henry  Lake,  Hercu- 
les Elliott,  Aaron  Montgomery,  W.  M.  Williams,  James  W.  White, 
Samuel  Canty,  Jackson  Montgomery,  Preston  Riggins  (Local),  An- 
drew Evans,  Epraim  Johnson,  Cyrus  Davis,  Daniel  Brown,  Edward 
Mickey,  (restored). 

Local  Deacon — James  Merrill. 

Transfer — John  B.  Butler  from  Georgia  Conference, 
Ordinations — Deacons:  John  G.  Toomer,  Henry  Lake,  Henry 
Taylor,  Samuel  Canty,  Jackson  Montgomery,  James  Murrell,  (local). 


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Elders  :  Nelson  Richardson.  James  F.  Dart.  Edward  Spearman, 
Henop  Spencer.  Win.  P.  Ford.  Paul  W.  Jefferson,  Silas  H.  Jefferson, 
Israel  McGorran,  Alexander  Williams.  Abner  Scott.  Thomas  Brown, 
Daniel  Humphries,  Samuel  R.   Howard.  Francis  Brown  :  X.  Chilis. 

from  the  American  church,  H.  H.  Foster  from  the  Zion  church.   

Jones  from  the  American  church  :  Manton  Lata. 


SUPPORT  OF  PASTORS  AS  REPORTED   BY  DISTRICTS. 


Columbia  District. 
Aiken 

Marion  " 
Beaufort  " 
Mt.  Pleasant  " 
Edisto  " 

Total  


$    3>259  92 

2.200  65 

923  68 

1,159  28 

1. 851  60 

457  60 


Abbeville  District. 
Sumter  " 
Georgetown  c  1 
Charleston  " 
Clarendon  " 


3-552  °4 

i;748  59 

4.158  68 

3-32°  75 

589  4° 


4,818  19 


APPOINTMENTS  FOR  1873. 


Charleston  District — Rev.  W. 
Emanuel  Station.. Re  v.  A.T.  Carr 
Morris  Brown  Sta..  B.  H.  Williams 

James'  Island  Sta  Jas.  Mitchell 

James'  Is'ld  Cir.. Moses  B.  Gelzen 

Wadmalaw  Circuit  James  Dart 

Summerville  "  ...S.  W.  Hazle 
George's  Sta.  Cir... Alex.  Williams 

Wassamasaw    "  .Elijah  Moss 

Stock  Hill  Ch.  Sta.  Cir.  .Jos.  White 
St.  Andrews  Cir  To  be  supplied 


Georgetown  District — Rev.  W 


M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 
Goose  Creek  Cir.. Emanuel  Gibson 

Walterboro  To  be  supplied 

f  Dean  Swamp  and  Target  

(  Andrew  Evans 

(  Shiloh  and  Hayne  Chapel  

(  A.  Richardson 

(  Church  Flais  and  Ravel  

I  To  be  supplied 

St.  Paul  Samuel  Johnson 

(  T.  S.  Everett, 


City  Missions 


(  L.  Bunch. 


D.  Harris.  Presiding  Elder. 


Georgetown  Statn,  To  be  supplied    Gapway  Cir        Ephraim  Johnson 

(  Pedee  and  Black  River   f  Cross  Roads  and  Kirgston  

(  Rev.  March  Singleton   {  Jacob  Thomas 

Waccamaw  Cir.,  Abraham  Gordon 

Santee  Circuit  Paul  Winds 

Sampit     "   Paris  Dennison 

Clack  River  Cir  Thomas  Ford 

Williamsburg  "   Abram  Smith 


Gourdine  Philip  Heartley 

J  Conway  and  Little  River  

(  John  Williams 

Burkesville  Saby  Green 

Excess  Wm.  Gamble 


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Sumter  District — Rev.  Abram  Powell,  Presiding  Elder. 

j  Sumter  and  Jones  Circuit   \  Flemming  and  English  Circuit... 

j   To  be  supplied    {  James  White 

(  Bishopville  and  Mt.  Olive   (  Couterboro  and  Mt.  Pleasant  

{  Rev.  Edward  Mickey   {   Prince  Dickerson 

Rose  Hill  Mission,  Sam'l  Bradford  Wayn'vi'e  Cir.,  Henry  McCutchen 

Rocky  Bluff  Cir  Stephney  Leaf  Camden     "    ...Nelson  Smothers 

Columbia  District — Rev.  Simon  Miller,  Presiding  Elder. 

Columbia  Sta..  Rev.  T.  H.  Jackson    Saluda  Station  H.  H.Foster 

Wornsboro  Station  Isaac  Cook    Scumetown  Andrew  Cougley 

Newberry  Station.. Felix  Torrence    Union  P.  O.  Highstone 

Laurens  Station  G.  C.  Johnson  c     t    u       j  S.  H.  Jefferson  and 

Winnsboro  Sta... John  G.  Toomer      ^       mg  X  J-  H-  Williams 

Long  Run  Sta.John  E.  McKnight    Waterloo  To  be  supplied 

Columbia  and  Gadsden  Station    Glendale  Isaac  Gillus 


  Walter  Maxey    Mt.  Zion  To  be  supplied 

Ridgeway  Sta  C.  P.  Nelson    Waterloo  Joseph  Richardson 

(  Barhamville  and  Mt.  Pleasant..    Jackson  Creek  Scipio  Blake 

1   Manson  Williams    Union  Mission  Wni.  Williams 

Edisto  District — Rev.  Andrew  Boston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Ashepoo  Rev.  Caeser  Small    (  Parker's  Ferry  X  Roads  

Jacksonboro  Lester  D.  Flood  1  Polido  Jenkens 

Combahee  Wm.  T.  Sutliffe    Waterboro  James  Nesbitt 

Edisto  James  Hill 

Aiken  District — Rev.  Hiram  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 

Aiken  Station,  Rev.  Simeon  Beard    Feldarville  Christian  Murphy 

Granitville  To  be  supplied    Edisto  Fork  Hercules  Elliott 

Edgefield   David    Bull  S  vamp  Robt  Henderson 


 Flarris  and  B.  H.  Brown  Barnwell  Israel  McGowan 

Lewisville  Circuit,  E.  H.  Gourdine  i  Orangeburg  and  Rowe's  Pump.. 

Fort  Motte  Constant  Heywood  {   Abram  Boyd 

Mt.  Moriah  Thomas  Brown  Cedar  Creek  To  be  supplied 

Mt.  Zion  London  Laurence  Beech  Island  To  be  supplied 

Poplar  Zebedee  Heartley 


REV.  JAMES  E.  HILL, 
One  of  the  Eirst  Native  Preachers,  1865. 


REV.  SIMON  MILLER, 
One  of  the  Pioneer  Preachers  of  the  Up-Country. 


REV.  AUGUSTUS  T.  CARR,  REV.  L.  S.  PRIOLEAU. 

)ne  of  the  Pioneers  of  the  A.  M.^E.  Church  in  Ex-Presiding  Elder.  Sumter  District, 

outh  Carolina.    Presiding  Elder,  Edisto  Dist. 

S.  C.  Conference.    Died,  1882. 


REV.  JAMES  DRAYTON  BARKSDALE,  REV.  D.  H.  JOHNSON, 

Pastorjof  Georgetown  Station,  Georgetown,  S.  C,  Secretary  of  Columbia  Conference,  1890. 

Secretary  Quarto  Centenary  Conference. 


REV.  DAVID  J.  LITSE,  REV.  WILLIAM  D.  HEARD, 

Ex-Presiding  Elder  Marion  District.    Pastor  of         Secretary  of  South  Carolina  Conference  1886. 
Mt.  Pleasant  Station,  S.  C.  Conference.  Pastor  of  Bethel  Church,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  1890. 


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233 


Marion  District — Rev.  H.  D.  Edwards,  Presiding  Elder. 

Marion  Station  ...James  T.  Baker  (Florence,  Mar's  Bluff  and  Dar- 

Britton  Neck  Mis..G.  H.  Simmons   I  Kngtbn  Henry  Mcjudge 

Union  Mission.. Robt  K.  Hamilton  St.  Luke's  Mission. .Daniel  Brown 

I  Fork  Chapel  and  Salem    St.  Paul's  Mission  Cyrus  Davis 

(  Joseph  Woodward    f  Centerville  and  Springville  

Robson  Mission  John  McCall   1  William  Echols 

Brown's  Creek  Jesse  Stephens  Player's  X  Roads... Win.  P.  Ford 

Abbeville  District — Rev.  A.  Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Abbeville Sta... Rev.  J.  H.  Wallace  Mt.  Carmel  Circuit. George  Jones 

Abbeville  Circuit... Amos  Johnson    Ninety-six  Circuit  .N.  Childs 

Cokesbury  Circuit... David  Pickett    Pendleton  Circuit  M.  Latta 

Due  West  Circuit  R.  C.  Irwin    St.  John's  Cir  G.  W.  Marshall 

Eastern  Circuit..  Jas.  Bedenbaugh  Warrenton  Circuit.. H.  B.  Pressley 

Flat  Rock  Circuit..  Francis  Brown  Western  Circuit... E.  D.  Spearman 

Greenwood  Cir.. .Spencer  Wilson    Newberry  Circuit  Henry  Lake 

Harrisburg  Circuit.. Edward  Perrin 

Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  John  Graham,  Presiding  Elder. 

Mt.  Pleasant  To  be  supplied    St.  Thomas  James  S.  Singleton 

McClennanville  S.  K.  Howard    Zion  and  Nebo.  S.  F.  Flegler 

St.  James'  Sauney  Brown    Rocky  Hill  James  W.  Hill 

St.  Stephens'  George  Brown  Moss  Swamp.... -....Saby  Moultrice 

St.  John's  Moses  Campbell  Camhoy  and  Woodville  ..  S.  Miles 

Monck's  Corner  Abner  Scott 


Clarendon  District— Rev. 

(  Antioch  and  Summerton  

\   Rev.  Charles  Bracy 

New  Hope.....  Samuel  Cantey 

Summerton,  Union  and  Cypress 

 J.  Montgomery 

St.  James  Esau  Gray 

|  Lorrell  Hill  and  St.* Matthew's 


L.  Wood,  Presiding  Elder. 

j  Tindall,  Trinity  and  Friendship.. 

|  S.  Burroughs 

Oak  Grove  Cir... Matthew  Gathers 

(  Pie  warn  Mill  and  Reivesvilie  

|  Jacob  Levine 

f  Mt.  Olive  and  Pine  Grove  

{  Daniel  Humphries 

Plewam  Sch  house.. Peter  Hartwell 


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Statesburg  District — Rev.  W. 

Statesburg... Rev.  Henop  Spencer 

Providence  Hannibal  Singleton 

Moore's  Road   Wm.  Dozier 

Manchester  May  Abraham 

Haynesworth.,  G.  Geddes 

Beaufort  District — Rev.  G. 

Beaufort  Circuit,  Rev.  Toby  Jones 
Allen  Chap.  Sta. ,  Douglass  Taylor 

Pocotaligo  J.  Green 

Hilton  Head..  Henry  Berry 

BlurTton  Murray  W.  Evans 


E.  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Bell's  Mill  R.  Jones 

Elizabeth  D.  Allen 

Camden  N.  Smothers 

f  Antioch  and  Kingville  

I   ,  Anderson  Burns 

R.  Harris,  Presiding  Elder. 

Branch  David  Glenn 

Pike  Creed  Geo.  T.  Strickland 

Jonesville  Richard  Bryant 

Black  Swamp  John  B.  Butler 

Rice  Hope  Henry  Jones 


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235 


Clarendon  Dist  . 

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1874     Tenth  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  Newberry,  S. 
C,  February  6th,  1874 — Rt.-Rev.  J.  P.  Campbell,  Presiding. 
Rev.  T.  H.  Jackson,  J.  W.  Beckett,  and  W.  D.  Harris,  Secre- 
taries. 

Admitted  on  Trial— Wm.  Cothran,  M.  M.  Mance,  G.W.  Mance, 

Ordinations— Deacons :  C.  P.  Nelson,  A.  Cosey,  I.  Gillens,  S. 
F.  Flegler,  R.  R.  Hamilton,  S.  Bellamy 

Elders :  Elijah  Moses,  Wm.  Dozier,  S.  W.  Hazle,  Sarn'l  Johnson, 
Edward  Mickey,  G.  R.  Harris,  S.  H.  Jefferson,  H.  B.  Pressley,  P. 
W.  Jefferson,  Ed  D.  Spearman,  Joseph  Bedurbaugh,  John  Williams, 
Alex.  Williams. 

Withdrawals — L.  Bunch,  Saby  Moultrie. 

APPOINTMENTS    FOR  1874. 

Georgetown  District — Rev.  B.  H.  Williams,  Presiding  Elder. 

Georgetown  Stat'n,  To  be  suuplied  Williamsb'g  Circuit,  Abram  Smith 

Black  River  and  PeeDee    Gapway  Ephraim  Johnson 

 Rev.  M.  Singleton    Gourdine  Philip  Heartly 

Waccamaw  Cir  John  Williams    Conwayboro  Saby  Green 

North  Santee   Paul  Winds    Little  River  Sarn'l  Bellamy 

Sampit   Paris  Dennison    Burksville  Abram  Gordon 

I  Cross  Road  and  Kingston   Black  River  Mis  Thomas  Ford 

'  (   Jacob  Thomas 

Charleston  District — Rev.  W.  U.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 

Emanuel  Sta  Rev.  A.  T.  Carr    Wassamasaw  ...Elijah  Moses 

Morris  Brown  Sta...W.  D.  Harris    Shiloh  and  Haynes.  Joseph  White 

James'  Island  Sta....M.  B.  Gelzer    Dean  Swamp  Emanuel  Gibson 

Wadmalaw  Sta  James  F.  Dart   j  Church  Flats  and  Ravinel  


Summerville  Cir  Paul  Johnston  I  Samuel  Johnson 

Goose  Creek   S.  W.  Hazle  City  Mission  J.  S.  Everett 

St.  Andrews   Andrew  Evans  Round  O.,  Walterboro..  J.  Nesbitt 

George's  Sta...  Alexander  Williams 

Sumter  District— Rev.  A.  Powell,  Presiding  Elder. 

f  Sumpter  Station  and  Jones  at-  Rocky  Bluff  Stephney  Leaf 

(  tached    Flemming   Prince  Dickerson 

(  Mt.  Olive  and  Bishopville   Couterboro  Matthew  Geddes 

1 Rev-  James  White  Plaver'sX  Roads.. .H.  McCutchen 
St.  Paul  and  Pine  HilL.S.  Bradford 


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237 


Columbia  District- 
Columbia  Sta..Rev.  T.  H.  Jackson 

Winnsboro  Sta  Isaac  Cook 

Laurens  Circuit  I.  S.  Grant 

Newberry  Sta  Felix  Torrence 

Winnsboro  Circuit... B.  H.  Brown 

Long  Run    "   D.  S.  Rice 

Lexington  "  ...John G.  Toomer 
Gadsden       "  ...Spencer  Wilson 


Rev.  Simeon  Miller,  Presiding  Elder. 

Union  Circuit  C.  P.  Nelson 

Spartanburg"  ....S.  H.  "Jefferson 
Waterloo      "  Joseph  Richardson 

Glendale  Mission...  

Leesville     "   E.  P,  Andrews 

Fish  Dam    "   Wm.  Williams 

Saluda        "   H.  H.  Foster 

Mt.  Zion     "   J.  H.  Williams 

Mt.  Pleasant"  ..Munson  Williams    (  State  Penitentiary  Mission  

Scuffletown  "   Andrew  Cosey   1  •••  Anderson  Richardson 


Clarendon  District — Rev.  L.  Wood,  Presiding  Elder. 

Union  and  Cypress,  J.  Montgomery 
Plowam  and  Salem...  P.  Hart  well 

J  Plowam  and  Reevesville  

i   Samuel  Burrows 

Mt.  Olive  Daniel  Humphries 


New  Hope  and  Manning  Circ'ts 

 Rev.  S.  Cantey 

Surnmerton  Charles-  Bracy 

Tindall   

Lowell   


Aiken  District — Rev.  Hiram  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 


Aiken  Sta  Rev.  M.  B.  Salter 

Lewisville  Circuit  ..Louis  Prioleau 
Ft.  Motte    "  Constant  Hey  wood 

Mt.  Moria   "   Thomas  Brown 

Mt.  Zion     "  ..London  Laurence 

Poplar         "   S.  J.  Perrin 

 P.  W.  Jefferson 


Edgefield  Circuit.  J.  E.  McKnight 
Edisto  Forks"  ...Hercules  Elliott 

Bull  Swamp"   Isaac  Gillens 

Barnwell      "   Aaron  Boyd 

Edgefield  Mission... David  Harris 
Felderville    "      ...Alfred  Grant 


Hamburg 


Beaufort  District— Rev.  G.  R.  Harris,  Presiding  Elder, 


St.  Helena  Cir..Rev. Toby  F.  Jones 

Beaufort       "   Henry  .  Berry 

Hilton  Head"  ...Douglass  Taylor 

Bluntsville    "   Caeser  Small 

Brunson  "  ...G.  T.  Strickland 
Jonesville     "   Jackson  Green 


Black  Swamp  Cir...  

Savannah  River  Mission  

 Richard  Bryant 

Bluffton  Mission  G.  W.  Mance 

Allendale  "    

Pike  Creek  "   John  B.  Butler 


Marion  District — Rev.  H.  D.  Edwards,  Presiding  Elder. 
Marion  Sta... Rev.  E.  H.  Gourdine    St.  Luke  Mission.. ..Jesse  Stephens 


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Union  Mission  Geo.  Randolph 

Robsen      "    ...R.  R.  Hamilton 

Salem     •   "   Jos.  Woodward 

Browns'  Creek  Mis.. Daniel  Boone 
Button  Neck  Mis..G.  H.  Simmons 


St.  Paul         "   Wm.  Erhols 

Florence        "  ..R.  M.  Andrews 

Timmonsville"   Cyrus  Davis 

Centerville     "   JohnMcCall 

Hastsville       "   Abner  Black 


Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  N.  Richardson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Mt.  Pleasant  Cir,  Rev.  Abner  Scott  St.  Thomas'  Cir.John  S.  Singleton 

McClumansville  Circuit   Zion  and  Nebo  Cir...S.  F.  Flegler 

 Samuel  K.  Howard    Hickory  Hill  Cir  James  White 

St.  James'  Circuit. .Sauney  Brown    Moss  Swamp  Cir...  

St.  Stephen's  Cir..Edward  Mickey    Camhoy  and  Woodville...   

St.  John's  Cir...Zebedee  Heartley  South  Santee  Cir...  Henry  Taylor 
Monk's  Corner  Cir...  Geo.  Brown 

Abbeville  District — Rev.  A.  Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Abbeville  Stat.,  Rev.  J.  T.  Baker    Ninety-Six  N.  Chiles 

(  Cokesberry  &  Princip'l  Payne's    Pendleton   David  Pickett 

\     Institute  B.  F.  Porter    St.  John's  Edward  Perrin 

Abbeville  Circuit... Amos  Johnson    WTarrenton  ...J.  H.  Wallace 

Due  West  Walter  Maxey    Weston  Jos.  Bedenbaugh 

Antreville  G.  W.  Marshall    Eastern  Manton  Latta 

Prosperity  E.  D.  Spearman     Newberry  Mission  Henry  Lake 

Greenwood  R.  C.  Irvin    Indian  Creek  J.  H.  Kiett 

Harrisburg  H.  B.  Pressley    Greenville  J.  W.  Beckett 

Mt.  Carmel..  Francis  Brown 

Edisto  District — Rev.  Andrew  Boston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Willtown  Station,  Rev.  A.  Boston  Jacksonboro  Mission.. L.  D.  Flood 

Edisto  Circuit  Jas.  E.  Hill  Combahu         "    ..W.  T.  Sutliffe 

Ashepoo    "      ..Moses  Campbell  Parkers  Ferry   "   Poledo  Jenkins 

Statesburg  District — Rev.  W.  E.  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Statesburg  Cir.,.. Rev.  H.  Spencer  Haynesworth  Cir.,  ..Geo.  Geddes 

Moore's X  Road  Cir.,  Wm.  Dozier  Bell's  Mills       "    ..Ranson  Jones 

Burn's  Chapel     "     ....A.  Burns    Camden  Circuit  May  Abraham 

Providence         "  May  Abraham  (  Missionary  at  Large,  Edgfield  Co. 

Manchester  Cir., Hanibal Singleton    1  David  Harris 

Elizabeth  Circuit  D.  H.  Allen 


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Charleston  Dist  . 

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Contingent  Money  .  . 
Dollar  Money  .... 
Presiding  Elder's  Sup  . 
Pastor's  Support  .   .  . 
Sabbath  School  Purp's. 
Missionary  Purposes.  . 
S.S. Missionary  Purpo's. 
African  Mission  Purpo's 
Daughter's  Conference. 

Total  

Bishop  Brown  .... 
No.  of  Members  .   .  . 

"        Probationers  .  . 

l{        Local  Preachers 

"        Exhorters  .   .  . 

"       Churches  .   .  . 
Value  of  Churches   .  . 
No  of  Parsonages  .  .  . 
Value  of       "         .  . 
No.  of  Sabbath  Schools 
Pupils  

"       Teachers.  .   .  . 

"  Superintendents 

"        Vols,  in  Library. 
Church  Extension  .  .  . 

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1875       The  Eleventh  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  of  the 
African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  held  in  St.  Janus'1  Church, 
Abbeville,  S.  C,  on  the  6th  of  February,  1875,  Rt.  Rev.  J.  P. 
Campbell,  D.  D. ,  LL.  D. ,  Bishop  Presiding.  Secretaries : 
T.  H.  Jackson  and  J.  W.  Beckett. 

Admitted  on  Trial — Samuel  Washington,  Louis  Prioleau,  John 
S.  Martin,  Abram  Grant,  Wm.  Lykes,  Stephen  Levine,  Loranza 
Chaves,  Caeser  Kinloch,  Samuel  Brown. 

Ordinations — Deacons :  Louis  Prioleau,  Samuel  Washington, 
Aaron  Montgomery,  Hercules  Elliott,  M.  M.  Mance,  Harrison  Keitt, 
P.  H.  Johnson,  James  Bowen,  Richard  Bryant,  T.  F.  Jones,  Harrison 
Williams,  Abram  Grant,  J.  W.  White,  B.  H.  Brown. 

Local  Deacons  :    Caeser  Kinloch,  Samuel  Brown. 

Elders:  C.  W.  Mossell,  I.  S.  Grant,  J.  B.  Butler,  S.  J.  Perrin, 
Elijah  Moses,  L.  D.  Flood,  J.  E.  Hayne,  Walter  Maxey. 

Expulsions. — R.  B.  Henderson,  Francis  Brown,  Zebedee  Heartley. 

Deaths — W.  D.  Harris,  Laurence  Wood. 

To  preach  Annual  Sermon  at  next  Conference  J.  W.  Beckett 

To  preach  Missionary  Sermon  at  next  Conference  ..  C.  W.  Mossell 

To  preach  Educational  Sermon  at  next  Conference  J.  W.  Morris 

To  preach  On  Evidence  of  Christianity  at  next  Conference  

T.  H.  Jackson 

appointments  for  1875. 

Charleston  District — Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 

Emanuel  Sta...Rev.  M.  B.  Salter    Dean  Swamp  Emanuel  Gibson 

j  Morris  Brown  and  Bethsheba...    Wassamasaw  Elijah  Moses 

{  A.  T.  Carr    Goose  Creek  S.  W.  Hazle 

City  Mission  S.  F.  Flegler    St.  Andrew's  M.  B.  Glazer 

Sullivan  Island  Mission.. A.  Grant    George  Station  .Alex  Williams 

j  Hayne  Chapel  and  Shiloh   Church  Flats  Samuel  Johnson 

(  James  K-  Nesbitt    Edisto  James  E.  Hill 

Parker's  Ferry.... ...Joseph  White    willtown   Andrew  Boston 

James  Island  James  Mitchell    jacksonboro  L.  D.  Flood 

'  Wadmalaw  and  John's  Island...    ,  Walterboro  and  Round  0  

 ; James  F.  Dart  j   H.  D.  Edwards 

Summerville  Paul  H.  Johnston 


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Georgetown  District — Rev.  B. 

j  Georgetown  Station  

j  Rev.  C.  W.  Mossell 

(  Black  River  and  Pedee  

\  Andrew  Evans 

Waccamaw  John  Williams 

North  Santee  March  Singleton 

Sampit  Abram  Smith 

Cross  Roads  Jacob  Thomas 

Williamsburg  Paris  Dennison 


H.  Williams,  Presiding  Elder. 

Gap  way  Philip  Heartley 

Gourdine  Ephraim  Johnson 

Conwayboro  Saby  Green 

Little  River  Samuel  Bellamy 

Bucksville  Abram  Gordon 

Black  River  Thomas  Ford 

Winyah  Mission. ..  Jas.  B.  Bowen 
Bowhicket  Paul  Winds 


Columbia  District — Rev 

Columbia  Sta..Rev.  T.  H.  Jackson 

Winnsboro  Sta  J.  W.  Beckett 

Long  Run  Circuit  D.  S.  Rice 

Lexington  Cir....John  G.  Toomer 

Newberry  Sta  Felix  Torrence 

Laurens  Cir  I.  S.  Grant 

Gadsden  Cir  Spencer  Wilson 

tv/t^  t>i        4_  r--  f  Cook 

Alt.  Pleasant  Cir  ■{     c  D1  , 

(  ...S.  Blake 

Scuffleton  Cir  W.  T.  Sutliffe 


Simon  Miller,  Presiding  Elder. 

Union  Cir  C.  P.  Nelson 

Spartanburg  John  S.  Martin 

PinckneyvilleCir.  .Israel  McGowan 

Waterloo.  ..  Andrew  Cosey 

f  Rooney  and  Barhamville   

(  E.  P.  Andrews 

Leesville  Wm.  Lykes 

Fishdam  Wm.  Williams 

Saluda  M.  Williams 

Mt.  Zion  Mission  H.  Williams 


Sumter  District — Rev.  A.  Powell,  Presiding  Elder. 

Sumter  Statn,  Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson  Player's  X  Roads,  H.  McCutchen 

j  Mt.  Olive  and  Bishop ville   Manning  Mission  Sanrl  Cautry 

1  James  White  Lowell  Hill,  Jackson  Montgomery 

Rocky  Bluff.  Stephny  Leaf    Plowam  and  Salem  S.  Burns 

St.  James  Prince  Dickerson  Plowam  &  Reesville, D.  Humphries 

Couterboro  Matthew  Gethers    Mt.  Olive  Peter  Hartwell 

Aiken  District — Rev.  Hiram  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 

Aiken  Sta. , Rev.  Sam'l  Washington  Edisto  Fork. . ..  Jno.  E.  McKnight 

Hamburg  Paul  W.  Jefferson    Bull  Swamp  L  N.  Gillens 

Lewisville  L.  S.  Prioleau    Orangeburg  Hercules  Elliott 

Fort  Motte  S.  J.  Perrin    Filderville  i\bram  Boyd 

Mt.  Maria  L.  Lawrence    Mt.  Zion  Constant  Hay  ward 


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Poplar  Thomas  Brown    (  Edgfield  &  Graniteville  attached 

Ed  fi  ]d  |  C.  Murphy  and   \   to  Aiken  David  Harris 

^  e      {  A.  Richardson 

Beaufort  District — Rev.  G.  R.  Harris,  Presiding  Elder. 


Beaufort  Mis.,  Rev.  J  as.  W.Morris 

Alien  Chapel  L.  D.  Chavis 

St.  Helena  Richard  Bryant. 

Hilton  Head  Toby  F.  Jones 

Bluntsville  S.  Levine 

Brunson  Circuit,  G.  T.  Strickland 
Black  Swamp  Jackson  Green 


Jonesville  Henry  Berry 

Pike  Creek,  J.  B.  Butler,  F.  Green 

Combahu   .Poledo  Jenkins 

Savannah  River  D.  T.Taylor 

BlufTton  Caesar  Small 

Ashepoo  Moses  Campbell 


Marion  District — Rev.  R.  H.  Cain,  Presiding  Elder. 


Marion  Sta.,Rev.  E. H.Gourdine 

Union  Mission   Wm.  Echols 

Robsin    "   Geo.  Randolph 

Salem      "   Sam'l  Mills 

Brown  Ck.  Mis'n,  Jos.  Woodward 
Britton  Neck  "    ...H.  H.  Foster 

Abbeville  District — Rev.  A. 


St.  Luke 
St.  Paul 
Florence 
Centerville 
Hartsville 


..Jesse  Stephens 
.R.  R.  Hamilton 

 W.  P.  Todd 

...John  McCall 


Abbeville  Stat'n, 
Cokesberry  " 
Abbeville  Circuit 
Due  West  " 
Prosperity  " 
Greenwood  " 
Harrisburg  " 
Mt.  Carmel  " 
Ninety-Six  " 
St.  John 


Rev.  Jas. T.Baker 

 B.  F.  Porter 

,  G.  W.  Marshall 
....Walter  Maxy 
E.  D.  Spearman 

 R.  C.  Irvin 

...H.  B.  Pressly 
...M.  M.  Mance 

 J.  H.  Keitt 

..Edward  Perrin 


Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Warrenton  "  ...J.  H.  Wallace 
Western      "     Jos.  Bedenbaugh 

Eastern       "   Martin  Latta 

Abbeville  Mission,  Amos  Johnson 

Pendleton      "   David  Picket 

Newberry      "   N.  Chiles 

Greenville  "   

Cokesberry  "  Geo.  W.  Mance 
Ag't  Payne  Instit.,  R.M.Andrews 


Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  Nelson  Richardson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Mt.  Pleasant  Cir,  Rev.  Abr^m  Scott  St.  Thomas  John  S.  Singleton 

McClumansville  Geo.  Brown  Zion  and  Nebo  S.  K.  Howard 

St.  James  Sawney  Brown  Hickory  Hill  Edward  Mickey 

St.  Stephen's  Jas.  W.  White  South  Santee  Henry  Taylor 


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Statesburg  District — Rev.  W.  E.  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 


Statesb'gCir.,  Rev.  Henop  Spencer 
Moore's  Road  Circuit,  Wm.  Dozier 

Burn's  Chapel    "   A.Burns 

Providence  Circuit,  May  Abraham 
Manchester  "  .H.  Singleton 
Haynesw'th  Mission,  Jas.  Jackson 

STATISTICAL 

Contingent  Money  $    279  06 

Dollar  Money   2, 993  20 

Presid'g  Elder's  Support  5,178  82 

Pastors'  Support  26,894  98 

Support  Sunday  schools  1,264  9° 

Support  of  Missions   539  15 

Africa's  Mission   28  95 

Daughter's  Conference.      495  73 

No.  of  Members   38,953 

No.  of  Probationers   6,448 

No.  of  Local  Preachers  459 


Bell's  Mill 
Camden 
Elizabeth 
Rafton  Creek 


Ransom  Jones 
...J.  E.  Hayne 
...D.  H.  Allen 
...N.  Smothers 


f  New  Hope,  Antioch  &  Summer- 
(     ton  Chas.  Brainy 

TABLE,  1875. 

No.  of  Exhorters   353 

No.  of  Churches   268 

Value  of  Churches  $  3L&95 

No.  of  Parsonages   32 

V alue  of  Parsonages. ..  .$  16,435  00 


No.  of  Sunday  schools.. 

No.  of  Scholars  

No.  of  Teachers  

No.  Superintendents  

Vols,  in  Library  


343 
16,174 

752 
291 

8,845 


Church  Extension  11,461  00 


1876       Twelfth  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  held  in 
•Emanuel  Church,  Charleston,  S.  C,  February  2,  1876,  Bishop 
J.  P.  Campbell,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Presiding. 

Secretaries — Revs.  T.  H.  Jackson,  H.  E.  Edwards  and  J.  W. 
Beckett. 

Marshalls—  S.  F.  Flegler  and  J.  E.  McKnight. 
Reporter  for  Christian  Recorder — P.  W.  Jefferson. 
Reporter  for  city  papers — J.  E.  Haynes. 

Committee  on  Division  of  Conference — Revs.  G.  R.  Harris, 
R.  H.  Cain,  D.  Pickett,  A.  T.  Carr,  H.  Young,  W.  M.  Thomas, 
B.  H.  Williams,  A.  Weston,  N.  Richardson,  I.  S.  Grant  and  W.  E. 
Johnson. 

Admitted  on  Trial — J.  C.  Lovely,  B.  F.  Dennis,  Wm.  Matthews, 
Toby  Middleton,  Mingo  Thomas,  A.  A.  Moore,  James  Jackson, 
Samuel  Williams,  Lewis  Clay,  S.  C.  Goosely,  Thomas  Blake,  Edward 
Wright,  J.  S.  Everett,  A.  E.  Gregory,  D.  J.  Lites. 


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Ordinations — Deacons :  Mingo  Thomas,  J.  S.  Martin,  E.  P. 
Andrews,  Jos.  Richardson,  Abram  Boyd,  Stephen  Levine,  George  W. 
Mance,  Robert  Sinclair,  James  Jackson,  Samuel  Williams. 

Elders :  Andrew  Evans,  D.  S.  Rice,  J.  G.  Toomer,  W.  T.  Sut- 
liff,  S.  Wilson,  I.  M.  Gillens,  S.  Washington,  L.  Laurence,  P.  Jenkins, 
Jesse  Stephens,  R.  C.  Irvin,  Ed  Perrin,  Edward  Mickey  and  May 
Abraham. 

Died — John  Graham,  Jackson  Greer,  Geo.  Geddis,  M.  Campbell, 
Simon  Miller,  Anderson  Richardson,  John  W.  Morris,  John  S.  Sin- 
gleton. 

APPOINTMENTS   FOR    1 87 6. 


Charleston  District — Rev.  A 

Emanuel  Sta...Rev.  M.  B.  Salter 
Morris  Brown  Sta  R.  H.  Cain 

(  Shiloh  and  Hayne  Chapel  

{  S.  F.  Flegler 

Charleston  City  Mis..B.  F.  Dei  nis 
James'  Island  ..P.  H.  Johnson 

John  and  Wadmalaw  Islands... 

I  John  E.  Everett 

Edisto  Island  Emanuel  Gibson 

Willtown  Circuit... Andrew  Boston 


.  T.  Carr,  Presiding  Elder. 

St.  Andrew's  Cir  Jas.  F.  Dart 

Summerville  Cir  ...  Abram  Powell 

Goose  Creek  Cir  S.  W.  Hazle 

(  Target  and  Dean  Swamp  

(   M.  B.  Gelzer 

Wassamasaw  Mis. .  Joseph  White 

j  Walterboro  and  Round  O.  

{   James  E.  Hill 

Sullivan's  Island  Abram  Grant 

George's  Station... James  Mitchell 


Georgetown  District — Rev.  B.  H.  Wtilliams,  Presiding  Elder. 

Georget'n  Sta.. Rev. S.Washington  Waccamaw  Circuit.  John  Williams 

Bucksville  Circuit. .Philip  Hartley  South  Santee"  ...March  Singleton 

Williamburg  "  ...Abram  Gordon    Pee  Dee       "   Andrew  Evans 

Sampit          "   Saby  Green  Winy  ah        "  .James  R.  Bowen 

Conwayboro  "  ...Paris  Dinnison    Cross  Road  "   Jacob  Thomas 

Black  River  "   Paul  Wind  Little  River  "  ..  ..S.  W.  Bellamy 

Gapway        "   Abram  Smith  North  Eastern  Cir.. Mingo  Thomas 

Gourdine  Cir...Ephraim  Johnson 


Columbia  District — Rev.  H.  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 

Columbia  Sta.. Re  v.  C.W.  Mossell  Spartanburg  Cir..  John  S.  Martin 
Winnsboro  "   J.  W.  Beckett    Pinkneyville  "   I.  McGowan 


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Newberry  "   B.  F.  Porter 

Laurens  Circuit  B.  H.  Brown 

Winnsboro'-   D.  S.  Rice 

Long  Run  "   J.  H.  Williams 

Lexington  "  ....John  G.  Toomer 
Alt.  Pleasant  Cir.  J.  E.  McKnight 
Scuffletown  Cir...  Spencer  Wilson 
Gadsden  Cir  Wm.  Williams 


Waterloo       "   A.  Cosey 

Columbia      "   S.  C.  Goosley 

Saluda  Cir.  .M.Williams,  D.J.  Lites 
Mt.  Zion  Mission.. E.  P.  Andrews 
Monticello  "  Joseph  Richardson 

Union        "   J.  W.  Lites 

Leesburg     "   David  Harris 


Sumter  District — Rev.  David  Pickett,  Presiding  Elder. 

Sumter  Sta...Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson  Manning  Mission... Samuel  Canty 

Mt.  Olive  Sta  Stephney  Leaf    Laurel  Hill  "   J.Montgomery 

Couterboro  Sta  M.  Gathers  Plowam  and  Salem  Mis..S.  Burris 

St.  James  Mis... Prince  Dickerson  (  Plowam  and  Reesville  Mission... 

Rocky  Bluff  Mission.  James  White   1  Daniel  Humphries 

Player's X R'dsMis. H. McCutchen  Mt  Olive  Mis..Peter  M.  Hartwell 


Aiken  District — Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 

Aiken  Sta... Rev.  H.  D.  Edwards    Edgefield  Circuit  .J.  S.  Lovely 

Hamburg  Sta  P.  W.  Jefferson  Felderville    "  Christian  Murphy 

Fort  Motte  Circuit  S.  J.  Perrin  Bull  Swamp  "  ...Hercules  Elliott 

Lewisville      "  ....L.  S.  Prioleau  Granite ville  "  ...Cook  P.  Nelson 

Mt.  Moria     "   L.  Laurence    Liberty  Hill  "   Abram  Boyd 

Poplar  "     .Thomas  Brown    Barnwell       "   Manton  Latta 

Mt.  Zion  Cir.. Constant  Heywood  Orangeburg  i4  ....E.  A.  Williams 

Edisto  Fork  Cir  J.  H.  Wallace 


Beaufort  District — Rev.  George  R.  Harris,  Presiding  Elder. 


Beaufort  Circuit,  Rev.  J.  T.  Baker 

Bluntsville    "  ...  Stephen  Levine 

Combahu     "   Poledo  Jenkins 

E.Combahu  "   March  Jackson 

Ashepoo       "   Tody  F.  Jones 

Jacksonboro  "   L.  D.  Flood 

Bronson        "   Henry  Berry 


Pike  Creek  Circuit...  J.  B.  Butler 
Black  Swamp  "  ...L.  D.  Chavis 
Jonesville  "  Edward  Wright 

Savannah  River ' '  Richard  Bryant 

Bluffton  "   W.  Matthis 

Hilton  Head  "  TobyMiddleton 
St.  Helena        ' 4  Douglas  Taylor 


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Marion  District— Rev.  E.  H. 

Marion  Stati'n,  Rev.  Alex.  Williams 
Britton  Neck  Circ't,  H.  H.  Foster 

Salem  and  Level  Green  

 Geo.  Randolph 

Robson  Mission,  Geo. H.Simmons 
Union        "   Abner  Black 

Abbeville  District — Rev.  A 


Gourdine,  Presiding  Elder. 

Brown's  C'k  Miss.,  Jos. Woodward 
St.  Luke's  "  Jesse  Stephens 
Florence  "  ..W.  T.  Sutliffe 
Darlington     "      R.  R.  Hamilton 

Centreville  Station  S.  S.  Miles 

Society  Hill  Mission,  Wm.  Echols 


Abbeville  Sta. 
Cokesberry  C 
Abbeville 
Due  West 
Prosperity 
Greenwood 
Harrisburg 
Mt.  Carmel 
Ninety-Six 
St.  John 


,  Rev.  Walter  Maxey 
irc't,  G.T.Strickland 
"  ..Jas.R.  Nesbitt 
"  R.  M.  Andrews 
"  Jos.  Bedenbaugh 
"    Edw.  Spearman 

"   E.  C.  Irvin 

"  ...H.  B.  Pressly 
"  ..Edward  Perrin 
"    ...M.  M.  Mance 


Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Warrenton  Circuit,  I.  M.  Gillens 
Weston 
Eastern 
Pendleton 
Newberry 
Greenville 
Cokesberry 


Anderson 


..G.W.Marshall 

 Isaac  Cook 

...Rob'tSinkler 

 N.  Chiles 

A.J.  C.Hamilton 
...G.  W.  Mance 
 L.  D.  Clay 


Payne  Inst.  Rev.  J.  E.  Hayne,  Prin 


Mount  Pleasant  District — Rev.  N 

Mt.  Pleasant  Cir.  Rev.  Abner  Scott 

Zion  and  Nebo  S.  K.  Howard 

McClennansville  Geo.  Brown 

South  Santee  J.  S.  Singleton 

St.  James  Harry  Taylor 


.  Richardson,  Presiding  Elder. 

St.  Stephen  John  McNeal 

Monck's  Corner  J.  W.  White 

Hickory  Hill  Edward  Mickey 

St.  Thomas  Sawney  Brown 


Statesburg  District — Rev.  W.  E.  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 


Statesburg  Sta.,  Rev 


Wm.  Dozier 
f  St.  Philip  and  Antioch  Circuit 

|  Henop  Spencer 

New  Hope  May  Abraham 

Antioch  and  Summerton  

 Chas.  Bracy 

J  Haynesworth  and  Providence.. 

\  H.  Singleton 

Camden  Station  I.  S.  Grant 


Moore's  Road  Cir.,  D.  H.  Allen 

Bell's  Mill  and  St.  Paul  

  Ransom  Jones 

(  Manchester  and  Elizabeth   

I  Jas.  Jackson 

Rafton  Creek  .N.  Smothers 

High  Hill  S.  Williams 

Green  Swamp  A.  Montgomery 


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Rev.  T.  H.  Jackson  transferred  to  Ohio  Conference. 
"    F.  Terrence  "  "  " 

"    Daniel  Brown        "  Florida  Conference. 


STATISTICAL 


Contingent  Money. . .  .$ 
Dollar  "  3, 

Presiding  Elder's  Sup..  4, 

Pastors'  Support   31. 

Sabbath  School  Sup...  1. 
Missionary  tc  .. 

Sunday  School  11  .. 
Daughter's  Con.  "  .. 
Delegate  to  Gen.  Con. 

No.  of  Members  

"  Probationers  

Local  Preachers  


91  03 
421  19 
310  4S 
386  46 
298  26 
152  01 

54  3° 
474  5° 
248  21 

43.- 746 
9,220 

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TABLE,  1876. 

Local  Exhorters  

No.  of  Churches  

Value  of  Churches  138, 

No.  of  Parsonages  

Value  of  Parsonages..  15, 

Sabbath  Schools  

No.  of  Pupils  

"  Teachers  

"  Superintend' ts 
"  Vols,  in  Library... 

Church  Extension   12. 


445 
325 
045  96 

33 

830  00 
393 

i8,73i 
920 

352 
10,770 
118  88 


18  7  7     Thirteenth  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  A.  M.  E. 
Church,  convened  in  Bethel  Church,  Columbia,  S.C,Jan.  31,  1877. 

Bishop  John  M.  Brown,  D.  D.,  D.  C.  L.,  being  delayed  on  ac- 
count of  sickness,  Rev.  R.  H.  Cain.  D.  D.  was  elected  chairman  proton. 

Religious  services  conducted  by  Rev.  A.  T.  Carr. 

Secretaries — Revs.  P.  W.  Jefferson,  E.  D.  Spearman,  H.  D. 
Edwards. 

Marshals— S.  F.  Flegler,  A.  S.  Cook,  S.  Wilson.  D.  J.  Lites. 

Admitted  on  Trial — John  S.  Parker,  Hampton  Boston.  John  F. 
Jackson.  Adam  Cam,  Z.  Blake,  J.  E.  Lee,  Win.  Burgess.  Wm.  Castle. 

Ordinations — Deacons:  William  Williams.  George  Sumter,  L. 
Clay,  W.  Mathis. 

Elders:  S.  F.  Flegler,  M.  Williams.  J.  E.  McKnight,  P.  H. 
Johnson,  G.  W.  Marshall,  Jos.  White,  H.  Singleton.  C.  P.  Nelson, 
L.  S.  Prioleau,  J.  H.  Williams,  D.  M.  Izard. 

Deaths — Revs.  Henop  Spencer,  B.  F.  Dennison.  Elijah  Moses. 

Division — Committee  on  Division  reported  C.  J.  374,375. 


To  preach  Annual  Sermon,  1878 


Rev.  G.  R.  Harris 


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To  preach  Missionary  Sermon,  1878  Rev.  W.  E.  Johnson 

To  preach  Educational  Sermon,  1878  Rev.  Samuel  Washington 

To  preach  Doctrinal  Sermon,  1878  Rev.  P.  W.  Jefferson 

APPOINTMENTS    FOR    1 87  7. 

Abbeville  District — Rev.  Jas.  T.  Baker,  Presiding  Elder. 

Abbeville  Sta.,  Rev.  Walter  Maxey    w        ,     ./■(   I  N.  Gillens 

J     Warrenton  "  <         ,      „7.  , 
Cokesberry  Circuit,  M.  M.  Mance  I    andE.  Wideman 

Abbeville  "    ..Wm.  Burgess  Western     "   R.  C.  Irvin 

Due  West  "    ..Wm.  Cothran  Eastern      "   Isaac  Cook 

Prosperity  Cir  Jos.  Bedenbaugh  Pendleton  "    ...G.  T.  Strickland 

Greenwood  "  ..E.  D.  Spearman  Newberry  "   N.  Chiles 

Harrisburg  "  ...G.  W.  Marshall  Greenville  Mis  J.  E.  Lee 

Mt.  Carmel  "  ....PI.  B.  Pressley  Anderson     "   Lewis  Clay 

Ninety-Six    "  ....Edward  Perrin  Broad  River  "  J.  H.  Keitt 

St.  John      <<   G.  W.  Mance  Chapel         "    Geo.  Jones 


Aiken  District — Rev.  W.  M 

Aiken  Station,  Rev.  H.  D.  Edwards 

Fort  Motte  Cir  J.  R.  Nesbitt 

Lewisville    "   L.  S.  Prioleau 

Mt.  Maria    "   L.  Lawrence 

Poplar         "   Hercules  Elliott 

Mt.  Zion      "   ...D.  S.  Rice 

Barnwell      "   J.  H.  Wallace 

Liberty  Hill  "   Abram  Boyd 


Felderville  Cir 


Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 

Thos.  Brown  

...and  C.  Murphy 

Bull  Swamp  Cir  C.  Hey  ward 

Graniteville    "   A.  A.  Moore 

Orangeb'g  Mis  E.  A.  Williams 

j  Branchville  and  Rowe's  Pump.. 
|   J.  C.  Lovely 


Beaufort  District — Rev.  A. 

Beaufort  Circuit,  Rev.N.B.Sterritt 
Bluntsville  "  ...Geo.  R.  Harris 
Combahu  "  ...Poledo  Jenkins 
E.Combahu"  ..March  Singleton 
Ashepoo      "    ....Toby  F.  Jones 

Bronson       "   J.  B.  Butler 

Pike  Creek  "   Wm.  Mattis 

Black  Swamp  Cir.,  ..L.  D.  Chavis 


Powell.  Presiding  Elder. 

Savannah  Riv.  Cir.,  Ric'd  Bryant 

Bluffton  Circuit  Henry  Berry 

Hilton  Head  Cir. .Toby  Middleton 
St.  Helena      "  ..Stephen  Levine 

St.  John  and  Graham  

 Edward  Wright 

Mt.  Pleasant  and  Maloney  

 D.  F.  Taylor 


REV.  EDWARD  W.  BLYDEN,  D.  D.  LL.  D., 
Ex-Minister  to  the  Court  of  St.  James,  England, 
from  Liberia,  Africa. 


REV.  JOSEPH  E.  HAYNES,  D.  D. 
Dean  of  Theological  Department,  Allen  University, 
and  Editor  of  Charleston  Recorder. 


REV.  PAUL  W.  JEFFERSON,  REV.  ISRAEL  S.  LEE, 

2x-Presiding  Elder  Mt.  Pleasent  District,  New       Ex-Presiding  Elder  of  the  Orangeburg  District, 
Pastor  of  Bradfort  Station.  Columbia  Conference.  Now  Pastor  Mt.  Zion 

•  Church,  Charleston,  S.  C. 


REV.  W.  D.  HARRIS,  REV.  M.  B.  SALTER,  D.  D. 

Secretary  of  South  Carolina  Conference,  1869.         Pastor  of  Morris  Brown  Church,  Charleston  S.  C. 


PROCEEDINGS   OF   ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


249 


Winnsboro 
Long  Run 
Lexington 
Mt.  Pleasant 
Scuffletown 
Gadsden 
Spartanburg 


Columbia  District — Rev.  H.  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 

Columbia  Circuit  J.  S.  Parker 

:     ...J.  G.  Toomer 
..E.  P.  Andrews 
:      ....   J.  W.  Lykes 
;   J.  S.  Martin 


Columbia  Station  

Winnsboro  Sta.  Rev.  S.  C.  Gooseley 

Newberry    "   A.  Weston 

Laurens'  Circuit  F.  Torrence 


—  I.  McGowen 
.  J.  H.  Williams 
....B.  H.  Brown 

 M.  Williams 

 S.  Wilson 

 S.  J.  Pen-in 

T.  E.  McKnight 


Saluda 
Mt.  Zion 
Union 
Leesville 
Fish  Dam 
Barhamville 
Golden  Hill 
Belmont 
Waterloo 


 D.  J.  Lites 

 Scipio  Blake 

Jos.  Richardson 
..Daniel  McCain 
...Wm.  Williams 


Charleston  District — Rev.  A. 

Emanuel  Station,  Rev. M.B.Salter 

Morris  Brown  Sta  B.  F.  Porter 

City  Mission  &  Sullivan  Islard 

 J.  E.  Hayne 

James  Island  Cir...P.  H.  Johnson 
John's  Island  "  ...J.  S.  Everett 
Wadmalaw  "  ...Caesar  Small 
Edisto  ..E.  M.  Gibson 

St.  Paul  "   Jos.  White 

Willtown  "  Andrew  Boston 
St.  Andrews    "    ....Jas.  F.  Dart 


T.  Carr,  Presiding  Elder. 

(  Walterboro  and  Round  O  

1  Rev.  J.  E.  Hill 

j  Hayne' s  Chapel  and  Shiloh  

1  S.  F.  Flegler 

Goose  Creek  Mis  L.  D.  Flood 

Summerville  P.  W.  Jefferson 

Wassamasaw  S.  W.  Hazle 

j  Target  and  Dean  Swamp  

{  .....  .  ...M.  B.  Gelzer 

George's  Station  Jas.  Mitchell 

City  Upper  Mission  N.  Hill 

Jacksonboro  Cir  Thos.  Blake 


Georgetown  District — Rev.  B.  H.  Williams,  Presiding  Elder. 


Georget'n  Sta. ,  Rev.  S.  AVashington 
Bucksville  Circuit  ..Jacob  Thomas 
Williamsb'g  "  .Abram  Gordon 
Sampit  "    .Mingo  Thomas 

Black  River  "  Ephr'm  Johnson 
Gapway         "    ..Jas.  R.  Bowen 


Wac:amaw  Circuit  Saby  Green 


North  Santee 
Pee  Dee 
Winyah 
Cross  Roads 
Gourdine 


Andrew  Evans 
.  John  Williams 

 Paul  Wind 

.Philip  Hartley 
...M.  Singleton 


Marion  District — W.  E.  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 
Marion  Sta.,  Rev.  Alex.  Williams    Florence  Circuit  W.  T.  Sutliff 


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BrittonNeck  H.  W.  Jones 

f  Salem  and  Level  Green  

(  George  Randolph 

Robson  H.  H.  Foster 

Union  Abner  Black 

Brown  Cr'k  Cir.,  Geo.  H.Simmons 
St.  Luke        "    ..Paris  Dennison 

(  Centerville  and  Society  Hill  

1   S.  S.  Mills 


Mill  Branch  Jesse  Stephens 

Conwayboro  S.  W.  Bellamy 

Little  River  Jos.  Woodward 

North  Eastern.  Horace  Smith 

Friendship  Wra.   M.  Ford 

Effingham  Cyrus  Davis 

Bowling  Green... Ezekiel  Thomas 
Fair  Bluff  Win.  Echols 


Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  N.  Richardson,  Presiding  Elder. 

|  Zion  and  Nebo  Circuit   St.  Stephen  Mis  John  McNeal 

(  Rev.  S.  K.  Howard  Monck's  Cor.  "   J.  W.  White 

McClennansville  Geo.  Brown  Hickory  Hill"   Abner  Scott 

South  Santee...John  S.  Singleton  St.  Thomas  "   Sauney  Brown 

St.  James  Mis  Henry  Taylor  Mt.  Pleasant  "  ....N.  Richardson 


Statesburg  District — Rev.  E.  H 

Statesburg  Sta. ,  Rev.  Wm.  Dozier 

St.  Philip  and  Antioch  

 A.  Burns 

New  Hope  May  Abraham 

(  Antioch  and  Summerton  

(  Chas.  Bracey 

f  Haynesworth  and  Providence  .. 

|  H.  Singleton 

St.  Paul  R.  Jones 


.  Gourdine,  Presiding  Elder. 

Camden  I.  S.  Grant 

Moore's  Road  D.  H.  Allen 

(  Manchester  and  Elizabeth  

|   Jas.  Jackson 

Rafton  Creek  N.  Smothers 

Rattle  Snake  Mis'n,  Wm.  Rankins 

High  Hill  E.  Williams 

Green  Swamp  A.  Montgomery 

St.  Luke  Thos.  Reed 


Sumter  District — Rev.  David  Pickett,  Presiding  Elder. 
Sumter  Sta.,  Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson      f  Plowam  and  Reesville.... 


Mt.  Olivet  Circuit,  P.  M.  Hartwell 

Couterboro    "   Sam'l  Canty 

St.  James  "  R.  R.  Hamilton 
Rocky  Bluff  "  ..Stephney  Leaf 
Player's  X  R'ds  Cir... Geo. Sumter 

Manning  "  ...C.P.Nelson 

(  t      i  nr-11     a  "d ■    t>  ■  a  St.  Matthew's  Circuit,  

Level  H.U  and  Big  Bridge    Daniej  Hu 

 Prince  Dickerson 


S.  Bradford 

Township  Circuit  Robt.  Harvin 

Pine  Grove   "    ..J.  Montgomery 

Mayesville     "   P.  Hammitt 

(  Mt.  Holly  and  Bishopville  Cir. 
1   Manton  Latta 


mphrys 


PROCEEDINGS  OF   ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


f  Plowam  and  Salem   Trav.  Agent  Book  Concern,  

I  Z.  T.  Blake   R.  W.  Sinkler 


STATISTICAL  TABLES,    I  87  7. 


Contingent  Money.... $ 

95,000  00 

No.  of  Exhorters  

401 

Dollar 

1,966  55 

"  Churches  

339 

Presiding  Elder's  Sup. 

4,004  47 

Value  of  Churches  

279,987  00 

Pastors'  Support  

26,302  24 

No.  of  Parsonages  

38 

Sunday  School  Purp's 

1,158  28 

Value  of  Parsonages.. 

17,613  00 

Home  Mission  

6,115  00 

No.  of  Sabbath  Sch'ls 

438 

Sunday  School  Miss'n 

7,239  00 

"  Pupils   

23,212 

Africa's  Mission  

2,713  00 

"  Teachers  

i,o73 

Daughter's  Confer'ce. 

295  33 

"       Superintend'  ts 

372 

No.  of  Members   

44,627 

Vols,  in  Library  

120,840 

Probationers...   

8,5i3 

Church  Extension  

13,851  00 

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18  78    Fourteenth  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  convened 
at  Georgetown,  S.  C,  February  6th,  Rt.-Rev.  John 
M.  Brown,  D.  D.,  D.  C.  L.,  Presiding. 

Devotional  exercises  conducted  by  the  Bishop,  assisted  by  Rev. 
Wm.  Rankin  and  Walter  Maxey. 

Secretaries — Revs.  S.  C.  Goosley,  P.  W.  Jefferson  and  H.  D. 
Edwards. 

Marshals — G.  W.  Marshall  and  R.  C.  Irvin. 
P.  O.  Messenger — John  S.  Martin. 

Admitted  on  Trial— George  I.  Fair,  Thomas  Harper,  B.  F.  Mal- 
try,  H.  Smith,  A.  W.  Pinckney.  T.  McCants  Stewart,  A.  Harrall  and 
Rob't  Elmore. 

OrJinations — Deacons:  A.  E.  Gregory,  John  C.  Lovely,  D.  J. 
Lites,  A.  A.  Moore.  H.  McD.  Hall,  Thomas  Blake  and  R.  G.  Scott. 

Elders:  G.  T.  Strickland,  N.  Hill,  L.  D.  Chavis,  D.  H.  Allen, 
Ransom  Jones,  George  H.  Brown,  Sawny  Brown,  J.  AY.  White,  Hen- 
ry Taylor,  Abram  Boyd,  M.  M.  Mance,  Douglass  Taylor  and  S.  W. 
Bellamy. 

Withdrawals — AmosJJohnson. 


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Deaths— James  Nesbitt,  H.  Elliot,  J.  McNeal,  H.  Berry  and 
Paris  Dennison. 

APPOINTMENTS   FOR    1 878. 


Charleston  District — Rev.  A. 

Emanuel- Sta  Rev.  M.  B.  Salter 

Morris  Brown  Sta  B.  F.  Porter 

City  Mission  Sta  J.  E.  Hayne 

Upper  City  Mission  N.  Hill 

j  Hayne  Chapel  and  Shiloh  

\  S.  F.  Flegler 

James  Island  P.  H.  Johnson 

John's  Island  John  S.  Everett 

j  Wadmalaw  and  Village  Church 

I  Caesar  Small 

(  Edisto  andjehossee  

{  Sawny  Brown 

Willtown   James  F.  Dart 

Georgetown  District — Rev.  B. 
Georget'n  Sta., Rev. S.Washington 

Waccamaw  Circuit  Saby  Green 

North  Santee  "  Andrew  Evans 
Sampit  "    Mingo  Thomas 

(  Black  River  and  Pee  Dee  

1   Paul  Wind 


T.  Carr,  Presiding  Elder. 

Adam  Run  Adam  Harrall 

Jacksonboro  Thomas  Blake 

Walterboro  James  E.  Hill 

St.  Andrew's  Andrew  Boston 

St.  Paul  Joseph  White 

St.  James  and  Goose  Creek  

 L.  D.  Flood 

Summerville  P.  W.  Jefferson 

Wassamasaw  and  Town  Hill ... 

 Emanuel  Gibson 

J  Target  and  Dean  Swamp  

\  .'  M.  B.  Gelzer 

George's  Station... James  Mitchell 


H.  Williams,  Presiding  Elder. 
Indian  Town  Cir.,.. Philip  Hartley 
Gapway  "  James  R.Bowen 

Gourdine  "  March  Singleton 
Wingo  "  ...John  Williams 

j  Black  River  and  Bowhicket  

{  Ephraim  Johnson 


Beaufort  District — Rev.  Abram  Powell,  Presiding  Elder. 


Beaufort  Circuit,  Rev.  N.  B.  Sterritt 


Bluntsville 
Ashepoo 
Bronson 
Pike  Creek  ' 
Robertsville1 


 L.  D.  Chavis 

...Toby  F.  Jones 

 J.  B.  Butler 

....Wm.  Matthis 
Geo.  W.  Mance 


Savannah  Riv.  Cir.,  Ric'd  Bryant 


j  Bluffton  and  Spring  Island  

j  Douglass  Taylor 

Hilton  Head  Cir.,  Poledo  Jenkins 
St.  Helena  "  Stephen  Levine 
St.  John's  "  Toby  Middlet'n 
j  Hardeeville  and  Johnson  ville... 
{  William  P.  Ford 


Marion  District — Rev.  W.  E.  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Marion  Station  and  Singletary..    Centerville  Circuit  S.  S.  Miles 

Conwayboro    "    S,  W,  Bellamy 


Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols 


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253 


Union  Station  Abner  Black  Little  River    "    Jos.  Woodward 

Robson  Circuit  H.  H.  Foster  Effingham       "    ....Cyrus  Davis 

Brown  Cr'k  Cir.,  Geo. H.  Simmons  m           r-       (..Alex  Williams 

Britt'nNeck  "   Henry  Jones  [  ■•■and  J.  McCall 

Mill  Branch  "    ...Jesse  Stephens  Graham X R'ds  Cir. , Abram  Smith 

Bucksville  


Alt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  N.  Richardson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Mt.  Pleas' tSta., Rev. X.Richardson  St.  Stephens  Cir..  J.  W.  White 

Zion  &  Nebo  Cir.... Henry  Taylor  Monck's  Cor.  "   Abram  Boyd 

McClennansville  Cir. ,  Wm.  Cassell  St.  Thomas     "  John  S.  Singleton 

South  Santee  Cir... S.  K.  Howard  Hickory  Hill  "  Christ'n  Murphy 
St.  James        "    John  C.  Lovely 

The  Conference  here  divided.  Number  of  appointments  in  the 
South  Carolina  Conference,  Seventy-two. 

The  number  of  appointments  in  the  Upper  or  Columbia  Confer- 
ence, Eighty-nine. 

To  preach  Annual  Sermon,  South  Carolina  Conference,  Rev. 
N.  B.  Sterritt. 

To  preach  Missionary  Sermon,  South  Carolina  Conference,  Rev. 
G.  T.  Strickland. 

To  preach  Educational  Sermon,  South  Carolina  Conference,  Rev. 
J.  E.  Hayne. 

To  preach  Baptismal  Sermon,  South  Carolina  Conference,  Rev. 
S.  F.  Flegler. 

To  preach  Annual  Sermon,  Columbia  Conference,  Rev.  H.  D. 
Edwards. 

To  preach  Missionary  Sermon,  Columhia  Conference,  Rev.  M. 
M.  Mance. 

To  preach  Educational  Sermon,  Columbia  Conference,  Rev.  T. 
McC.  Stewart. 

To  preach  Doctrinal  Sermon,  Columbia  Conference,  Rev.  George 
Dardis. 


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APPOINTMENTS   FOR  COLUMBIA  CONFERENCE. 


Abbeville  District — Rev.  Jam 

Abbeville  Sta... Rev.  S.H.Jefferson 

Cokesberry  Sta  M.  M.  Mance 

Abbeville  Circuit  Wm.  Burgess 


Due  West 

Prosperity 

Greenwood 

Prosperity 

Harrisburg 

Mt.  Carmel 

Ninety  Six 


 Wm.  Cothran 

 William  Likes 

Edward  Spearman 
......  George  Jones 

...  G.  W.  Marshall 
.H.  B.  Pressley 
....  George  Fair 

.Edward  Perrin 


es  T.  Baker,  Presiding  Elder. 

St.  John  Cir... Constant  Heywood 
Warranton  "  ...  Isaac  M.  Gillens 

Western     "   Robert  C.  Irvin 

Eastern  "  Joseph  Bedenbaugh 
Pendleton  "  Geo.  T.  Strickland 

Newberry  "   Nathaniel  Chiles 

Eastern  Mission  J.  H.  Keitt 

Seneca  City  Mission  L.  Clay 

Greenville  Mission.. L.  W.  Tyson 
Long  Cane  Mis,  Emanuel  Wideman 


Columbia  District — Rev.  Hi 

Columbia  Sta... Rev.  Geo.  Dardis 

Winnsboro  Sta  Felix  Torrence 

Newberry  Sta  Abram  Weston 

Laurens  Circuit  D.  S.  Rice 

Winnsboro  "   I.  McGowen 

Long  Run   "   Isaac  Cook 

Lexington    "  ..  W.  H.  Brown 

Mt.  Pleasant"  ...  Manson  Wilson 

Gadsden       "   S.  J.  Perrin 

Spartanburg"  ..G.  H.  Randolph 
Scuffletown  "  ...  Spencer  Wilson 


ram  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 

Waterloo  Circuit  Wm.  Williams 

Columbia     "   J.  H.  Williams 

Saluda         "   J.  G.  Toomer 

Mt.  Zion      "   E.  P.  Andrews 

(  Union,  Ebenezer  and  Shiloh... 

(   H.  D.  Edwards 

Leesville  John  S.  Martin 

Fish  Dam  D.  J.  Lites 

Goshen  Hill  Mis.Jos.  Richardson 

Barnhamville  "   Scipio  Blake 

Chester  "   B.  F.  Martin 


Sumter  District — Rev.  Davi 

Sumter  Sta... .Rev.  Walter  Maxey 

Mt.  Holly  and  Bishopville  

 Manton  Latta 

St.  James'  Circuit. .P.  M.  Hartwell 
Couterboro  "  ...Samuel  Canty 
Rocky  Bluff  "  Thomas  Harper 
Player'sX Road"  George  Sumpter 
Manning  Station  C.  P.  Nelson 


d  Pickett,  Presiding  Elder. 

Laurel  Hill  Prince  Dickerson 

Plowam  and  Salem...  Z.  T.  Blake 

Mayesville  Circuit  P.  Hammett 

St.  James       "  John  F.  Jackson 

BiggersShed  "   W.  H.  Smith 

Friendship  and  Bethel.. R.  Harvin 

Pine  Grove  and  Union  

 J.  Montgomery 


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255 


Aiken  District — Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 


Aiken  Sta  Rev.  S.  C.  Goosley 

Hamburg  and  Graniteville  

 A.  A.  Moore 

Ft.  Motte  Circuit  I.  S.  Grant 

Lewisville    "   S:  W.  Hazle 

Mt.  Moria  "  Jacob  H.  Wallace 
Poplar         "  ...Samuel  Johnson 

Felderville    "   Abner  Scott 

State  Agricultural  College  


Edgefield  Circuit... A.  E.  Gregory 
Bull  Swamp"  ..London  Laurence 

Barnwell     "   David  Harris 

St.  Matthews  and  Orangeburg.. 

 L.  S.  Prioleau 

Branchville  T.  W.  Haigler 

Mt.  Zion  Wm.  Ddzier 

Upper  Edgfield...Geo.  H.  Brown 
 T.  McC.  Stewart,  Prop.,  etc 


Statesburg  District — Rev.  E.  H. 

Camden  Sta.. Rev.  E.  H.  Gourdine 

Statesburg  Sta  D.  H.  Allen 

(  St.  Philip  and  St.  Paul  Circuit.. 

(  Thomas  Brown 

J  Antioch  and  Fair  Grove  Circuit 

(  H.  Singleton 

Bell's  Mill  Circuit.  Ransom  Jones 
Providence  "  Aaron  Montgomery 
High  Hill    "  ...Samuel  Williams 


Gourdine,  Presiding  Elder. 

Green  Swamp  Cir....N.  Smothers 
Orange  Hill  "  James  Jackson 
New  Hope  "  ..May  Abraham 
Fulton  and  Zion"  ..Charles  Bracy 
(  Summerton  and  Live  Oak  Cir.. 

(  A.  Cosey 

Moore  Road  Circuit.. A.  Pinckney 
Rattle  Snake  Mis....Wm.  Rankin 


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PROCEEDINGS  OF  ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


257 


1879  Fifteenth  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  of  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church-convened i?i  Grace  Chapel,  Beaufort,  S.  C,  Feb'}' 8, 

Rt.  Rev.  John  M.  Brown,  D.  D. ,  D.  C.  L. ,  Presiding. 

Devotional  services  conducted  by  the  Bishop,  assisted  by  Revs. 
N.  Richardson,  A.  T.  Carr  and  A.  Ford. 

Secretaries — Revs.  W.  E.  Johnson,  P.  W.  Jefferson,  J.  E.  Hayne. 

Marshals — Revs.  D.  T.  Taylor  and  L.  D.  Flood. 

Admitted  on  Trial — A.  T.  Williams,  J.  J.  Brown,  Francis  Rivers, 
W.  R.  Alston,  C.  F.  North,  J.  B.  Green,  Nero  Small,  Jackson  Brooks, 
E.  Primus,  Wm.  Gillison. 

Ordinations — Deacons :  W.  R.  Alston,  S.  B.  Garrett,  William 
Gillison. 

Elders:  Henry  Taylor,  M.  B.  Thomas,  J.  R.  Brown, T.  F.  Jones, 
R.  Bryant  and  Matthew  Geddis. 

The  tables  for  this  year  are  very  imperfect  and  only  partially  re- 
corded. The  appointments  for  this  year  are  not  recorded  at  all  and 
therefore  must  be  obtained  from  an  old  book  of  Minutes,  if  it  can  be 
obtained.  Wall,  Compiler. 

1880  The  Sixteenth  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  con- 
vened in  St.  John 's  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Marion,  S.  C. , 

Feb.  14th,  Bishop  T.  M.  D.  Ward,  Presiding. 
John  M.  Brown,  D.  D.,  D.  C.  L. 

Devotional  exercises  were  conducted  by  the  Bishop,  assisted  by 
Revs.  A.  T.  Carr  and  W.  E.  Johnson. 

Transfer — Rev.  E.  H.  Gourdine  from  Columbia  Conference. 
Secretaries — J.  E.  Hayne,  P.  W.  Jefferson  and  L.  P..  Nichols. 
Marshals — P.  H.  Johnson  and  L.  D.  Flood. 

Admissions  on  Trial — S.  G.  Cross,  B:  B.  Green,  I.  Grant,  J.  W. 
Albright,  P.  C.  Lee,  S.  G.  McCray,  Jos.  McRae  and  J.  W.  Wennihg. 

Ordinations — Deacons:  F.  Rivers,  John  McRea,  C.  F.  North, 
A.  T.  Williams,  R.,  E.  Primus,  A.  Harrall,  John  J.  Brown,  W.  R. 
Alston  and  Ishmael  Grant. 

Elders  :  L.  D.  Chavis,  Geo.  H.  Simmons,  William  Matthis,  W. 
Echols  and  Henry  W.  Jones. 

Transfer — R.  E.  Primus  to  Texas  Conference. 


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Trustees  Payne  Institute — A.  T.  Carr,  R.  H.  Cain,  J.  E.  Hayne, 
B.  F.  Porter  and  W.  E.  Johnson. 

To  preach  Annual  Sermon,  Rev.  W.  P.  Ford. 

To  preach  Missionary  Sermon,  

To  preach  Doctrinal  Sermon,  Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols. 

Delegates — Lay  to  General  Conference  :  W.  R.  Beamer  and  S. 
B.  Garrett. 

APPOINTMENTS    FOR  1880. 

Beaufort  District — Rev.  J.  E.  Hayne.  Presiding  Elder. 

Beaufort  Circuit,  Rev.M.  B.  Salter    Hardeeville  Toby  F.  Jones 

E.Combahee"   M.  B.  Butler    Savannah  River  L.  D.  Chavis 

Bluntsville    "   R.  R.  Bryant    Combahee   Geo.  R.  Harris 

Pike  Creek    "   Wm.  Matthis    Robertsville  C.  F.  North 

Bronson  .       "   S.  R.  Levine     j  St.  John's  and  Grahamville  

Bluffton  Circuit  D.  F.  Taylor     1  J-  C.  Lovely 

Hilton  Head  Poledo  Jenkins  McClumansville.  ...S.  G.  McCray 

Hendersonville  W.  P.  Ford    New  Road  Mis  March  Jackson 

Charleston  District — Rev.  W.  E.  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Morris  Brown  Sta. Rev. R.H.Cain      (  Target  and  Dean  Swamp  

Upper  City  Mission  N.  Hill     1  James  Mitchell 

Summerville  Cir.,  John  Singleton  St.  George's  Station,  J.  W.  White 

J  St.  James  and  Goose  Creek   f  Hayne  and  Shiloh  

I  C.  Smalls     1  J-  S.  Everett 

Ridgeville  M.  B.  Gelzer 

Edisto  District — Rev.  A.  T.  Carr,  Presiding  Elder. 

Emanuel  Sta... Rev.  N.  B.  Sterritt  (  Jehosse  and  Phoenix  Island,  etc 

Lower  City  Mission. .F.  E.  Rivers     (  R-  T.  Williams 

James  Island  N.  Richardson    St.  Andrews  A.  T.  Williams 

John's  Island  P.  H.  Johnson  St.  Paul  and  Toogoodoo.  A.  Boston 

South  John's  Island  A.  Harrall    Willtown  J.  F.  Dart 

Wadmalaw  Island  J.  White    Jacksonboro  L.  D.  Flood 

Edisto  Circuit  S.  J.  Brown    Walterboro  James  E.  Hill 


Georgetown  District — Rev.  Samuel  Washington,  Presiding  Elder. 
Georget'n Sta.,  Rev. B.H.Williams    Bowhicket  E.  Johnson 


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259 


Williamsburg  M.  Singleton 

Indiantown  Jas.  R.  Bowen 

Sampit  P.  Hartley 

Gourdine  A.  Gorden 

Black  River  Abram  Smith 


Winyah  Paul  Winn 

Gap  way  M.  R.  Thomas 

Pee  Dee  A.  Williams 

N.  Santee  S.  Green 

Waccamaw  .A.  Evans 


Marion  District — Rev.  P.  W.  Jefferson,  Presiding  Elder. 


Marion  Station,  Rev, L.R.Nichols 

Genterville  "   W.  R.  Alston 

J  Salem  and  Level  Green  Circuit 

{  W.  Echols 

Robson  Circuit  H.  W.  Jones 

Union        "    Geo.  H.  Simmons 

Brown  Ck  "   A.  Black 

Mill  Branch  Cir  H.  H.  Foster 


Florence  and  Mars  Bluff  Cir  

 Jos.  Woodward 

Conwayboro  Cir.,  E.  H.  Gourdine 

Little  River    "   J.  Stephens 

Graham         "    J.  A.  C.  Thomas 

Effingham      "   C.  Davis 

Britton  Neck  "    M.  Geddis 

Bucksville      "    ..S.  W.  Bellamy 


Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  A.  Powell,  Presiding  Elder. 

Mt. Pleasant  Cir.,  Rev.  A.  Powell    St.  Stephen  Cir  Henry  Taylor 

Nebo  "      ...Thos.  Blake    St.  James      "   C.  Murphy 

Monck's  Cor."      ...A.  C.  Green  South  Santee  Mis.,  S.  K.  Howard 

Hickory  Hill"      .....S.  S.  Miles  McClumansv'e"  R.R.Hamilton 

St.  Thomas    "      Geo.W.  Mance    Irvin's  Chapel  "   Nero  Small 


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QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


STATISTICAL  TABLE,  1SSO. 


Dollar  Money  

Contingent  Money  

Educational  "   

Presiding  Elders'  Support 
Pastor's  " 
Sunday  School 

Missionary  Purposes  

Sunday  School  Mission'y.. 
African  " 

Daughter's  Conference  

Mite  Missionary  

Book  Concern  

Subs,  to  Christ'n  Recorder 

Minute  Money  

Haytien  Mission  

Delegates  to  Gen.  Conf... 
No.  of  Members  

"  Probationers  

"       Local  Preachers... 

"  Exhorters  

"  Churches  

Value  of  Churches  

No.  of  Parsonages  

Value  of  "   

No.  Sunday  Schools  

"  Pupils  

"  Teachers  

"    Vols,  in  Library  

Superintendents  

Church  Extension  

Bible  Cause  


$138  75 
10  50 
12  50 
508  49 

241 1  40 

46  75 
8  00 
8  00 
10  00 
10  50 

8  00 
6  00 

8 

9  00 
4  5° 

17  25 
2548 
766 
56 

39 
26 

7333  00 
3 

1300  00 
26 
1264 
60 
758 
23 

303  00 
3  50 


$124  50 


943  93 
3491  63 
87  55 
11  50 


7  55 

9  85 

8  00 

7  7o 
27 
13  00 

6  75 
23  75 

4088 

528 
47 
38 
25 

8320  00 


36 
1417 

75 


1076  07 
33  5o 
53  14 


7*74  95 
521  34 

36  37 
3  47 

37  68 
65  68 
24  87 
17  70 

127  00 


26  31 

in  53 
10604 
2292 
in 
88 
46 

49760 

5 

5340  00 
5242 


5  7 


$104  00 
11  20 

257  13 
662  24 
4386  25 
109  73 

9  43 
7  40 


19 


8  00 

25  5o 
3274 
488 

64 
43 
44 

12450 

6 

1930  00 

56 
2123 

91 
1094 

48 
7996 

3  00 


6498 

551 
69 
69 
42 

19000 

8 

3425  00 

34 
2191 
106 
1006 

34 

1367  83 


PROCEEDINGS   OF   ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


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1881    Seventeenth  Annual  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference 
of  the  A.M.E  Church  convened  in  the  Presbyterian  church, 
Mt.  Pleasant,  Feb.  16th,  Rt.-Rev.  W.F.  Dickerson, 
D.  D.,  Presiding  :  D.  A.  Payne,  D.  D.,  LL.D. 
and  R.  H.  Cain,  D.D.,  Associate  Bishops. 

Devotional  exercises  conducted  by  Bishop  Dickerson. 

Officers  : — Rev.  J.  E.  Hayne,  Secretary  in  chief ;  P.  W.  Jefferson, 
Statistical  Secretary ;  L.  R.  Nichols,  Recording  Secretary ;  Revs.  A. 
T.  Williams  and  Jesse  Stephens,  Marshals  :  Conference  Reporter,  Rev. 
S.  Washington. 

General  Officers: — Rev.  B.  W.  Arnett.  D.  D.,  Financial  Secreta- 
ry :  Rev.  J.  M.  Townsend,  Missionary  Secretary. 

Admitted  on  Trial — H.  T.  Johnson  and  E.  J.  Gregg. 
Ordinations — Deacons :  W.  B.  Castle  and  J.  B.  Green. 
Elders :  G.  W.  Mance  and  Thomas  Blake. 


appointments  for  i 88  i. 
Charleston  District — W.  E.  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 


Morris  Brown  Sta.,  P.  W.  Jefferson 
St.  George  "  ...J.  W.  White 
Summerville  Cir.,     J. S.  Singleton 

(  St.  Tames  and  Goose  Xeck  

\  .  C.  Small 

Ridgeville  M.  B.  Gelzer 


f  Target  and  Dean  Swamp  

\  James  Mitchell 

(  Hayne  and  Shiloh  

{  E.  H.  Gourdine 

Bakers  Bridge  R.  W.  Sinkler 


Georgetown  District — Rev.  S.  Washington,  Presiding  Elder. 

Georget'n  Sta. ,  Rev.  B.  H.  Williams    Winyah  Mission,  Paul  Winn 

Williamsburg  Cir  M. Singleton  Gapway     "      ...M.  B.  Thomas 

Indiantown      "  ..Jas.  R.  Bowen  Pee  Dee  Circuit,  Ephr'm  Johnson 

Sampit  "  ..  Philip  Hartley    N'th  Santee  ';   Saby  Green 

Gourdine         "   A.  Gordon  Waccamaw  "      ..Andrew  Evans 

Black  River     "   A.  Smith  Kingstree     "      ....Wm.  Beamer 


Bowhicket 


.'.  ...E.  T.  Greg£ 


Beaufort  District — Rev.  J.  E.  Hayne,  Presiding  Elder. 

Beaufort  Cir.,  Rev.  J.  S.  Everett  Hendersonville  Cir.J. W.  Albright 
East  Combahee  J.  B.  Butler    Hardee ville        "    ..T.  F.  Jones 


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St.  Helena:  J.  C.  Lovely 

Bluntsville  Circuit:. ...R. R.  Bryant 
Pike  Creek  "  ...L.  D.  Chavis 
Bronson  "  ...L.  R.  Lavine 
Bluffton  "    ....R.  S.  Talton 

Hilton  Head  "   J.  E.  Hill 

New  Road  Mission.. M.  Singleton 

Marion  District — -Rev.  L.  R 

Marion  Station,  Rev.  J.  G.  Yizer 
Centerville  "   W.  R.  Alston 

{  Salem  and  Level  Green  

I  H.  W.  Jones 

Union  Circuit  G.  W.  Mance 

Brown  Creek  Abner  Black 

Mill  Branch  Geo.  H.  Simmons 

Conwayboro  C.  F.  North 

Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev. 

Mt.  Pleasant  Cir. ,  Rev.  A.  Powell 
Olive  Branch  "  ..Thomas  Blake 
Monck'sCor.   "    ...A.  C.  Green 

Hickory  Hill   "   S.  S.  Miles 

St.  Thomas  "  ..H.  H.  Foster 
Bonneau's       "    ..Henry  Taylor 

Edisto  District — Rev.  A. 

Emanuel  Sta.,  Rev.  N.  B.  Sterritt 

City  Mission  J.  F.  Dart 

James  Island  Joseph  White 

John's  Island  P.  H.  Johnson 

South  John's  Island  A.  Harrall 

Wadmalaw  Poledo  Jenkins 

(  Johnson  and  other  Islands  

1   Wra.  Castle 


Savannah  River  "  Wra.  Matthis 
Combahee  "  G.  R.  Harris 
Robertsville  "   

\  St.  John  and  Grahamville  Cir  .. 

\   S.  J.  McRae 

Lawtonville  J.  J.  Brown 


Nichols,  Presiding  Elder. 

(  Florence  and  Mar's  Bluff.  

(  Jos.  Woodward 

Little  River  Jesse  Stephens 

Britton  Neck  M.  M.  Gathers 

Graham's  X  Roads..  Wm.  Echols 

Bucksville  S.  W.  Bellamy 

Marion  Circuit  P.  C.  Lee 


A.  Powell,  Presiding  Elder. 

St.  James  Circuit,  C.  Murphy 

McClennansv'e Cir.,  S.K.Howard 
South  Santee  "  R.R.Hamilton 
Iron  Chapel  Mission,  Nero  Small 
Nebo  "   N.  Hill 


T.  Carr,  Presiding  Elder. 

Edisto  S.  J.  Brown 

St.  Andrews  A.  T.  Williams 

f  St.  Paul  and  ToogODdoo  

(  A.  Boston 

Willtown  N.  Richardson 

Jacksonboro  E.  Gibson 

Waterboro  F.  E.  Rivers 


Rev.  M.  B.  Salters  transferred  to  Georgia  Conference,  Rev. 


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S.  G.  Cross  to  Georgia  Conference,  and  Rev.  H.  T.  Johnson  to  Col- 
umbia Conference. 

No  Statistical  table  received.  Wall,  Compiler. 

1882     The  Eighteenth  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  of  the 
A.M.E.  Church  convened  in  Cumberland  A.M.  E.  church, 
Aiken,  S.  C,  February  8th,  1882,  Bishop  W.  F. 
Dickerson,  D.  D.,  Presiding. 

Devotional  exercises  conducted  by  the  Bishop. 
Secretaries — Rev.  S.  Washington,  P.  W.  Jefferson  and  L.  R. 
Nichols. 

Marshals — A.  T.  Williams  and  C.  F.  North. 
Messenger  P.  Office — S.  F.  Flegler. 
Reporter  for  Conference — Rev.  N.  B.  Sterritt. 
Admissions  on  Trial — W.  R.  Haywood,  S.  W.  Ladsen  and  J.  F. 
Gilleson. 

Ordinations — Deacons :  W.  R.  Beamer,  E.  J.  Gregg,  G.  M.  Hol- 
land, S.  G.  McRae,  J.  W.  Albright  and  P.  C.  Lee. 
Deaths — Rev.  Cyrus  Davis. 

appointments  for  1882. 

Charleston  District— Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols,  Presiding  Elder. 

Aiken  Station,  Rev.  J.  E.McKnight    Ridgeville  Cir  J.  W.  White 

George's  Circuit  J.  S.  Singleton     j  Graniteville  and  Hamburg  

Summerville  Cir  S.  F.  Flegler     j  Jas.  Mitchell 

St.  James,  Goose  Creek  ..C. Smalls    Jericho  M.  B.  Gelzer 

Target  and  Dean  Swamp  Cir...  Baker's  Bridge  Mis.,  .W.  P.  Ford 

 C.  Hay  ward    Mt.  Pisgah  W.  A.  Haywood 

f  Haynes  and  Shiloh   Morris  Brown  P.  W.  Johnson 

}   E.  H.  Gourdine 

Georgetown  District — Rev.  Sam'l  Washington,  Presiding  Elder. 

Georgetn  Sta.,  Rev.  B.H.Williams    Pee    Dee    Cir  E.Johnson 

Williamsburg  Cir  H.  Singleton    North  Santee  "   Saby  Green 

Indiantown      "  ..Jas.  R.  Bowen    Waccamaw     "   A.  Gordon 

Sampit  "  ..Philip  Hartley    Winyah  "   A.  Smith 

Gourdine         "   A.  Evans  Kingstree       "  ....W.  R.  Beamer 


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Bowhicket    Cir  E.  J.  Gregg 

Gapway  "  .M.  R.  Thomas 

Beaufort  District — Rev.  B. 

Beaufort  Rev.  John  G.  Yiezer 

Robertsville  W.  H.  Halley 

East  Combahu  J.  B.  Butler 

St.  Helena   John  C.  Lovely 

Bluntsville  Wm.  Mathis 

Pipe  Greek  L.  D.  Chavis 

Bronson  S.  R.  Lavine 

Bluffton  J.  J.  Brown 

Hilton  Head   R.  R.  Bryant 


Black  River  Cir  Paul  Winn 


F.  Porter,  Presiding  Elder. 

Hendersonville  J.  W.  Albright 

Hardeeville  T.  F.  Jones 

Savannah  River  J.  E.  Hill 

Combahu  G.  R.  Harris 

\  St.  John  and  Grahamville  

{   R.  S.  Talton 

Lawtonville  S.  G.  McCray 

Early  Branch  Mission,  F.  Gillison 
Martin's  R.  Williams 


Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  Abram  Powell,  Presiding  Elder. 

Mt.  Pleasant  Rev.  J.  B.  Green    St.  James  C.  Murphy 

Olive  Branch  E.  M.  Gibson  McClennansville...S.  K.  Howard 

Mpnck's  Corner  Thos.  Blake    South  Santee  Jos.  Woodward 

St.  Thomas  R.  R.  Hamilton    Nebo  Nero  Small 

Hickory  Hill  R.  W.  Sinkler    Irvin  Chapel  Nat.  Hill 

Bonneau  Henry  Taylor 

Marion  District — Rev.  J.  E.  Hayne,  Presiding  Elder. 

Marion  Station,  Rev.  W.E.  Johnson    Level  Creek  Cir  D.  T.  Taylor 

Centerville"      ...Jesse  Stephens  Roberson        "    ...John  McCray 

Britton  Neck  Cir...S.  W.  Bellamy  Union            "    Geo.  W.  Mance 

Bucksville       "    ..W.  R.Alston  Graham's  X  Rd's  Cir.  Wm.  Echols 

Little  River     "   H.  Black    Marion  Mission  J.  C.  Crawford 

Mill  Branch    "    G.  H.  Simmons  Oak  Grove  "        ...N.  B.  Bethea 

Mar's  Bluff     "    ..M.  M.  Geddis    Scranton      "   S.  S.  Miles 

Brown  Creek  "   P.  C.  Lee 


Edisto  District — Rev.  A.  T.  Carr,  Presiding  Elder. 
Emanuel  Sta.,  Rev.  N.  B.  Sterritt     (  Toogoodoo  and  St.  Paul  Cir.... 

James  Island  Circuit... Jos.  White     1  A-  Boston 

John's    "  "    ...S.J.Brown    Willtown  Circuit... N.  Richardson 


MRS.  ANNA  BROWN,  MRS.  WINNIE  SIMMONS, 

'he  two  Women  who  came  from  the  Up-Country  to  obtain  a  Preacher  to  establish  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church,  and  secured  the  Rev.  Simon  Miller. 


REV.  S.  T.  MITCHELL,  LL.,  D., 
President  of  Wilberforce  University,    Wilberforce,  Ohio. 


PROF.  JOSEPH  W.  MORRIS.  A.  M.  LL.  B. 
President  of  Allen  University,  Columbia,  S.  C, 


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f  John's  Island  and  Keawah  Cir..  Jacksonboro  "    ...S.  W.  Ladsen 

1  John  E.  Everett  Walterboro   "   F.  E.  Rivers 

Wadmalaw  Circuit  P.  Jenkins  j  Jehossee  and  other  Islands  Cir. 

Edisto  "     P.  H.  Johnson  j  W.  B.  Castle 

St.  Andrews    "     A.T.Williams  Charleston  City  Mis.. Jas.  F.  Dart 

Statistical  Table,  1882. 


Contingent  Money... $  152  00 

Dollar  Money   2,524  x5 

Home  and  For.  Mis..  172  93 

Ladies  Mite  Missions.  6225 

Sunday  School  Pur's.  997  47 

Pastors'  Support   23,400  00 

"        Trav.  Sup't.  926  08 

Pres.  Elder's  Support  5,062  66 

"    Trav.   "  582  62 

Bishop           "     "  132  40 

Educational  Purposes  88  10 

Build'g,Rep'gchurc's  9,362  55 

Charitable  Purposes..  997  88 

Church  Entension   2,84893 

By  Sunday  School   612  43 

"        "     Mission'y  102  24 

"        "Hayti,  Africa  116  23 

Collected  for  Minutes  65  00 

Local  Preachers   371 

"    Exhorters   257 

"    Deacons    25 

Local  Elders   5 


Members   28,360 

Probationers   4>54° 

Deaths   694 

Baptism,  Adults   1,243 

"       Infants   2,407 

Marriages   700 

Stewards    767 

Stewardesses   781 

Trustees   941 

Class  Leaders   1,600 

Churches   212 

Seating  Capacity   40,041 

Probable  Valuation... $  104,969  80 

Parsonages    30 

Probable  Valuation...  13,63000 

Present  Indebtedness  6,122  97 

No.  Sunday  Schools..  271 

11    Teachers   785 

"    Officers   503 

"    Pupils   14,209 

"    Conversions   701 

"    Books  in  Library  9,0.21 


1883     The  Nineteenth  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  as- 
sembled in  Morris  Brown  Chapel,  Charleston,  S.  C. ,  Mon- 
day, February  14,  Rt.  Rev.W.  F.  Dickerson,  D.  D., 
Presiding.      Rt.  Revs.  D.  A.  Payne  and 
A.  W.Wayman,  Associate  Bishops. 

Devotional  exercises  conducted  by  Bishop  Dickerson.  Hymn, 
"  Happy  the  man  who  finds  the  grace."  Prayer  by  Rev.  B.  H.  Wil- 
liams and  Rev.  Theo.  Gould,  Business  Manager. 


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Secretaries — Revs.  S.  Washington,  P.  W.  Jefferson  and  L.  R. 
Nichols. 

Reporter — Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Conference  Reporter. 

Marshals— M.  R.  Thomas,  S.  F.  Flegler  and  M.  Singleton. 

Messenger — Rev.  E.  Gibson,  Postoffice  Messenger. 

Admissions  on  Trial — P.  C.  Lawrence,  E.  R.  Middleton,  P.  J. 
Chavis,  G.  W.  Hill,  N.  B.  Brown  and  Jos.  Wright. 

Withdrawals — Rev.  S.  S.  Spears. 

Deaths — Edward  Wright  and  A.  Thos.  Carr. 

Ordinations— Elders :  W.  A.  Holland,  C.  F.  North,  J.  J.  Brown 
and  R.  R.  Hamilton. 

Deacons:  W.  A.  Haywood,  S.  W.  Ladson,  D.  T.  McDonald,  T. 
Coleman,  D.  M.  McGill,  C.  C.  Dunlap,  N.  W.  Edwards,  W.  D.  Chap- 
pelle,  F.  Y.  Dendy  and  P.  J.  Chavis. 

Local  Deacons:  J.  S.  Albright,  C.  Murray,  W.  H.  Jenkins,  J. 
F.  Russell  and  W.  D.  Wilkerson. 


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RECAPITULATION-TABLE  "A." 


DISTBICTS. 

( 

^1 
0' 
3 

3." 

ft* 

3 

0 
3 

T> 
< 

SO 
z> 

5 

j5" 
X 

3 

Presiding  Elder's  Salary  

Pres.  Elder's  Trav'ng  Expenses.. 

Building  Purposes  and  Repairs.. 

What  Number  of  Members  

What  Number  of  Probationers.. 

What  No.  of  Local  Preachers.... 

$  118  35 

$     327  65 

$   3740  94 

$  907  05 

$  14 

06 

8  2206 

83 

3652 

752 

57 

Georgetown  

37  71 

674  80 

5453  51 

1166  50 

233  00 

2630  33 

6762 

525 

83 

Beaufort  

31  31 

254  55 

3944  39 

938  63 

119  18 

1941 

55 

3777 

423 

47 

21  25 

275  77 

3730  25 

857 

62 

79  40 

1403  96 

3632 

693 

70 

Mt.  Pleasant  

21  75 

175  75 

2766  66 

587 

00 

131 

65 

677 

64 

2598 

554 

73 

Edisto  

79  50 

953  03 

5616  99 

1077 

65 

267  95 

2089  94 

7571 

1510 

81 

Total  

$  309  87 

$    2661  55 

$  25252  44 

$5534  45 

24 

9  10950  25 

27992 

4457 

411 

RECAPITULATION— TABLE  "A," — Continued. 


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ft 
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P 
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Charleston  

33 

107 

130 

357 

112 

140 

158 

167 

237 

28 

8,575 

$  24,300  00 

$    543  89 

Georgetown  

79 

128 

132 

530 

107 

153 

108 

149 

369 

48 

15,800 

23,630  00 

937  86 

Beaufort  

33 

107 

179 

274 

109 

169 

234 

195 

301 

31 

9,202 

12.910  00 

1,964  89 

Marion  

31 

83 

198 

233 

50 

213 

113 

221 

222 

60 

15.100 

17,060  00 

775  57 

Mt.  Pleasant  

•36 

61 

123 

265 

79 

103 

117 

118 

195 

25 

5,150 

8  400  00 

391  00 

61 

154 

202 

285 

205 

178 

203 

177 

374 

32 

12,900 

49.755  00 

13,207  79 

Total  

273 

640 

964 

1944 

655 

956 

933 

1027 

169S 

224 

66,720 

137,055  f  0 

17,821  00 

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RECAPITULATION-TABLE 


no  on 


530  00 
15  00 


62  $655  00 


$  4,235  00$ 
2,592  58 
2,850  00 
1,345  00 
527  00 
3,735  00 


274  85 
69  00 
390  48 
279  33 
80  00 
6,884  00 


57!$  15,284  58$  7,977  66 


16  25 
33  49 
16  05 
11  7 
8  75 
44  40 


$  130  69$77  61 


$14  70 

27  38 
6  28 
3  25 
8  75 

17  25 


$  4 


00 
7  00 
5  85 
75 
4  15 
13  75 


50 


1229 


RECAPITULATION— TABLE  "B," — Continued. 


i'.U'- 

4281 
1290 
3555 
1260 
3765 


2i  m 

1350 


186 
117 

157 j  757 
201 1 2234 
85  520 
193  2606 


$  313  28 $119 
217 

89 
250 

44 
257 


65 
22  75 
86  65 
37  23 
9  00 
53  72 


$  27  10 
14  49 
11  40 
13  50 
9  00 
34  10 


$  62 

150  50 
68  00 
39  54 
34  50 

•Ji'O  85 


90 $6  00$  4  60 
9  00  58  05 
8  00  2  00 
3  00  1  00 
6  00  3  00 
10  00  45  25 


6102939  9636]$1173  52 $359  00  $109  591625  2942  00113  90*24  854  70  $5  85  49 


$  1 
14  80 


30$. 


2  95 
1  00 
4  80 


4  70 


5  25 
60 


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1887     The  Twenty-third  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  con- 
vened in  Emanuel  Church,  February  8,  Bishop  James  A. 
Shorter,  Presiding. 

Secretaries  elected  were  Samuel  Washington,  S.  G.  Cross,  W.  R. 
Alston. 

The  sessions  were  harmonious. 


APPOINTMENTS  FOR  1 887. 


Charleston  District — Rev.  James  T.  Dart,  Presiding  Elder. 


Mt.  Zion  Sta..Rev.  W.  H.  Heard 

Aiken  Sta  W.  R.  Beamer 

Summerville  Sta  E.  J.  Gregg 

Charleston  Circuit.. D.  L.  Jenkins 

Goose  Creek    "  S.  J.  Brown 

Mt.  Holly        "   J.  C.  Lovely 

Lamb's  Mission  L.  L.  Carson 

Eutawville  "   J.  S.  Barr 

Walterboro  Circuit...  S.  W.  Hazle 


Salem  and  Ashepoo  Cir..N.  Smalls 
Ridgville  Circuit  ...R.  W.  Sinkler 
Target  Circuit...  A.  W.  Lleywood 
George's  "   E.  H.  Gourdine 

f  Graham  and  Mid'y  Circuit  

\  G.  W.  Mance 

Barnwell  Mis  J.  W.  Whittaker 

Montmorenci  Mis  M.  N.  Thompson 
Graniteville  Circuit..  P.  M.  Green 


Georgetown  District — Rev.  N. 

Georgetown  Sta  P.W.Jefferson 

Williamsburg  Cir  J.  B.  Butler 

Indian  Town  "  ..M.  R.  Thomas 

Sampit  "   Saby  Green 

Gourdine  "  H.  McD.  Hale 

Black  River  "  ...Alex  Ransom 

Bowhickett       et   A.  Gordon 

Gapway  "  Jos.  Woodward 


B.  Sterrett,  Presiding  Elder. 

Pee  Dee  Circuit.. March  Singleton 

Waccamaw    "   A.  Evans 

Winyah         "   N.  P.  Brown 

Kingstree  "  C.  W.  McQueen 
Cedar  Creek  "  .....Philip  Hadley 

Johnsonville  "   Wm.  Steele 

Graham's  X  Roads  Cir.  G.  W.  Smith 
Hamensville  Circuit  A.  Black 


Beaufort  District — Rev.  Samuel  Washington,  Presiding  Elder. 

Beaufort  Sta  ...  Rev.  P.  J.  Chavis  Pipe  Creek  Circuit.. P.  E.  Gadsden 

Robertsville  Sta  W,  A.  Hollan  SavannahRiverCir. R.R.Hamilton 

White  Hall  Cir...  J.  E.  McKnight  Hilton  Head  Cir  R.  T.  Bull 

Green  Pond  "   ...J.  J.  Brown  Brunson         "  ..  T.  B.  Barnwell 

Shelton         "  ...  W.  W.  Beckett  Bluffton  "   S.  G.  Cross 


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j  St.  Helena  and  Port  Royal  Cir. 

{  Jos.' Albright 

Pacific  Circuit  R.  Williams 

'Canaan    "   R.  R.  Bryant 

East  Combahee  Cir.  .Caesar  Smalls 


Hardeeville  Cir  ..G.  P.  Randolph 

Grahamville    "   S.  S.  Miles 

Mt.  Pleasant  "   L.  A.  Clay 

Lady  Island    "  ...W.T.Graham 


Marion  District — Rev.  S.  F.  Flegler,  Presiding  Elder. 


Marion  Station.. Rev.  ,M.  B.  Salter 

Centreville"   J.  W.  White 

Florence    "   I.  F.  Gillison 

Mill  Branch  Cir...G.  W.  Murphy 

Britton'sNeck"   G.  E.  Miles 

Wateree         "  ..J.  Montgomory 

Marion  Mission  J.  H.  Hunt 

Level  Green  Cir..W.  F.  Dennison 
Little  Rock  Mission... A.  Harrold 
Brown  Creek  Cir...S.  W.  Ladson 


Roberson  Circuit 
Union         "  ... 
St.  John's 
Little  River 
Conway 
Bucksville 

Socastee  "   

Jordansville"   

Darlington  Mission. 
St.  Luke's       "  . 


.A. 
...J 

 J- 


 P.  C.  Lee 

W.  R.  Alston 
W.  Crawford 
.  C.  Crawford 
Jesse  Stevens 
D.  Barksdale 
..A.  B.  Brown 
.  A.  W.  Jones 
.R.  E.  Wilson 
 S.  Bass 


Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  S.  W.  Bellamy,  Presiding  Elder. 


Morris  Brown  Sta.  .Rev.  J.  E.  Hay ne 

Mt.  Pleasant  "   C.  F.  North 

Olive  Branch  Cir... J.  S.  Singleton 
Monck's  Cor.  ".  ...E.  M.  Gipson 

Hickory  "   H.Taylor 

St.  Thomas  "  ...James  Wright 
Bonneau's       "   John  McRay 


St.  James  Santee  Cir..D.  T.  Taylor 
McClellanville  Cir  S.  B.  Green 


South  Santee 
North  Santee 
Nebo 
Roberson 


S.  K.  Howard 

 D.  J.  Lites 

...J.  R.  Bowen 
 G.  W.  Hill 


Edisto  District — Rev.  L.  Ru 

Emanuel  Sta.. Rev.  B.  H.Williams 

James  Island  Cir  .C.  Hay  ward 

John's  Island  "   J.  E.  Hill 

S.  John's  Island "  .A.  T.  Williams 

Wadmalaw       "   J.  White 

Edisto  "   F.  E.  Rivers 

Jehossee  "   R.  B.  Green 


-in  Nichols,  Presiding  Eider. 

St.  Andrew's  Cir..G.  M.  Holland 

St.  Paul  Circuit  Thomas  Blake 

Willtown  "  ....P.  C.  Lawrence 
Toogoodoo  "  ...Paul  H.  Johnson 

Jacksonboro"   P.  Jenkins 

Adams' Run"   A.  Boston 


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1888  The  Twenty-fourth  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference 
convened  in  Mt.  Zion  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Charleston,  S.  C, 

February — ,  Bishop  T.  M.  D.  "Ward,  Presiding. 

He  was  assisted  by  Bishops  H.  M.  Turner  and  A.  W.  Wayman. 
Bishop  Shorter,  the  presiding  Bishop,  died  during  the  year.  The  ses- 
sion was  very  interesting.  Delegates  to  General  Conference  were 
elected.     Drs.  B.  F.  Lee.  B.  T.  Tanner  and  J.  C.  Embry  were  present. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Heard  was  pastor  of  the  church,  and  made  every- 
thing agreeable  and  pleasant. 

1889  The  Twenty-fifth  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  con- 

vened in  Georgetown,  S.  C,  January  30 

The  following  Bishops  were  present :  B.  W.  Arnett.  W.  J.  Gaines 
and  B.  F.  Tanner. 

The  following  disciplinary  questions  were  answered  : 

12.  What  preachers  are  admitted  on  trial?  Sol.  P.  Hood.  P.  G. 
Levalley.  Bruce  Williams.  W.  D.  Wright.  P.  W.  Mazon.  J.  W.  Saxon, 
L.  W.  Gennerett.  P.  W.  Singleton  and  F.  C.  Alford. 

13.  Who  remain  on  trial  ?  Jethro  T.  Gibbons,  Washington  P. 
Carolina,  P.  W.  Greatheart,  J.  P.  Alston  and  A.  B.  Brown. 

14.  Who  are  admitted  or  re-admitted  to  full  connection?  Kitt 
McHoney  and  Marion  W.  Thompson. 

15.  Who  are  the  Deacons?    [See  Conference  Roll.] 

16.  Who  have  been  elected  and  ordained  Deacons  and  Elders 
this  year  ?  Deacons  :  Washington  P.  Carolina,  William  Steele,  Kitt 
McHoney,  A.  W.  Crawford.  A.  B.  Brown,  Jethro  T.  Gibbons,  and 
for  Local  Orders.  Moses  Maxwell.  Elders:  Alexander  Ransom. 
James  H.  Hunt.  William  F.  Dennison  and  Isaiah  F.  Gillison. 

17.  Who  have  been  located  this  year  ?  None. 

18.  Who  are  the  Bishops  of  the  Connection?  Rt.  Revs.  Daniel 
A.  Payne,  D.  D..  LL.  D.:  Alexander  W.  Wayman,  D.  D.;  Jabez  P. 
Campbell,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.:  Thomas  M.  D.  Ward,  D.  D.;  John  M. 
Brown,  D.  D.,  D.  C.  L.;  Henry  M.  Turner.  D.  D.,  LL.  D.:  R.  R. 
Disney,  J.  Wesley  Gaines,  D.  D.;  B.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D. ;  B.  T.  Tan- 
ner, D.  D.;  and  A.  Grant,  D.  D. 

19.  Who  are  the  Supernumerary  Preachers  ?    T.  M.  Middleton. 

20.  Who  are  the  Superanuated  Preachers?    R.  Green.  Andrew 


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Boston,  Abraham  Smith,  William  H.  Harrison,  Christian  Murphy, 
L.  A.  Clay,  Philip  Hartley  and  Constant  Haywood. 

21.  Who  have  been  expelled  from  the  connection  by  this  Con- 
ference ?  None. 

22.  Who  have  withdrawn  this  year  from  this  Conference  and 
the  connection  ?    J.  S.  Albright,  R.  B.  Green  and  R.  E.  Wilson. 

23.  Are  the  preachers  blameless  in  life  and  conversation  ?  Char- 
acters were  examined  and  stood  fair,  with  exception  of  G.  W.  Smith. 

24.  What  members  of  Conference  have  died  this  year  ?  Joseph 
White,  at  his  home  in  Charleston,  February,  1888,  and  buried  there. 

25.  Where  are  the  preachers  stationed  this  year?  [See  ap- 
pointments.] 

26.  Where  shall  our  next  Conference  be  held  ?  Aiken. 

27.  When  shall  we  hold  the  next  Annual  Conference  ?  After  a 
spirited  contest  December  was  decided  on. 


APPOINTMENTS   FOR  I 


Charleston  District — Rev.  J. 

Mt.  Zion  Station... Rev.  I.  S.  Lee 
Aiken  "  ...W.  R.  Beamer 
Summerv'le  "  .J.  D.  Barksdale 
George's      "     ..P.  C.  Lawrence 

St.  Paul  Circuit  G.  W.  Mance 

f  Target  and  Dean  Circuit  

I  R.  W.  Sinkler 

Ridgeville  Circuit  S.  .W.  Hazel 

Graham  and  Midway  Circuit... 
 P.  M.  Green 


F.  Dart,  Presiding  Elder. 

Walterboro  Circuit,  E.  H.  Gourdine 
;      S.  J.  Brown... 


Goose  Cr'k 
Charleston 
Eutawville 
Graniteville 
Mt.  Holly 


D.  L.  Jenkins 

 Cain  Boyd 

 S.  J.  Barr 

..L.  L.  Carson 


Lamb's  Mission,  J.  W.  Whittaker 
Barnwell  "  M.N.Thompson 
Pine  For'st"        ...  Henry  Fraser 


Georgetown  District 

Georget'n  Sta. , Rev. P. W.Jefferson 
Williamsburg  Cir.,  Alex.Ransome 
Indiantown 
Sampit 
Gourdine's 
Black  River 
Bowhicket 
Gap  way 


Rev.  N.  B.  Sterrett,  Presiding  Elder. 

Pee  Dee  Circuit.  ...H.McD.  Hale 


.....Saby  Green 
M.  R.  Thomas 
W.  P.  Carolina 

 A.  Evins 

 A.  Gordon 

 Wm.  Steele 


Waccamaw  ' 
Win  yah  ' 
Kingstree  ' 
Cedar  Creek  c 
Johnsonville  ' 
Lake  City  ' 
Hymansville  ' 


 J.  B.  Butler 

.  March  Singleton 
C.  W.  McQueen 

 J.  W.  Saxon 

 J.  Woodward 

 J.  E.  Hill 

 N.  P.  Brown 


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Beaufort  District — Rev.  S.  W.  Bellamy.  Presiding  Elder. 

Beaufort  Station, Rev.  P.J.  Chavis  Pipe  Creek  Circuit.  P.H.  Johnson 

Robertsv'le  "   S.  E.  Cross  '  St.  Paul's         "    ..S.  W.  Ladson 

White  Hall  Circuit  G.  W.  Hill  Hilton  Head    "   R.  T.  Bull 

Green  Pond     "    ...J.  B.  Green  Brunson  "    T.  B.  Barnwell 

Sheldon  "    P.  E.  Gadsden  Bluffton  "    .;W.  A.  Holian 

(  St.  Helena  and  P.  Royal  Missi'n  Hardeeviile      "  -  ..J.  F.  Gillis.on 

1  J-  T-  Mazon  St.  John's       ':  G.T.Randolph 

Pacific  Mission  R.  R.  Bryant  Hendersonv'le       R.  C.  Williams 

East  Cobahee  Cir..R.R.  Hamilton 


Marion  District — Rev.  Samuel  Washington.  Presiding  Elder. 


Marion  Station. . .Rev.  E.J.  Gregg 

Centreville  "   J.  W.  White 

Conway    R.  E.  Primus 

Bucksville  Circuit.  J.  R.  Gibbons 
Little  River  "  ...J.C.Crawford 

Brown  Creek"   Jesse'Stevens 

j  Florence  and  Mill  Branch  Cir.. 

I    

Level  Green  Cir. .  W.  F.  Dennison 
Little  "Rock  Mission . .  .Caesar  Small 


Marion  Mission... 

Union  Circuit  

St.  Luke  Mission. 
Britton's  Xeck  Cir 
Wateree  Cir. Jacks 
Rayboro  Mission, 
Roberson  Circuit. 
Socastree  Mission. 
Darlington 


....J.  H.  Hunt 
. .  John  McCray 
...A.  B.  Brown 
.,  Stephen  Bass 
on  Montgomery 
Kitt  McHoney 
..M.  M.  Myers 
...H.  W;  Jones 
...  F.  C.  Alford 


Mt.  Pleasant  District— Re\ 

Morris  Brown  Sta.  Rev.  M.  B.  Salter 

Mt.  Pleasant  Cir  D.  J.  Lites 

Olive  Branch   "  ..J.  L.  Singleton 

McCiellansv'le"   C.  F.  North 

South  Santee  ;"  ..S.  K.  Howard 
North  Santee  "  A.  W.  Hevwood 
St.  Tames'Sant  eCir,  T.  E.  McKnight 


S.  F.  Flegler.  Presiding  Elder. 


Bonneau's  Circuit 
Monck's  Cor.  "  . 
Hickory  Hill  "  . 
Robertson  il  . 
St.  Thomas  "  . 
Nebo  ' '  . 


 J.  J.  Brown 

\.  W.  Crawford 
..Henry  Taylor 
....R.  B.  Green 
..Joseph  Wright 
....D.  T-  Taylor 


Edisto  District — Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols.  Presiding  Elder, 


Emanuel  Sta.,  Rev.  B.  H .Williams 

Edisto  Circuit  T.  Blake 

Toogoodoo  Cir  W.  R.  Alston 


St.  Paul"; 


J.  Wright 


James  Island  Mis. . .A. T.  Williams 
Johns'  Island  Cir...G.M.  Helland 
South  Johns'  Is'd  Cir..J.  R.  Bowen 
Tehossee  "  ....   P.  Smith 


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Willtown  Circuit  P.  Jenkins    Wadmalaw  Circuit...  J.  E.  Hayne 

St.  Andrews  "   F.  E.  Rivers    Cain's  Chapel  Mis  J.  A.  Seals 

Jacksonb'ro  "   E.  M.  Gibson*   Maysville         "      B.L.  Simmons 

1889     The  Twenty-sixth  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  con- 
vened at  Aiken,  S.  C,  December  n,  Bishop  B.  W. 
Arnett,  Presiding. 

Samuel  Washington,  W.  R.  Alston  and  P.  W.  Jefferson. 

Rev.  E.  W.  Blyden,  D.  D.,  of  West  Africa,  was  present. 

Rev.  Samuel  J.  Campbell,  a  native  of  Africa,  visited  the  Confer- 
ence and  the  Conference  unanimously  resolved  to  support  him  in  his 
work  in  Africa. 

Miss  Hallie  Q.  Brown,  lady  principal  of  Allen  University,  pre- 
sented the  claims  Of  the  college. 

The  Conference  raised  the  largest  amount  of  Dollar  Money  ever 
raised  by  it,  $4151.  an  increase  of  $1287.71  over  last  year. 

The  session  was  harmonious  and  much  good  was  done. 

APPOINTMENTS   FOR  1889. 

Charleston  District — Rev.  J.  F.  Dart,  Presiding  Elder. 

Mt.  Zion  Station  ..  Rev.  I.  S.  Lee  Target  and  Dean  Cir..R.  W.Sinkler 

Aiken           "  ...P.  C.  Lawrenee  St.  Paul's            "  G.  W.  Mance 

Summervilie  "  ....W.  R.  Beamer  Graham  &  Midway,  J.  W.Whittaker 

Walterboro  Cir...E.  H.  Gourdine    Charleston  Cir  P.  H.  Johnson 

George's  Sta. "  ...G.  M.  Holland    St.  Peter's    "   D.  L.  Jenkins 

Barnville  Mis...M.  N.  Thompson    Lamb's  Mission  P.  M.  Green 

Graniteville  Circuit  S.  J.  Barr    Eutawville  "   Cain  Boyd 

Mt.  Holly        "  ...L.  L.  Carson    Allen  "   M.  Metts 

Ridge ville       "   S.  W.  Hazle    Pine  Forest"   H.  Fraser 

Goose  Creek    "   S.  G.  Cross 


Georgetown  District — Rev.  N. 

Georgetown  Sta... J.  D.  Barksdale 
Williamsburg  Cir... .Alex  Ransom 
Indiantown  "  ...William  Steele 
Sampit  "  ..M.  R.  Thomas 


B.  Sterrett,  Presiding  Elder. 

Pee  Dee  Circuit... H.  McD.  Hale 

Waccamaw    "   J.  B.  Butler 

Winyah  "  ..March  Singleton 
Kingstree      "   P.  J.  Chavis 


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Gourdine  Circuit. .W.  P.  Carolina  Black  Mingo  Cir. . .Abram  Gordon 

Black  River     ■•  ..Andrew  Evans  Johnsonville  "  Joseph  Woodward 

Bowhicket      "  C.  W.  McQueen  Lake  City     "   J.  E.  Hill 

Gap  way  "  ...S.  W.  Ladson  Hymansville  "   X.  P.  Brown 

Beaufort  District — Rev.  Samuel  W.  Bellamy,  Presiding  Elder. 


Beaufort  Sta..Rev.  PAY.  Jefferson 
Green  Pond  Circuit. .  .S.  J.  Brown 
Sheldon  "  ..P.  E.  Gadsden 

E.  Combahee  "           S.  S.  Miles 

White  Hall      "   G.  W.  Hill 

Brunson  "  ..T.  B.  Barnwell 

Pipe  Creek      'f   J.  B.  Green 

St.  John  Circuit..  G.  P.  Randolph 


Robertsville  Station  R.  T.  Bull 

St.  Paul  Circuit...  .R.  C.  Williams 
Blufifton         "  ...W.  A.  Holland 

Hilton  Head   W.  A.  Saxon 

:f  Hendersonville  and  St.  Helena 

1   .,..R.  R.  Hamilton 

Port  Royal  Circuit..  P.  X.  Mazon 
Pacific  Mission... A,  W.  Crawford 


Marion  District — Rev.  Samuel  Washington,  Presiding  Elder. 


Marion  Station  Rev. E.J. Gregg 

Centreville  "   J.  T.  Gibbons 

Conway      "   J.  W.  White 

Bucksville  Circuit. .  .John  McCray 
Little  River  "  .J.  C.  Crawford 
Brown  Creek  -;   J.  H.  Hunt 

j  Florence  and  Mill  Branch  Cir.. 

I    L.  D.  Chavis 

Level  Green  Cir  Aaron  Harroll 

Little  Rock  Mission. . .A.  B.  Brown 


Marion  Mission  W.  D.  Wright 

Union  Circuit  J.  Montgomery 

St.  Luke  Mission  Caesar  Small 

Britton's  X'eck  Cir.W.  F.  Dennison 
Wateree  "  .M.  M.  Myers 

Bayboro  Mission.. .Kitt  McHoney 

Robeson  Circuit  Stephen  Bass 

Socastee  Mission ..  .John  Messhew 
Savannah    "  F.  C.  Alford 


Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  S.  F.  Flegler,  Presiding  Elder. 

Morris  Brown  Sta.  Rev.  M.B.Salter    Bonneau  Circuit  J.J.  Brown 

Mt.  Pleasant  Cir  D.J.  Lites  Monck's  Cor.  Cir...R.  R.  Bryant 

Olive  Branch   "  ..'.A.A.Williams  Robertson        c<  ...Henry Taylor 

McClellanville"   C.  F.  Xorth    Hickory  Hill'  "   R.  B.  Green 

South  Santee    "  ...S.  K.  Howard    St.  Thomas       "   Jos.  Wright 

Xorth  Santee  "  A.  W.  Hey  ward  X"ebo  "  ...D.  T.  Taylor 
St. James'  "    "  ...R.  H.  Nichols 


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Edisto  District — Rev.  L.  Ruf 

Emanuel  Sta. ,  Rev. B.H.Williams 
John's  Island  Cir  J.  E.  Hayne 


Edisto 

Wadmalaw 

James'  Island 

Jehossee 

Jacksonboro 

Willtown 


...Thomas  Blake 
...W.  R.  Alston 
...J.  W.  Albright 

 Peter  Smith 

...E.  M.  Gibson 
 .R.  Jenkins 


fin  Nichols,  Presiding  Elder. 

Toogoodo  Cir... John  S.  Singleton 
St.  Paul's    "     ....Joseph  Wright 

St.  Andrews  Cir  F.  E.  Rivers 

Adams'  Run  "    B.  H.  Williams 

J  Cain's  Chapel  and  Israel  Mis... 

{  J.  A.  Seal 

Maryville  Mission  C.  McRay 

Jenkins'  Chapel  Mis.. A.  S.  Young 


1879    First  Session  of  the  Columbia  Conference  of  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church  met  in  Miller s  Chapel  A.  M.  F.  Church,  'Newberry,. 
South  Carolina,  January  17,  Bishop  John  M.  Brown, 
D.  D.,  D.  C.  L.,  Present  and  Presiding. 

Devotional  exercises  conducted  by  Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas.  Hymn, 
"  And  are  we  yet  alive."  Prayer  by  Rev.  Samuel  Perrin  and  S.  W. 
Hazle.    Scripture  lesson,  Eph.  3. 

Secretaries— S.  C.  Gowdy,  M.  M.  Mance,  H.  D.  Edwards. 

Marshals — Spencer  Wilson  and  Samuel  Perrin. 

Reporters — B.  F.  Martin,  T.  W.  Haigler  and  L.  W.  Tyson. 

Admissions — T.  C.  Durlin,  T.  F.  Goin,  J.  W.  Johnson,  K.  H. 
Harris,  J.  G.  W.  Edwards,  J.  D.  Boston. 

Ordinations — Deacons:  T.  W.  Haigler  and  J.  D.  Boston. 
Elders :  Simeon  Beard. 

To  preach  at  next  Conference — 

Annual  Sermon  Rev.  D.  S.  Rice 

Missionary  Sermon  Rev.  J.  E.  McKnight 

Baptismal  Sermon  Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson 

Educated  Ministry  Sermon  Rev.  F.  Torrence 

Holy  Trinity  Sermon  Rev.  S.  C.  Goosley 

APPOINTMENTS    FOR   1 879. 

Columbia  District — Rev.  H.  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 

Columbia  Sta... Rev.  Geo.  Dardis    Waterloo  Circuit  S.  J.  Perrin 

Winnsboro  "   Felix  Torrence    Columbia  Mission.. J.  H.  Williams 

Newberry    "   M.  M.  Mance    Saluda  Circuit  E.  P.  Andrews 


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Laurens  Circuit  K.  H.  Harris  Union  and  Ebenezar  Cir..M.  Latta 

Lohgtown    "   A.  A.  Moore    Leesville  Circuit  I.  S.  Martin 

Lexington    "   Isaac  Coke  Fishdam       "  ..William  Williams 

Mt. Pleasant"  ..Prince  Dickerson    Goshen  Hill  4 '   Isaac  Johnson 

Scumetown  ""  James  Jackson  Double  Spring  Cir...B.  F.  Martin 

Gadsden      "   Geo.  Randolph    Monticello  Circuit  D.  Glenn 

Spartanburg"  ..  Manson  Williams    Fingerville      "   D.  McKane 

Mt.  Zion      "   J.  G.  Toomer 


Abbeville  District — Rev.  J. 

Abbeville  Sta..Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson 
Cokesburg  Circuit...  C.  P.  Nelson 


Abbeville 
Due  West 
Prosperity 
Greenwood 
Harrisburg 
Mr.  C  arm  el 
Ninety  Six 
St.  John 


 W.  Burgess 

 W.  Cothran 

 J.  W.  Lykes 

 D.  H.  Allen 

.G.  W.  Marshall 

 J.  H.  Keitt 

 E.  Perrin 

. .  H.  B.  Presslev 


T.  Baker,  Presiding  Elder. 

Warrenton  Circuit... S.  R.  Wilson 

Western         "   R.  C.  Irvin 

Eastern  "  Jos.  Bedenbaugh 

Pendleton       "   P.  Hammitt 

Newberry       "    N.  Chiles 

Eastern  Mission  L.  Clav 


Senica  City  ' 
Greenville  ; 
Lowndesville 
Western  ' 


 G.  I.  Fair 

G.  T.  Strickland 
..Jos.  Richardson 
 I.  M.  Gillens 


Sumter  District — Rev.  David  Pickett,  Presiding  Elder. 


Sumter  Station.  Rev.E.  Spearman 
Bishopville  Cir....P.  M.  Hartwell 

Centerboro   "   T.  F.  Blake 

Rocky  Bluff"   T.  F.  Harper 

Piayer's  X  R'ds  Cir  F.  Goins 

Manning  Station  A.  Weston 

\  Plowden  and  Salem  

\  A,  Coursey 


St.  James     S.  Cantry 

Mt.  Pleasant  W.  H.  Smith 

f  Friendship  and  Bethel  

(  R.  Harvin 

Society  Hill   I.  McGowan 

Reesville  S.  Bradford 

Mt.  Holly  J.  G.  W.  Edmonds 

Mavesville  Circuit,  A.  E.  Gregory 


Aiken  District — Rev.  W.  M.* Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 

Aiken  Station  Rev.  S.  Beard  Edgfield  Circuit... R.  M.  Andrew 

Hamburg  J.  E.  McKnight  Bull  Swamp  L.  Lawrence 

Fort  Motte  I.  S.  Grant  Barnwell  L.  Lawrence 

Lewisville  S.  W.  Hazle  St.  Matthews  L.  S.  Prioleau 

Mt.  Moria  J.  H.  Wallace  Branchville  T.  H.  Haigier 


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Poplar.....  S.  Johnson    Mt.  Zion  Wm.  Dozier 

Felderville  J.  S.  Parker    Edgefield,  Upper  D,  Harris 

Stateburg  District — Rev.  S.  C.  Goosley,  Presiding  Elder. 

Stateburg  and  Camden   High  Hill  Mission  S.  Williams 

 Rev-  H.  D.  Edwards.  Orangeville  Circuit,  Thos.  Brown 

St.  Philip  and  St.  Paul   New  Hope       "    ..Chas.  Bracey 

 ; Jas-  White     f  Fulton  and  Zion  Circuit  

Antioch  and  Fairgrove   j  A.  Pinckney 

 : K  Howe11    Summerton  Circuit  S.  Johnson 

Bell  Mission...  R.  Jones    Moore>s  x  R>ds  w  Rankin 

Providence  Mis...A.  Montgomery    Rattlesnake  Cr>k  M<  Abrahan 


STATISTICAL 

TABLES,  1879. 

139  60 

No.  of  Members  

21,331 

Dollar 

757  50 

7,218 

Presiding  Elder's  Sup. 

3>°5I  67 

298 

Pastors'  Support  

16,645  84 

No.  of  Exhorters  

160 

Sunday  School  Purp's 

939  39 

"  Churches  

181 

Home  Mission  

107  56 

Value  of  Churches  

62,300  00 

Sunday  School  Money 

33  02 

No.  of  Parsonages  

29 

Africa's  Mission  

30  76 

Value  of  Parsonages.. 

9,405  00 

Daughter's  Confer'ce. 

146  14 

No.  of  Sabbath  Sch'ls 

219 

Mite  Mission  

48  43 

Pupils   

12,679 

Haytian  Mission  

60  53 

' '  Teachers  

645 

Payne  Institute  

32  °5 

"       Superintend' ts 

223 

Conference  Minutes.. 

70  25 

Vols,  in  Library  

8,712 

Church  Extension  

4,5ir  7o 

Total  

22,062  54 

1879     Second  Session  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference  held  in 
Bethel  A.t  M.  E.  Church,  Columbia,  S.  C,  December  10, 
Rt.  Rev.  John  M.  Brown,  D.  D.,  D.  C.  L., 
Bishop  Presiding. 

Devotional  exercises  conducted  by  the  Bishop.  Hymn,  "And 
are  we  yet  alive."    Prayer  by  the  Bishop.    Scripture  lesson,  Psa.  23. 


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Singing,  hymn  498.  Prayer  by  Rev.  Isaac  Cooke.  Hymn,  page  500. 
Prayer  by  Sister  Emily  Williams. 

Secretaries — S.  C.  Goosely,  J.  B.  Smith,  S.  H.  Jefferson. 

Marshals — Wm.  Williams,  L.  Clay,  James  White. 

Reporters — B.  F.  Martin  and  C.  P.  Nelson. 

Transfers — George  W.  Bryant  from  Louisiana  Conference. 

Admissions — R.  E.  Wall,  I.  B.  Smith,  H.  Long,  G.  W.  Prioleau, 
I.  S.  Lee. 

Ordinations — Deacons:  W.  H.  Smith,  J.  S.  Parker,  P.  Hammett, 

G.  I.  Fair,  B.  F.  Martin,  T.  F.  Harper,  H.  Boston,  I.  B.  Smith, 
T.  C.  Develin,  A.  W.  Pinkney,  John  F.  Jackson. 

Elders :  D.  H.  Allen,  G.  H.  Brown,  J.  Montgomery,  N.  Smoth- 
ers, J.  Jackson. 

Deaths — Rev.  J.  S.  Martin. 

Delegates  to  General  Conference — Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson,  M. 
Mance,  W.  M.  Thomas,  George  Dardis,  Rev.  D.  Pickett,  H.  Young, 

H.  D.  Edwards,  S.  C.  Goosley. 

To  preach  at  next  Conference — 

Annual  Sermon  Rev.  E.  D.  Spearman 

Missionary  Sermon  Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson 

Educational  Sermon  Rev.  R.  E.  Wall 


Columbia  District — Rev.  D.  Pickett,  Presiding  Elder. 


Columbia  Sta...Rev.  Geo.  Dardis 

Winnsboro  "   L.  S.  Prioleau 

W'innsboro  Circuit,  K.  H.  Harris 


Long  Run 
Lexington 
Mt.  Pleasant 
Columbia 
Saluda 


G.P.Randolph 

 Isaac  Cook 

..A.  A.  Moore 
J.  H.  Williams 
E.  P.  Andrews 


Leesville  Circuit  Isaac  Perry 


Monticello 
St.  James 
Barhamville 
Blythewood 
Pine  Grove 
Gadsden 


 David  Gleen 

 L.  D.  Clay 

 S.  Blake 

..Geo.  Ferguson 
...Isaac  Couglar 
 M.  Williams 


Newberry  District — Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 

Newbern  Sta.,  Rev.  M. M. Mance    Fish  Dam  Circuit  W.  Williams 

Prosperity  Circuit... J.  G.  Toomer  Goshen  Hill  "  ..I.  W.  Johnson 
Western  and  Sweet  Spring  Cir..  Double  Spring"  ..G.W.  Prioleau 
 I.  M-  Gillens  -Laurens          "   N.  Chiles 


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Newberry  Circuit,  James  Jackson    Mountville  Circuit  D.  J.  Lites 

Mt.  Zion  "  ...J.  W.  Lykes  Spartanburg  "  Geo.  W.  Bryant 
Union  "   M.  Latta 


Abbeville  District — Rev.  J. 

Abbeville  Sta.,  Rev. S.H.Jefferson 

Cokesberry  Circuit  R.  C.  Irvin 

Abbeville        "   W.  Cothran 

Due  West       "    ...Wm.  Burgess 

Greenwood     "   D.  H.  Allen 

Harrisburg      "    G.  W.  Marshall 

Mt.  Carmel    "   J.  H.  Keitt 

Ninety-Six      "    ...CP.  Nelson 


T.  Baker,  Presiding  Elder. 

St.  John  Circuit  ,.E.  Perrin 

Warrenton    "   S.R.Wilson 

Pendleton    "   P.  Hammitt 

Greenville    "    .G.  T.  Strickland 

Lorwndesville   Henry  Long 

Seneca  City  Mis.,  Jos. Richardson 
Chappelle        "    H.  B.  Pressley 


Abbeville  District — Rev.  Felix  Torrence,  Presiding  Elder. 


Aiken  Sta  Rev.  S.  W.  Beard 

Graniteville  Cir.,  J.  E.  McKnight 


Fort  Motte 
Lewisville 
Mt.  Moriah 
Poplar 
Felderville 


 C.  Heywood 

 W.  Dozier 

..J.  H.  Wallace 
....G.  H.  Brown 
 J.  S.  Parker 


Bull  Swamp  Cir  S.  J.  Parrin 

Edgfield     "   LB.  Smith 

Barnwell   Abner  Scott 

St. Matthew"   S.  W.  Hazle 

Bailey  Bethel  Cir         I.  S.  Grant 

Orangeburg     "   I.  S.  Lee 


Sumter  District — Rev.  H. 

Sumter  Sta.,  Rev.E. D.  Spearman 
Bishopville  Circuit,  P.M.Hartwell 

St.  James         "   S.  Canty 

Rocky  Bluff     "    ..T.  F.  Harper 

Player'sXRd's"   F.J.  Goin 

Manning  Station  A.  Weston 

Plowden  and  Salem  

 A.  J.  Cosey 


Young,  Presiding  Elder. 

Mayesville  Circuit,  A.  E.  Gregory 
Mt.  Pleasant    "    Jno.  F.  Jackson 

(  Friendship  and  Bethel  Circuit.. 

\  R.  Harvin 

Society  Hill  Cir  I.  McGowan 

Reesville  "  ....H.  McCutchen 
Mt.  Holly  "  J.  G.W.  Edmonds 
Centerboro    "   Z.  T.  Blake 


Stateburg  District— Rev.  S.  C.  Goosley,  Presiding  Elder. 

Stateburg  Sta., Rev. H.D.Edwards    St.  Paul  Mission  Jas.  White 

Camden  and  Boykin  Circuit...    High  Hill  Circuit  S.  Williams 

 R.  M.  Andrews    Moore's  R'd  "    ..J.  Montgomery 


PROF.  HENRY  YOUXG  ARXETT,  B.  S.,  PROF.  ABXER  J.  JAMIESOX,  A.  B.  LL.*B. 

rof.  of  Mathematics  and  Principal  of  Theologi-  Prof,  of  Natural  Philosophy  and  Chemstry  and 
:al  Preparatory  Department,  Allen  University.  Secretary  of  Faculty,  Allen  University. 


REV.  CASSIUS  M.  CROSBY,  D.  D.,  PROF.  THOMAS  A.  SAXOX,  A.  B.  LL.  B. 

of  Bethel  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Columbia,  S.  C,  Prof,  of  English  Literature  and  History  and  D?an 

Prof,  of  Hebrew,  Allen  University.  of  the  Law  Department,  vAllen  Universty. 
Secretary  Columbia  Conference  1889, 


MISS  HALLIE  Q.  BROWN,  M.  S., 
Lady  Principal  and  Instructor  in  Elocution,  Allen  University,  Charleston,  S.  C. 


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New  Hope  Station  R.  E.  Wall    St.  Luke  Circuit... A.  W.  Pinckney 

(Orange  Hill  and  Elizabeth   Rafton  Cr'k  "   N.  Smothers 

1  Chas.  Bracey    Bell's  Mill     "   R.  Jones 

Fair  Grove  Mission,  E.D.  Horrell    Summerton    "   S.  Johnson 

f  Good  Will  and  Antioch   j  Antioch  and  Fulton  Circuit  

1  May  Abraham     |  H.Boston 

St.  Philip  Station  Thos.  Brown 

Rev.  E.  H.  Gourdine  transferred  to  South  Carolina  Conference. 
Rev.  B.  F.  Martin  transferred  to  Baltimore  Conference. 


Contingent  Money  J 

Dollar  Money  

Presiding  Elders'  Sal'ry 
Pastor's  " 

Sunday  School  Pur  

Home  and  Foreign  Mis 
Sunday  School  Mission 
African  " 
Daughter's  Conference 

Mite  Missionary  

Haytien  Mission  

Payne  Institute  

Publishing  Department 
Conference  Minutes... 
Delegates  Fund  


DO 

1,081  36 

3,934  52 
20,234  36 
911  99 
66  20 
52  29 

45  4o 
203  68 

45  49 
45  85 

98  35 
24  50 

83  23 
34o  85 


5  48    No.  of  Members   2  7, 51° 

"  Probationers...  7,562 
"       Local  Preachers  292 

"       Exhorters   205 

"       Churches   197 

Value  of  Churches  $86,400  00 

No.  of  Parsonages   31 

Value  of      "   $10,937  00 

No.  of  Sunday  Schools  239 

"       Pupils   14,671 

"       Teachers   784 

"       Superintendents  233 

Volumns  in  Library   9, 137 

Church  Extension  $10,017  28 


1880    Third  Session  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference  of  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church  convened  in  Mi.  Pisgah  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Sum- 
ter, S.  C,  Dec.  8,  Rt.  Rev.  W.  F.  Dickerson, 
D.  D.,  Bishop  Presiding. 

Devotional  exercises  conducted  by  the  Bishop.  Hymn,  "  High 
on  his  everlasting  throne."  Prayer.  Scripture  lesson,  Isa.  61  and 
Romans  12.    Prayer  by  Rev.  S.  W.  Hazle.     Singing,  hymn  907. 

Secretaries — I.  B.  Smith,  S.  H.  Jefferson,  C.  P.  Nelson. 

Marshals— G.  W.  Marshall  and  J.  G.  Toomer. 

Reporters— T.  W.  Haigler,  J.  H.  Williams  and  R.  E.  Wall. 

Transfer — Rev.  B.  F.  Porter  from  South  Carolina  Conference. 


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Ordinations — Deacons:  J.  F.  Goins,  K.  H.  Harris,  J.  G.  W. 
Edmunds,  A.  Christy. 

Elders  :    T.  W.  Haigler,  A.  E.  Gregory,  Wm.  Burgess. 
Admissions— J.  D.  Warley,  E.  Williams,  I.  R.  Miller,  G.  M. 
Holland,  J.  R.  Martin,  D.  R.  Edwards,  G.  J.  Hamilton,  A.  E.  Trapp, 
B.  W.  Boone. 

Deaths — Rev.  H.  D.  Edwards  and  Wm.  Singleton. 
Transfers — Rev.  G.  W.  Prioleau  to  Wilberforce  University. 
Rev.  I.  S.  Lee  to  Howard  University. 


APPOINTMENTS  FOR  l88o. 

Columbia  District — Rev.  David  Pickett,  Presiding  Elder. 


Columbia  Sta...Rev.  B.  F.  Porter 

Winnsboro  "   L.  S.  Prioleau 

Winnsboro  Cir  A.  E.  Gregory 

Lexington.   "   L.  D.  Clay 

Columbia     "   T.  F.  Harper 

Leesville       "   Isaac  Perry 

St.  James  11  .Jos.  Bedenbaugh 
Pine  Grove  "   Geo.  Ferguson 


Eastern  Circuit  I.  Cooke 

Long  Run   "   M.  Latta 

Mt. Pleasant"   J.  H.Wallace 

Saluda         "   E.  P.  Andrews 

Monticello  "   J.  R.  Martin 

Blythewood  "   D.  R.  Edwards 

Gadsden      "   I.  R.  Miller 

Fair  Grove  "   A.  W.  Pinkney 


Abbeville  District— Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson,  Presiding  Elder. 


Abbeville  Sta...Rev 
Cokesbury  Circuit. 
Abbeville  "  ... 
Due  West  "  .... 
Greenwood  "  .... 
Harrisburg  "  .. 
Mt.  Carmel  "  ... 
Ninety  Six  "  G. 
St.  John  "  G. 


.  S.  W.  Hazle 

Wm.  Cothran 
.Wm.  Burgess 
.C.  P.  Nelson 
.  D.  H.  Allen 
....  J.  H.  Keitt 
T.  Strickland 
W.  Marshall 


Wrarrenton  Circuit..  P.M.Hartwell 

Pendleton  Station  R.  E.  Wall 

Greenville  Circuit  J.  T.  Baker 


Lorwndesville 
Seneca  City 
Golden  Grove 
Chappell's 
Anderson 


 G.  I.  Fair 

..G.  J.  Hamilton 
...T.  C.  Develin 

 A.  E.  Trapp 

....  B.  W.  Boone 


Agt.  Payne  Inst.. Sister  C.  S.  Riley 


Orangeburg  District— Rev.  Felix  Torrence,  Presiding  Elder. 

Aiken  Sta...Rev.  J.  E.  McKnight    Edgefield  Circuit  D.  I.  Lites 

Graniteville  Cir  J.  H.  Wallace    Good  Hope  "   L.  Lawrence 

Fort  Motte    "   C.  Flaywood    St.  Matthew  "   I.B.Smith 


PROCEEDINGS  OF   ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


Lewisville  Circuit  Win.  Dozier    Branch ville  Cir  Joshua  Jones 

Mt.  Moriah   "    .....  P.  Hammett    Bailey  Bethel"   I.S.Grant 

Poplar  "  ..Geo.  H.  Brown    Orangeburg  "   T.  W.  Haigler 

Felderville     "   A.  Scott    Mt.  Zion       "   D.  Harris 

Bull  Swamp)  "   H.  Long    Trenton  &  Jonson..G.  M.  Holianpl 

Agent  for  Orangeburg  Church  Sister  E  A.  Williams 


Sumter  District — Rev.  Hiram  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 


Sumter  Sta..Rev.  E.  D.  Spearman 

Rocky  Bluff  Cir  A.  A.  Moore 

"Mt.  Pleasant  "  J. G.W.Edmunds 

Centerboro     "   Z.  T.  Blake 

Camden  "   J.  D.  Warley 

St.  Philip  "  ..Thomas  Brown 
High  Hill       "  .-.  S.  Williams 


Bishopville  Sta  J.  F.  Jackson 

Mayesville  Cir....G.  P.  Randolph 

Mt.  Holly    "   E.  Perrin 

Stateburg     "   W.  H.  Smith 

Orange  Hill  "   R.  Jones 

St.  Paul       "  .   James  White 

St.  Luke      "   .1.  W.  Johnson 


Newberry  District — Rev.  Wm,  M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 

Newberry  Sta.. Rev.  M.  M.  Mance  Fishdam  Circuit  L.  Pyles 

Prosperity  Cir  D.  S.  Rice  Goshen  Hill  "   E.  Williams 

j"  Western  and  Sweet  Spring   Double  Spring   A.  Cosey 

\  I.  M.  Gillens  Laurens  Circuit  N.  Chiles 

Scuffleton  Circuit   J.  S.  Parker  Mountville  "  ....  ...S.  R.  Wilson 

Newberry     "  ...R.  M.  Andrews  Spartanburg"  ...   

Mt.  Zion       "   K.  H.  Harris  Cross  Keys  Mis  Wm.  Williams 

Union  "   N.  H.  Turpin 


Clarendon  District — Rev.  A.  Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Manning  Sta  Rev.  R.  C.  Irvin  Player's  X  Road  Cir... F.  J.  Goins 

New  Hope  "   Charles  Bracy  Plowden  &  Salem4' ..  P.  Dickerson 

MooreX  Road  Cir. .J.  Montgomery  Friendship  &  Bethel  Cir.  R.  Haryin 

Summerton        "   S.  Johnson    Society  Hill  Cir  J.  W.  Lykes 

Antioch  &  Fulton   A.  Boston  Reesville.       "  ...H.  McCutchen 

St.  James  Circuit  S.  Canty  Pine  Grove    "  ...  James  Jackson 


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STATISTICAL  TABLES,  1880. 


Contingent  Money.... $ 

t  88  93 

No.  of  Local  Preach'rs 

355 

Dollar  "   

1,194  65 

"  Exhorters  

179 

Presiding  Elder's  Sup. 

4,118  71 

"  Churches  

199 

Pastors'  Support  

23:485  42 

Value  of  Churches.... 

90,090  00 

Sunday  School  Purp's 

1,143  °5 

No.  of  Parsonages  

38 

Home  Mission  Fund.. 

57  15 

Value  of  Parsonages.. 

13,015  00 

Sunday  School  Mis  

47  53 

No.  of  Sabbath  Sch'ls 

241 

Africa's  Mission  

49  80 

"  Pupils   

J5>474 

Daughter's  Confer'ce. 

239  28 

"  Teachers  

822 

43  15 

' '       Superintend'  ts 

233 

Payne  Institute  

55  45 

Vols,  in  Library   

10,930 

Publishing  Departm't 

36  15 

Church  Extension  

11,762  21 

Conference  Minutes.. 

85  00 

No.  of  Christian  Rec'd 

112 

P.  E.  Trav.  Expenses 

374  90 

"      Child's  " 

1958 

No.  of  Members  

24,227 

"      Mis.  Societies.. 

"  Probationers.. 

6,300 

1881    Fourth  Session  {after  division)  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Confer- 
ence of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  met  in  Way  man  Chapel, 
Winnsboro,  S.  C,  December  7,  Rt  Rev.  William 
F.  Dickerson,  D.  D.,  Bishop  Presiding. 

Devotional  exercises  conducted  by  the  Bishop.  Hymn,  "  With 
joy  we  meditate  the  grace  of  our  high  priest."  Prayer.  Singing,  "A 
charge  to  keep  I  have."    Responsive  reading,  Psalm  118. 

Bishop  gave  some  instruction  in  singing,  then  the  Conference 
sang,  "  When  I  can  read  my  title  clear,"  etc.  Prayer  by  Rev.  A.  T. 
Carr,  of  South  Carolina  Conference.  Reading  Matthew  10  with  com- 
ments.   Prayer  by  Rev.  D.  Pickett.    Opening  address  by  Bishop. 

Secretaries— Rev.  I.  B.  Smith,  C.  P.  Nelson  and  R.  E.  Wall. 

Marshals — Revs.  G.  W.  Marshall  and  William  Dozier. 

Reporter — Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson. 

Messenger — Rev.  G.  W.  Prioleau. 

Transfers — Revs.,  E.  H.  Wilson  and  H.  T.  Johnson,  E.  P. 
Greenege. 

General  Officers  present  were  Rev;  B.  W.  Arnett,  Financial 
Secretary;  Rev.  B.  F.  Watson,  Secretary  of  Education;  Rev.  J.  M. 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


Townsend,  Missionary  Secretary ;  Rev.  Theodore  Gould,  Business 
Manager. 

Expulsions — Rev.  J.  G.  Toomer  and  Israel  McGowan. 
Withdrawals — Rev.  J.  H.  Williams. 

Deaths — S.  J.  Perrin,  Emanuel  Wideman,  M.  M.  Mance. 

Ordinations — Deacons  :    R.  E.  Wall,  G.  W.  Prioleau,  H.  Long. 

Elders :  J.  S.  Parker,  P.  Hammitt,  G.  I.  Fair,  I.  W.  Johnson, 
George  Ferguson,  T.  F.  Harper,  I.  B.  Smith,  W.  H.  Smith,  E.  H. 
Wilson,  Z.  T.  Blake,  L.  D.  Clay,  A.  A.  Moore,  John  F.  Jackson, 
H.  McCutchen. 

Admissions— R.  S.  Campbell,  W.  D.  Chappelle,  William  Gray, 
J.  B.  Peyton,  H.  E.  Lewis,  N,  W.  Edwards,  C.  L.  Archy,  W.  C. 
Johnson  and  J.  J.  Johnson. 

Literary  Awards — Rev.  H.  T.  Johnson,  $10  prize  in  Class  B. 

Class  A  prize  divided  as  follows:  i.  R.  E.Wall; 
2.  I.  B.  Smith;  3.  G.  W.  Prioleau. 

Transfers — Rev.  T.  H.  Johnson  to  Philadelphia  Conference. 

Rev.  John  S.  Parker  to  North  Carolina  Conference. 


APPOINTMENTS   FOR  I 


Columbia  District — Rev.  David  Pickett,  Presiding  Elder. 


Columbia  Sta.,  Rev.  J.  C.  Waters 
Winnsboro  Sta.,  E.  D.  Spearman 
Winnsboro  Circuit,  A.  E.  Gregory 
Whitehall  "  ..J.  D.  Warley 
Lexington  "  ...*L.  D.  Clay 
Mt.  Pleasant  "  B.F.  Porter,  Jr 
Saluda  "     J.  Bedeiibaugh 

Blythwood  "  D.  R.  Edwards 
Gadsden  "  ...  L  R.  Miller 
Eastern  "     ..'.Isaac  Cooke 

Rock  Hill      "   Isaac  Perry 

Shady  Grove  Miss  S.  Williams 

Leesville  "  ...R.  H.  Perrin 

Mt.  Pisgah        "  M.  W.  Edwards 


Long  Branch  Mis.. Geo.  Ferguson 
Columbia  Mission,  C.  C.  Dunlap 
Brown'sChap.  "  ..W.C.Johnson 
Pine  Grove  "  W.  D.  Chappelle 
Blackjack  "  ...J.  J.  Johnson 
Woodward  and  Blackstock  Mis 

 John  D.  Smart 

Chester  Mission,  Mrs.  E.  A .  Williams 

Ridgway   "   F.  Y.  Dendy 

Corley  Chapel  Mis.,  Morris  Cooke 
Lewis  Turnout  "  ...W.Williams 
Gladden  Grove  "  .R.  Robinson 
Buckhead         "    ...Geo.  Smith 


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Abbeville  District — Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson,  Presiding  Elder. 


Abbeville  Station,  Rev.  S.W.Hazle 
Cokesberry  "  ....E.  H.  Wilson 
Abbeville  Circuit...  Wm.  Cothran 


Due  West 

Greenwood 

Harrisburg 

Ninety-Six 

St.  John 

Warrenton 

Pendleton 


 J.  H.  Keitt 

 C.  P.  Nelson 

 D.  H.  Allen 

 Wm.  Burgess 

...G.W.  Marshall 
...P.M.  Hartwell 
 R.  E.  Wall 


Cokesbury  Circuit, ...A.  E.  Trapp 


Diamoud  Hill 
Greenville 
Lowndesville 
Seneca  City 
Golden  Grove 
Anderson 
Honea  Path 
Chappelle 
Mt.  Carmel 


 F.  Brown 

..Jas.  T.  Baker 

 G.  .1.  Fair 

G.  J.  Hamilton 
T.  C.  Develin 
..B.  W.  Boone 
...J.  B.  Peyton 
...J.  T.  Stewart 
 E.  Perrin 


Orangeburg 

Lewisville  Cir., 
Fort  Motte  " 
Mount  Moria" 
Poplar  ' ' 

Felderville  " 
Buli  Swamp  " 
Edgefield 
Good  Hope  " 


District— Rev.  F. 

Rev.  Wm.Dozier 
...R.S.Campbell 

 P.  Hammett 

..E.  P.  Andrews 

 Abner  Scott 

 H.  Long 

 D.  J.  Lites 

 L.  Lawrence 


H.  Torrence,  Presiding  Elder. 

St.  Matthew  Cir  G.  H.  Brown 

Branchville    •'   J.  H.  Jones 

Bailey  Bethel  "   I.  S.  Grant 

|  Orangeburg  and  St.  John  

\  T.  W.  Haigler 

Mt.  Zion  Thos.  Brown 

j  Trenton  and  Johnson  

\  Archy  Welton 


Sumter  District — Rev.  H.  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 


Sumter  Station,  Rev.  I.  B.  Smith 

Bishopville  Cir  J.  F.  Jackson 

Orange  Hill  Cir  C.  L.  Archy 

Rocky  Bluff.  H.  D.  Dorroh 

Mayesville  G.  P.  Randolph 

Mt.  Pleasant,  J.  G.  W.  Edmunds 

Mt.  Olive  A.  A.  Moore 

Centerboro  Z.  T.  Blake 

Stateburg  R.  C.  Irvin 


St.  Philip  T.  J.  Harper 

High  Hill  S.  W.  James 

St.  Luke  Ivory  W.  Johnson 

Wedgefield  W.  H.  Smith 

Cain,  Savannah  Ransom  Jones 

Good  Will  S.  Duckett 

Fair  Grove  Wm.  Gary 

Allen  Chapel  ...J.  G.  Sampson 


Newberry  District — Rev.  M.  M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 

Newberry  Sta.,  Rev.  H.N.Turpin    Caldwell  Circuit  Alex.  Christia 

Spartanburg  Cir  J.  R.  Martin    Mt.  Carmel  "   H.  E.  Lewis 

Prosperity       "   D.  Harris    Laurens       "   N.  Chiles 


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j  Western  and  Sweet  Spring  

(  M.  Latta 

Scuffletown  J.  H.  Wallace 

Newberry  Circuit,  James  Jackson 
Mt.  Zion        "     ...K.  H.  Harris 

Union'  "    

Fish  Dam      "     ....Ludia  Pyles 


Mountville  Cir  S.  R.  Wilson 

Ebenezer  '•  ...D.  H.  Johnson 
Wateree  "  ..A.  W.  Pinkney 
Walnut  Grove  Cir.....H.  Jennings 
St.  Paul  "  M.A.Anderson 
Spartanburg      "   I.  S.  Lee 


Clarendon  District — Rev.  Abram  Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Manning  Sta.,RevG. T.Strickland  Player's  X  Road  Cir.  S.  Johnson 

Liberty  Hill  Sta  I.M.  Gillens     f  Plowden  and  Salem  Circuit  

<  Friendship  and  Bethel  Circuit...     1  ••  Prince  Dickerson 

(   F.  J.  Goings    Society  Hill  Cir  J.  W.  Lykes 

New  Hope  Circuit,  Chas.  Bracey    Reesville       "   S.  Bradford 

Moore's  Road  "    ...  Sam'l  Canty  Pine  Grove    "  ...J.  Montgomery 

J  Antioch  and  Fulton  Circuit   Santee  "   E.  Williams 

1  H.Boston    Pocotaligo    "   N.  Smothers 

St.  James  Circuit  R.  Harvin 


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STATISTICAL   TABLE,  1881, 


Columbia  District.. 

Abbeville  District.. 

Orangeburg  Dist.... 

Sumter  District  

Newberry  District. 

Oarendon  District,  j 

-n  n      tv/t          w          a  a 

$  402  25 

t  482  40 

$  160  85 

$  228  45 

ifi>  268  50 

f  229  95 

11  00 

6  00 

47  50 

5  25 

6  20 

5  60 

52  80 

8  20 

4  50 

5  40 

4  65 

6  20 

8.  50 

4  75 

2  25 

4  25 

4  25 

1  95 

4  00 

9  00 

2  00 

2  75 

3  T5 

4  85 

14  00 

18  00 

13  00 

14  00 

10  00 

12  00 

4535 

5089 

3923 

3593 

3267 

3518 

1005 

1022 

710 

523 
67 

390 

508 

72 

52 

60 

36 

44 

35 

25 

21 

45 

28 

28 

43 

4T 

31 

23 

29 

31 

'  14100 

21830 

10575 

11110 

38600 

11600 

oocyte  nn 

25395  00 

i ^9^0  on 

UKfiA  no 

11 3^0  00 

JLJL<_>—  \J  W 

5 

8 

10 

7 

5 

6 

4850  00 

3550  00 

1141  00 

2355  00 

2050  00 

1628  00 

47 

52 

35 
2822 

25 

33 

34 

2691 

4465 

1798 

1960 

1628 

178 

258 

148 

111 

38 

104 

50 

79 

34 

29 

34 

34 

2431 

2982 

1637 

1054 

1050 

2735  75 

2804  68 

1086  69 

2135  00 

1078  00 

793 

20 

52 

29 

19 

274 

16 

Child's  Recorder's  Taken  

507 

907 

98 

253 

210 

335 

7 

9 

2 

1 

6 

5 

No.  Died  

99 

147 

143 

72 

82 

60 

"   Adults  Baptized...!  

177 

430 

153 

183 

394 

163 

439 

452 

394 

358 

191 

400 

"  Married  

70 

5 

94 

63 

60 

43 

"  Stewards  

162 

250 

118 

117 

179 

149 

151 

178 

79 

75 

101 

44 

"  Trustees  

177 

267 

176 

123 

201 

165 

'•  Leaders  

276 

323 

288 

263 

318 

186 

Present  Indebtedness  

1208  61 

3475  00 

1447  30 

1749  00 

541  85 

650 

3 

11 

12 

70  00 

1750  00 

400 

No.  of  Teachers  

3 

5 

1882    Fifth  Session  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference  of  the  A.M.E. 
Church  held  in  Trinity  Church,  Spartanburg,  S.  C,  Wed- 
nesday, December  6,  Rt.  Rev.  W.  F.  Dickerson, 
D.  D.,  Bishop  Presiding. 

Devotional  exercises — Hymn,  "  Jesus  the  truth,  the  way."  Prayer 
by  Rev.  C.  S.  Smith,  Secretary  S.  S.  Union.  Hymn,  "Nearer  my 
God  to  thee."  Ritualistic  services  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Waters.  Singing, 
"Do  the  right,"  led  by  Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson.  Prayer  by  Rev.  H. 
Young.  Singing,  "  A  charge  to  keep  I  have."  Lesson,  2  Timothy, 
Chapter  2,  by  Bishop.    Singing,  "  What  troubles  have  we  seen." 


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Secretaries — Revs.  I.  B.  Smith,  R.  E.  Wall,  J.  G.  Sampson. 
Marshals — Rev.  W.  H.  Smith  and  E.  H.  Wilson. 
Reporter — Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson. 
Messenger — Rev.  G.  J.  Hamilton. 

Admissions  on  Trial — D.  M.  McGill,  B.  J.  Ramsey,  James  Wil- 
liams, J.  S.  Perrin,  D.  C.  Calhoun,  C.  W.  Foster,  G.  S.  Lyles,  A. 
Isaacs. 

Ordinations — Deacons  :  J.  H.  Jones,  J.  G.  Sampson,  I.  R.  Mil- 
ler, B.  W.  Boone,  G.  J.  Hamilton,  A.  E.  Trapp,  Jesse  Taylor.  Sam- 
uel Bonds,  E.  Williams,  D.  R.  Edwards,  C.  L.  Archy.  R.  Gaymen, 
W.  .H.  Smith,  R.  S.  Campbell,  L.  Pyles,  C.  S.  Bradley,  J.  T.  Stewart. 

Elders  :    K.  H.  Harris,  I.  S.  Lee,  R.  E.  Wall. 

Deaths — Revs.  F.  H.  Torrence,  J.  Bedenbaugh,  J.  G.  W. 
Edmunds,  J.  D.  Warley,  Joseph  Richardson. 


APPOINTMENTS  FOR  1 88 2. 


Columbia  District — Rev.  D.  Pickett,  Presiding  Elder. 


Columbia  Sta..Rev.  J.  C.  Waters 
WTinnsboro  "  — E.  D.  Spearman 
Winnsboro  Cir  A.  E.  Gregory 


Whitehall 
Lexington 
Mt.  Pleasant 
Saluda 
St.  Mark's 
St.  James 
Blythewood 
Gadsden 
Mt.  Hebron 


D.  R.  Edwards 


A.  Harrel 


 F.  Y.  Dendy 

..D.  T.  McDaniel 
...Chas.  Mc Willie 

 Henry  Long 

 D.  S.  Rice 

New  Providence  Cir  I.  Cooke 


Rock  Hill  Circuit   I.  Perry 

Gladden  Grove"  R.  H.  Friorson 
Bethlehem  Mis...R.  F.  Robinson 

Leesville      "   R.  H.  Perrin 

Long  Branch"   Geo.  Ferguson 

Columbia     "   C.  C.  Dunlap 

Brown  Chapel  Mis.. Dennis  Watson 
Pine  Grove  Mis..W.  D.  Chappelle 
j  Wcodward  and  Blackstock  Mis 

(  .  John  D.  Smart 

Corley's  Chapel  Mis.  Morris  Cooke 

Oak  Grove  Mis  L.  D.  Clay 

Mill  Creek    "   D.  M.  McGill 


Sumter  District — Rev.  Hiram  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 

Sumter  Station... Rev.  I.  B.  Smith  St.  Philip  Circuit  T.  F.  Harper 

Bishopville  "   D.  J.  Lites  High  Hill     "  ..William  Williams 

Orange  Hill  Circuit..  C.  L.  Archy  St.  Luke       "   H.  Dorroh 

Rocky  Bluff      "   Z.  T.  .Blake  Camden  Mission  B.  W.  Metze 


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Mayesville  Circuit.  J.  G.  Sampson 
Mt.  Pleasant  "  ..I.  W.  Johnson 
Mt.  Olive  "  ...A.  A.  Moore 
Centerboro  "  ...W.  H.  Smith 
Stateburg         "  ...J.  F.  Jackson 


Cain  Savannah  Mis...  I.  R.  Miller 
Good  Will         "AW.  Pinkney 

Fair  Grove        "   J.  H.  Boyd 

Rock  Hill         "  ...  S.  W.  James 


Abbeville  District — Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Abbeville  Sta  Rev.  R.  E.  Wall  Cokesberry  Circuit... A.  E.  Trapp 

Cokesberry"   Isaac  S.  Grant  Diamond  Hill  "  ..T.  C.  Develin 

Abbeville  Circuit.... Wm.  Cothran  Greenville        "  ...E.  H.  Wilson 

Due  West     "   J.  H.  Keitt  Glenn  Spring   "  ...  B.  W.  Boone 

Greenwood   "   I.  S.  Lee  Seneca  City  Mis... .Francis  Brown 

Harveysburg"   D.  H.  Allen    Golden  Grove"    G.  I.  Fair 

Ninety  Six    "  ...William  Burgess     f  Anderson  and  Honea  Path  

St.  John's     "  ...G.  W.  Marshall     \  D-  £  Calfioun 

Warrenton    "  ...P.  M.  Hartwell    Chappell  J.  T.  Stewart 

Pendleton     "   A.  J.  Williams    Mt-  Carmel  Edward  Perrin 


Orangeburg  District — Rev.  C 

Lewisville  Cir..Rev.  L.  S.  Prioleau 

Fort  Motte  "   R.  S.  Campbell 

Mt.  Moria  "   ...J.  T.  Baker 

Poplar         "   E.  P.  Andrews 

Felderville  "   Abner  Scott 

Bull.Swamp"   Ludia  Pyles 

Edgefield    "   R.  C.  Irvin 

Good  Hope"   L.  Laurence 

Manning  District — Rev.  A. 

Manning  Sta..Rev.G.T.  Srickland 

Liberty  Hill  J.  W.  Lykes 

Friendship  and  Beth  el.. F.  J.  Goings 

New  Hope  Charles  Bracy 

Moore  Road  Cir  Samuel  Canty 

Antioch  and  Fulton  Cir..H.  Boston 

St.  James  Circuit  R.  Harvin 

Player's X  Road"  .  Sam'l  Johnson 


.  P.  Nelson,  Presiding  Elder. 

St.  Matthew  Cir  G.  H.  Brown 

Branchville     "   J.  H.  Jones 

Bailey  Bethel  "   David  Harris 

f  Orangeburg  and  St.  John  

{  G.  J.  Hamilton 

Mt.  Zion  J.  H.  Wallace 

(  Trenton  and  Johnson  

\  Archy  Welton 

Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 

f  Plowden  and  Salem  Circuit  

(  Prince  Dickerson 

Society  Hill  Cir... William  Dozier 

Reeseville     "   J.  B.  Peyton 

Pine  Grove    "   P.  Hammitt 

Santee  "   E.  Williams 

Lynchburg    "   L.  McCasland 

Chester         "  ...J.  D.  Barksdale 


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Newberry  District — Rev.  Wm. 

Newberry  Sta..Rev.  X.  H.  Turpin 

Spartanburg  Cir  C.  S.  Bradley 

Prosperity     "   X.  Chiles 

Western  &  Sweet  Spring.. M.  Latta 

Scuffletown  Thomas  Brown 

Newberry  Circuit. .  James  Jackson 

Mt.  Zion      "   K.  H.  Harris 

Union  "   S.  W.  Hazle 


M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 

Fishdam  Circuit... G.  T.  Coleman 

Caldwell     li   Alex  Christia 

Mt,  Carmel"   C.  W.  Foster 

Laurens      "   I.  M.  Gillens 

Mountville  £<   A.  C.  Johnson 

Wateree      "   Henry  Jennings 

Laurens  Mission  B.  J.  Ramsey 

Saluda        ';   H.  P.  Presley 


Transfers — Rev.  J.  Montgomery  to  South  Carolina  Conference. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Smith  to  Macon,  Ga.,  Conference. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Hairier  to  Xorth  Georgia  Conference. 


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STATISTICAL   TABLE,  1882, 


5" 

B 

cr 

SB 

Abbeville  

• 

Orangeburg   

'Si 

Newberry  

■a 

0 

Contingent  JVLoney 

fl>   36  75 

*   41  85 

$   27  1  0 

$  ( 

12  30 

$   23  50 

$   39  00 

$   200  45 

Dollar  ISIoney 

397  50 

665  00 

307  83 

414  75 

261  50 

496  25 

2542  83 

4590  95 

6283  55 

3708  25 

4279  91 

3737  75 

4562  40 

27162  76 

P  E  Salary 

P.  Elder's  Traveling  Expenses 

852  75 

971  30 

828  42 

808  50 

872  04 

807  40 

5141  41 

39  90 

68  00 

120  40 

103  30 

25  80 

73  80 

431  20 

"Rnilflincr  qnH  RpnaiTQ 

1261  15 

1538  25 

,   513  75 

1137  21 

463  32 

1151  25 

6019  93 

Members 

3766 

4036 

3425 

3109 

3335 

3825 

21496 

Probationers 

709 

1831 

680 

.507 

375 

640 

4742 

Local  Preachers 

67 

53 

57 

68 

50 

40 

335 

"R  YTl  fYl'f  PTQ 

35 

26 

32 

39 

38 

18 

188 

114 

131 

123 

70 

124 

140 

702 

Adults  Baptized 

105 

423 

•139 

125 

•220 

206 

1218 

Infants  Baptized 

414 

234 

292 

227 

432 

233 

1832 

IVIarried 

103 

128 

92 

48 

62 

90 

523 

Stewards 

164 

209 

120 

122 

170 

160 

945 

►Stewardesses 

133 

160 

94 

102 

55 

186 

730 

Trustees 

194 

226 

118 

137 

175 

189 

1039 

263 

318 

297 

235 

208 

307 

1628 

Churches 

42 

45 

33 

26 

26 

37 

209 

11250 

17400 

8580 

8410 

9075 

13530 

6*245 

23810  00 

23950  00 

12995  00 

13542  50 

7570  00 

17160  00 

99027  50 

Indebtedness  

820  45 

2453  25 

635  25 

1116  44 

618  80 

636  80 

65 

80  99 

32 

31 

17 

19 

17 

25 

141 

1500  UO 

1315  00 

75  00 

650  00 

560  00 

2338  00 

6438  00 

Teachers  in  Day  Schools 

34 

35 

17 

33 

15 

35 

150 

4 

9 

9 

6 

21 

4 

53 

Value  

3200  00 

3344  00 

996  00 

1765  00 

455  00 

2050  00 

11810  00 

Church  Extension  

479  90 

573  00 

121  95 

340  00 

355  00 

168  00 

2037  35 

Expended  

NewCh. 

NewCh. 

NewCh. 

NewCh. 

NewCh. 

NewCh. 

Missionary  Purposes  

19  70 

29  10 

21  90 

18  15 

17  25 

21  00 

127  10 

Mite  Society  

8  65 

8  90 

4  30 

6  45 

2  50 

3  00 

33  80 

Bible  Cause  

2  40 

8  60 

3  50 

95 

2  00 

3  00 

20  45 

Christian  Recorder  

36 

28 

12 

11 

13 

21 

121 

Child's  Recorder  

97 

284 

55 

168 

186 

197 

987 

Sunday  Schools  

50 

49 

36 

27 

32 

42 

206 

Teachers   

175 

227 

149 

89 

113 

174 

927 

Officers   

141 

134 

90 

134 

63 

129 

691 

Pupils  

2873 

3974 

2101 

1755 

2062 

2498 

L5263 

Conversions  

140 

265 

103 

321 

143 

1009 

Books  in  Library  

Collected  for  S.  Schools  

2558 

2576 

1458 

895 

859 

2040 

10386 

276  58 

457  15 

131  50 

222  15 

151  38 

281  85 

1520  61 

107  00 

118  15 

17  65 

28  20 

50 

40  35 

311  85 

5  75 

15  25 

3  75 

9  15 

6  50 

5  20 

40  60 

Educational  Purposes  

175  50 

136  50 

76  35 

bi  5/ 

58  60 

56  15 

5t>U  bV 

Daughters  of  Conference  ;.. 

20  10 

17  75 

7  50 

1 

3  80 

11  25 

10  30 

80  70 

PROCEEDINGS  OF   ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


293 


1883    Sixth  Session  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference  of  the  A.  M. 
E.  Church  met  in  Weston  Chapel,  Greenwood,  S.  C. ,  Wed- 
nesday, at  9  a.  m.,  December  5,  Rt.  Rev.  William 
F.  Dickerson,  D.  D..  Bishop  Presiding. 

Devotional  Services — "  O.  for  a  heart  to  praise  my  God/'"  Prayer 
by  Rev.  L.  S.  Prioleau.  Singing,  "Nearer  my  God  to  thee."  Les- 
son, 25th  Psalm  and  5th  chapter  of  St.  Matthew,  by  Rev.  B.  W.  Arnett, 
Financial  Secretary.  Brethren  requested  to  read  the  19th  chapter  of 
Exodus  in  connection  and  they  would  find  the  difference  between  the 
Law  and  Gospel.  Singing,  "Content  with  beholding  thy  face." 
Prayer  by  Rev.  H.  Young.  Singing,  "  Whenever  you  meet  with 
trouble.*'  Ritual  by  Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson.  Singing,  "A  charge  to 
keep  I  have." 

Secretaries — Revs.  R.  E.  Wall,  J.  G.  Sampson,  J.  D.  Barksdale. 
Marshals — L.  Pyles  and  W.  H.  Smith. 
Reporter — S.  H.  Jefferson. 
P.  O.  Messenger — I.  S.  Lee. 

Delegates  to  General  Conference — Revs.  S.  H.  Jefferson.  W.  M. 
Thomas,  J.  C.  Waters,  H.  Young,  C.  P.  Nelson,  A.  Weston,  I.  S. 
Lee.  Alternates:  J.  W.  Lykes,  R.  E.  Wall,  W.  M.  Burgess,  G.  T. 
Strickland,  L.  D.  Chavis.  T.  F.  Harper,  D.  H.  Alien. 

Admissions  on  Trial — C.  J.  Nichols,  A.  W.  Whaley,  I.  C.  Rob- 
inson, J.  H.  Byrd,  B.  H.  Wimms,  E.  B.  Burroughs,  P.  E.  Pompey, 
D.  T.  McDaniel,  A.  J.  Hampton,  G.  W.  Martin. 

Ordinations — Deacons :  C.  W.  Foster,  B.  J.  Ramsey.  C.  J. 
Nichols,  J.  R.  Martin,  W.  P.  Gary,  J.  B.  Peyton.  W.  C.  Johnson, 
L.  Pyles,  D.  H.  Johnson.  R.  H.  Perrin.  Nero  Toney  (Local). 

Elders :    J.  G.  Sampson  and  T.  J.  Develin. 

Expulsions — I.  S.  Grant,  James  Jackson,  D.  S.  Rice. 

Deaths — Rev.  A.  C.  Johnson. 

APPOINTMENTS   FOR  1 883. 

Abbeville  District — Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Abbeville  Sta  Rev.  R.  E.  Wall    Warrenton Circuit.. G.  W.  Marshall 

Greenwood"   E.  D.  Spearman    Cokesburg      "   K.  H.  Harris 

Promise  Land  Sta  I.  S.  Lee    Greenville      "   G.  I.  Fair 


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Greenville  "  ..A.  W.  Whaley 

Pendleton  "  ..A.  J.  Williams 
Abbeville  Circuit. P.  M.  Hartwell 

Due  West      "   M.  M.  Martin 

Harrisburg    "   J.  T.  Stewart 

Ninety  Six  "  ..  William  Burgess 

St.  John        "   W.  Cothran 


Anderson 
Clear  Spring 
Seneca  City 
Lowndesville 
Mt.  Car m el 


.  B.  H.  Wimms 
...B.  W.  Boone 
.Francis  Brown 
.  T.  C.  Develin 
.Edward  Perrin 


Greer's  Station  J.  N.  Brownlee 


Columbia  District — Rev.  H.  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 


Columbia  Station,  Rev.  J.  C.  Waters 
Winnsboro  "  ...CM.  Crosby 
Winnsboro  Circuit,  A.  E.  Gregory 


Whitehall 

Lexington 

Mt.  Pleasant 

Saluda 

St.  James 

Blythewood 

Mt.  Hebron 

New  Provid'ce 

Ridgway 

Gadsden 


..D.  R.  Edwards 
W.D.Chappelle 
D.T.  McDaniel 
...L.  D.  Chavis 
...Sam'l  Cantey 
..H.  D.  Dorroh 
..David  Pickett 
.Geo.  Ferguson 
John  D.  Smart 
...  .Henry  Long 


Columbia  Circuit... C.  C.  Dunlap 
Mt.  Pisgah    "    ....A.  J.  Hunter 

Barhamville   "   J.  S.  Perrin 

Mill  Creek     "    ...D.  M.  McGill 

Piney  Grove  Mis  L.  Williams 

Brown's  Chapel  Mis  D.  Watson 

Spring  Hill         "  ...E.Williams 

Fairview  Circuit  F.  J.  Goins 

Rock  Hill  "  ...R.  H.  Trierson 
Evangelist  Isaac  Cook 

f  Agent  Home  for  the  Aged  

1   Mrs.  E.  A.  Williams 


Manning  District 

Manning  Sta. , Rev.  G.  T.  Strickland 

Liberty  Hill  Sta  J.  W.  Lykes 

Friendship  and  Bethel  Circuit... 

 M.  Latta 

New  Hope  Circuit... A.  E.  Trapp 
Moore's  R'd  "   


Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 


St.  James  Circuit,  D.C.  Calhoun., 
j  Plowden  and  Salem  Circuit ..... 

{  Isaac  Robinson 

Society  Hill  Cir...G.  J.  Hamilton 
Reeseville     "     ...J.  B.  Peyton 

San  tee  "   Ludia  Pyles 

Antioch  and  Fulton  Circuit  ..    Lynchburg    "     W.  E.  Johnson 

 R,  C.  Irvin    Pine  Grove    "   P.  Hammitt 

Player's  X  R'd  Cir.,Rob't  Harvin 


Newberry  District — Rev.  Abram  Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Newberry  Sta... Rev. N.H.  Turpin    Smyrna  Circuit  B.  J.  Ramsey 

Spartanburg  Cir  H.  E.  Lewis    Bethel        "     ...N.  W.  Edwards 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  ANNUAL  CONFERENCES.  295 


Prosperity  Circuit....   ..N.  Childs 

Weston  "   A.  A.  Moore 

Newberry       "   T.  F.  Harper 

Mt.  Olive       "   C.  L.  Archey 

Clinton  "   Wra.  Dozier 

Laurens         "  ...E.B. Burroughs 


Goldville  Circuit...  P.  E.  Pompey 

Mt.  Carmel  "   J.  T.  Baker. 

Caldwell       "   Alex.  Christie 

Union  "   S.  W.  Hazle 

Fish  Dam     "   G.  T.  Coleman 


Orangeburg  District — Rev.  C. 


P.  Nelson,  Presiding  Elder. 


Orangeburg  Cir. , Rev. G.W.Foster    Mt.  Zion  Circuit  Abner  Scott 


Lewisville 
St.  Matthew 
Branchville 
Fort  Motte 
Good  Hope 
Parlorville 
Felderville 


...  G.  H.  Brown 

 L.  Lawrence 

 J.  H.  Jones 

J.  J.  Williams,  Jr. 
Hampton  Boston 
...J.  H.  Wallace 


Center  Hill 

Edgefield 

Bailey  Beth'l 

Leesville 

Limestone 

Parksville 


.E.  P.  Andrews 
...C.  S.  Bradley 
...R.  H.  Perrin 
.W.  C.  Johnson 


Archy  Welton 


Sumter  District- —Rev.  L.  S.  Prioleau,  Presiding  Elder. 

Sumter  Station,  Rev.  E.  H.Wilson  Wedgefield   

Bishopville  Station  J.H.  Keitt  Camden  Thos.  Brown 

St.  Philip        "    ....D.  H.  Allen  St.  Luke  I.  R.  Miller 

Mt.  Olive       "    ...C.  J.  Nichols  Goodwill  A.  W.  Pinkney 

Stateburg       "    John  J.  Jackson  Pine  Grove  S.  W.  James 

Centerboro     "    ...W.  H.  Smith  High  Hill  FI.  McCutchen 

Waynesville  Cir. ,  ..J.  G.  Sampson  Cain  Savannah  Chas.  Bracey 

Mt.  Pleasant...  Ivory  W.  Johnson  Willow  Grove  Sam'l  Williams 

Rocky  Bluff   Z.  T.  Blake 

Mrs.  C.  S.  Riley  transferred  to  South  Carolina  Conference. 
Rev.  D.  S.  Rice  transferred  to  Columbia  Conference. 
Rev.  C.  M.  Crosby  transferred  to  Columbia  Conference  from  Ohio. 
Rev.  J.  D.  Barksdale  transferred  to  S.  C.  Conference. 


Rev.  R.  E.  Wall  to  preach  Annual  Sermon  at  Columbia,  South 
Carolina,  1884. 


No  Statistical  Table  for  1883  furnished  Compiler. 


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1884    Seventh  Session  of  Columbia  Annual  Conference  A.  M.  E. 
'  Church,  convened  in  Bethel  A.  M.  E.  church,  Columbia,  S.  C, 
Dec.  nth,  Rt.  Rev.  J.  A.  Shorter,  Bishop  Presiding. 

Devotional  Exercises  : — "  O  for  a  heart  to  praise  my  God."  Les- 
son, 8th  Psalm  and  Matt.  10th.  Prayer  by  Bishop.  Singing,  "Jesus, 
the  Truth,  the  way."    Prayer  by  Rev.  A.  Weston. 

Secretaries — Revs.  R.  E.  Wall,  J.  G.  Sampson  and  E.  B.  Bur- 
roughs. 

Marshals — Revs.  G.  J.  Hamilton,  G.  T.  Coleman  and  H.  Long. 
Reporter — Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson. 
Messenger — C.  C.  Dunlap. 

Admitted  on  Trial — H.  D.  Dorroh,  F.  Y.  Dendy,  I.  T.  Moragne, 
A.  J.  Hunter,  M.  M.  Martin,  I.  W.  C.  Mintz,  H.  H.  Ealey,  W.  E. 
Johnson,  L.  A.  McCasland,  A.  J.  C.  Johnson,  B.  W.  Wood,  W.  P. 
Warley,  A.  J.  Corde,  W.  H.  Copeland,  T.  M.  Freeman,  C.  J.  Shaw, 

C.  R.  McGhee,  C.  F.  Brogden,  T.  W.  Williams,  M.  G.  Caldwell,  S. 
P.  Dorroh,  J.  N.  Brownlee,  J.  B.  Wideman,  D.  E.  Smith,  J.  F.  Wimms, 
S.  H.  Alexander,  J.  T.  Player,  S.  W.  James,  Henry  Thomas,  D.  M. 
Means,  Henry  Jennings  and  Frank  Mattry. 

Ordinations — Deacons :  J.  S.  Perrin  and  R.  H.  Trierson. 

Local  Deacons :  Deems  Watson  and  Geo.  Gathers. 

Elders  :  J.  H.  Jones,  F.  J.  Goings,  G.  J.  Hamilton,  I.  R.  Miller, 

D.  R.  Edwards,  B.  W.  Boone  and  Rob't  Harvin. 

Withdrawals— Chas.  Bracey,  I.  B.  Smith,  I.  M.  Gillens,  D.  Har- 
ris and  George  Sumter. 

Death — Abner  Scott,  Sam'l  Johnson  and  W.  Gary. 

APPOINTMENTS    FOR   1 884. 

Abbeville  District — Rev.  H.  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 

Abbeville  Station,  Rev.  R.E.Wall  Greenville  Circuit,  G.  W.  Martin 

Abbeville  Circuit,  P.  M.  Hartwell  Greenwood    "     ..A.J.  Hampton 

Anderson      "    ...B.  H.  Wimms  Greer's  Mission,  E.  W.  Williams 

Cokesberry    "    ..I.T.  Meragne  Greenville  "   M.M.Martin 

Clear  Spring  "    ...A.  J.  Williams  Harrisburg Circuit,  W.  T.  Burgess 

Due  West     "    ..E.  P.  Greenige  Lowndesville  Mis. ,  J.  B.  Wideman 

Greenwood  Station... J.  T.  Baker  Mt.  Carmel  Circuit,  J.  T.  Stewart 

Greenville       "   I.  S.  Lee  Mt.  Zion  Station  E.  D.  Perrin 


REV.  DAVID  SMITH, 
Born  at  Baltimore,  Maryland,  March  ioth,  1784.    Died  at  Xenia,  Ohio,  February,  1! 

Aged  105  years. 

The  first  man  to  lay  out  a  Circuit  and  travel  in  the  A.  M.  E.  Church. 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


297 


Mt  Lebanon  Mission.  H.H.Ealey 
Pendleton  Station.  B.  W.  Boone 
Rocky  River  Mis.,  Francis  Brown 
Seneca  City  "  J.  X.  Brownlee 
Shady  Grove   "    A.  J.  C.  Johnson 


Tory  Mission  J.  F.  Wimms 

St.  John  Circuit  W.  Cothran 

Warrenton  ...G.  W.  Marshall 
Ninetv  Six  "   G.  I.  Fair 


Columbia  District — Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 


Columbia  Sta  Rev.  T.C.  Waters 


Winnsboro 


CM.  Crosfr 


Winnsboro  Circuit,  D.R.Edwards 


Saluda 
St.  James 
Lexington 
Mt.  Hebron 
Mt.  Pleasant 
White  Hall 
Rock  Hill 


A.  E.  Gregory 

 S.  Canty 

..David  Pickett 
...J.  R.  Martin 
...D.-M.McGill 
..W.  H.  Smith 
W.D.Chappelle 


Orangeburg  District — Rev.  C. 

Orangeb'g  Sta. ,  Rev.  A.  W.  Whaley 
Lewisville  Circuit.. R.  S.  Campbell 
...L.  S.  Prioleau 


St.  Matthew 
Fort  Motte 
Branchville 
Good  Hope 
Parlorville 
Felderville 
Mt.  Zion 


 J.  H.  Jones 

...L.  Lawrence 
.  D.  C.  Calhoun 

 H.  Boston 

..G.  H.  Brown 
R.  H.  Trierson 


Mill  Creek  Circuit,  E.  P.  Andrews 
Columbia       "    D.T.  McDaniel 

New  Provid'nce  Cir  H.  Long 

Piney  Grove  "  ..C.C.  Dunlap 
Shady  Grove  "  ..A.  J.  Hunter 
Blythewood  "  ...J.  S.  Perrin 
Friendship  Mis.,L.  A.  McCasland 

Prosperity  Circuit  N.  Chiles 

W'oodward  and  Black  Stock  

 J.  D.  Smart 

P.  Nelson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Center  Hill  Cif.,  F.  Y.  Dendy 

Mt.  Moria    "  ....  D.  H.  Johnson 

Leesville      "   A.  Isaacs 

Edgefield     ;<   W.  C.  Johnson 

Bailey  BethT'   R.  H.  Perrin 

Limestone  Mis   D.  S.  Rice 

Parksville    "   H.  D.  Dorroh 

Ward's       "   I.  W.  C.  Mintz 


Manning  District — Rev.  J.  W.  Lvkes,  Presiding  Elder. 

Manning  Sta.  Rev.  G.T.  Strickland  St.  James  Circuit  ...K.  H.  Harris 

(  Libertv  Hill  and  Friendship   f  Plowden  and  Salem  Circuit  

\  L.  D.  Chavis     {    A.  W.  Pinkney 

Legare  Circuit  t.  .Thos.  Brown  Society  Hill  Circuit, G.J.  Hamilton 

f  Antioch  and  St.  Peter's  Cir   Reesville         "    ...J.  B.  Peyton 

1  ■  I-  S.  Grant  Pine  Grove      "    ...  P.  Hammitt 

j  New  Hope  and  Elizabeth  Cir...  San  tee             "    I.  C.  Robinson 

i  J-  H-  Keitt  Lynchburg      "    ...S.  W.  James 

Player's  X  R?d  Cir. ,  Rob't  Harvin 


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Newberry  District — Rev.  S.  H. 

Newberry  Sta.  Rev.  E.  D.  Spearman 

Spartanburg  Cir  N.  H.  Turpin 

Western         "   A.  A.  Moore 

Newberry       "   T.  F.  Harper 

Mt.  Olive       "   C.  L.  Archey 

Clinton  "   D.  H.  Allen 

Laurens  "  N.  W.  Edwards 

Smyrna  "   H.  E.  Lewis 

Bethel  "  ..G.  T.  Coleman 


Jefferson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Goldville  Circuit...  P.  E.  Pompey 

Mt.  Carmel  "   F.  J.  Coins 

Coldwell       "   B.  J.  Ramsey 

Union  "   R.  C.  Irvin 

Fish  Dam      "   J.  G.  Toomer 

Chappell       "   E.  Williams 

Santuc  Mission  J.  H.  Byrd 

Newberry  "   E.  B.  Borroughs 

Elisha  &  Watteree  Mis.  C.  W.  Foster 


Sumter  District — Rev.  A.  Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 
Sumter     Sta.. .Rev.  E.  H.  Wilson    Wedgefield  Cir  James  Jackson 


Bishopville  "   I.  R.  Miller  St.  Luke 

St.  Phillips  "   William  Dozier  Camden  ' 

Mt.  Olive    "   C.  S.  Bradley  Good  Will  ' 

Stateburg     "   J.  F.  Jackson  Pine  Grove  ' 

Couterboro  "   C.  J.  Nichols  High  Hill 

Maysville  Circuit..  J.  G.  Sampson  Sumter 

Mt.  Pleasant  "   I.  W.  Johnson  Willow  Grove' 

Rocky  Bluff  "   Z.  T.  Blake 


 J.  H.  Williams 

 A.  E.  Trapp 

 Ludia  Pyles 

 J.  J.  Johnson 

...H.  McCutchen 
...W.  E.  Johnson 
..Samuel  Williams 


Rev.  S.  W.  Hazle  transferred  to  South  Carolina  Conference. 
Rev.  A.  W.  Whaley  transferred  to  New  England  Conference. 
Rev.  J.  G.  Sampson  to  preach  Annual  Sermon  at  Greenville. 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


299 


STATISTICAL   TABLE,  1884. 


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Contingent  Money  .  . 

$    19  00 

$     22  50 

$   18  05 

$    11  35 

$    )  5  86 



$    13  75 

Dollar  Money  .... 

675  95 

627  OO 

539  95 

194  15 

276  00 

253  05 

Pastor's  Support  .   .  . 

6948  60 

5934  18 

4619  67 

3633  14 

5299  65 

5110  89 

Presiding  Eider's  Sup  . 

103 1  80 

928  85:1085  35 

566  97 

1016  60 

874  79 

P.  E.  TravePg  Expenses 

38  55 

66  38 

138  30 

171  75 

43  3o 

13  00 

Building  and  Repairs  . 

1889  13 

1450  67 

1607  46 

1556  80 

1575  40 

2247  21 

No.  of  Members  .   .  . 

4006 

4009 

3808 

3297 

4141 

2529 

"        Probationers  .  . 

1292 

711 

508 

460 

1347 

497 

"        Local  Preachers 

57 

65 

49 

50 

47 

72 

"       Exhorters  .   .  . 

1 1 

3i 

22 

23 

21 

45 

Died  

151 

112 

88 

72 

166 

84 

"       Adults  Baptized. 

279 

"        Infants  " 

280 

"       Marriages  .  .  . 

in 

"       Stewards    .  .  . 

195 

4<       Stewardesses  .  . 

347 

"       Trustees  .  . 

215 

"       Class  Leaders  . 

323 

"       Churches  .   .  . 

46 

Seating  Capacity  .   .  . 

"635 

Indebtedness  

Value  of  School  Houses 

No.  of  Teachers  .   .  . 

.... 

1885    Eighth  Session  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference  of  the  A.  M. 
E.  Church  held  in  Allen  Chapel,  Greenville,  S.  C, 
Rt.  Rev.  James  A.  Shorter,  Bishop  Presiding. 
Rt.  Rev.  J.  P.  Campbell,  Associate. 

Devotional  Exercises — Hymn,  "  Draw  near  O  Son  of  God,  draw 
near."  Prayer  by  Rev.  D.  Pickett,  followed  by  Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson. 
Scripture  Lessons,  Psalms  i,  Colossians  3.  Singing,  "I'm  not 
ashamed  to  own  the  Lord."  Prayer  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Baker,  followed 
by  Rev.  B.  T.  Tanner,  Editor  of  A.  M.  E.  Review.  Singing,  "  Up 
into  thee  our  living  head." 


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QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


General  Officers — Rev.  J.  M.  Townsend,  Missionary  Secretary  ; 
Rev.  W.  D.  Johnson,  Educational  Secretary  ;  Rev.  B.  T.  Tanner,  Editor 
of  A.  M.  E.  Review. 

Secretary — Rev.  R.  E.  Wall,  who  selected  J.  G.  Sampson  and 

C.  M.  Crosby. 

Reporters — C.  P.  Nelson,  C.  S.  Bradley,  W.  D.  Chappelle  and 

D.  H.  Johnson. 

Marshals — Revs.  L.  Piles  and  G.  T.  Coleman. 
Messenger — Rev.  I.  S.  Lee. 

Transfer — Rev.  John  S.  Parker  from  North  Carolina  Conference. 

Trustees  Allen  University — Revs.  S.  H.  Jefferson,  R.  E.  Wall, 
J.  W.  Lykes,  H.  Young,  C.  P.  Nelson  ;  Bros.  G.  F.  Hunter,  W.  J. 
Andrews. 

Board  of  Education — Revs.  J.  G.  Sampson,  W.   D.  Chappelle, 

E.  D.  Spearman;  Profs.  J.  W.  Morris  and  T.  A.  Saxon. 

Transfer — Rev.  J.  H.  Jones  to  Ohio  Conference. 

APPOINTMENTS   FOR    1 885. 

Columbia  District — Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Columbia  Sta  Rev.  R.  E.  Wall  Shady  Grove  Cir  A.  J.  Hunter 

Columbia  Circuit  D.  Pickett  St.  James        "   N.  Chiles 

Winnsboro  Sta  C.  M.  Crosby  Pine  Grove   J.  J.  Johnson 

Mt.  Hebron  Cir  J.  R.  Martin  Blythewood     "  ...G.  W.  Martin 

Saluda  "   J.  C.  Waters  Friendship  Cir... L.  A.  McCasland 

Winnsboro   P.  E.  Pompey  Mt.  Pleasant  Cir...D.  R.  Edwards 

Lexington      "  ...A.  E.  Gregory  Prosperity       "   R.  C.  Irvin 

White  Hall    "  ..D.  T.  McDaniel  Chester  "  ...W.  E.  Johnson 

Rock  Hill      "  ..W.  D.  Chappelle  Fairview         "   John  Gibson 


Abbeville  District — Rev  H.  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 

Abbeville  Sta.. Rev.  E.  P.  Greenige    Mt.  Zion      Cir  E.  D.  Perrin 

Abbeville     Cir... P.  M.  Hartwell    Seneca  City    "   M.  M.  Martin 

Anderson      "  .H.  E.  Lions    St.  John's       "   G.  I.  Fair 

Cokesberry    "   C.  C.  Dunlap  Warrenton      "  ....G.  W.  Marshall 

Clear  Springs  "   A.  J.  Williams    Ninety  Six     "   J.  T.  Baker 

Due  West      "   J.  I.  Stewart    Piedmont       "  -  F.  Brown 


PROCEEDINGS  OF 


ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


301 


Greenwood  Cir  I.  J.  Harper    Pendleton  Circuit  B.  W.  Boone 

Greenville     "   J.  F.  Jackson    Tory  "   J.  S.  Perrin 

Harrisburg    "         W.  T.  Burgess  Rocky  River  "  ...A.  J.  Hampton 

Lowndesville  "   T.  C.  Develin    Honea  Path    "   H.  H.  Ealey 

Mt.  Carmel    "   W.  Cothran    Mt.  Lebanon  "   *.D.  J.  Means 


Orangeburg  District — Rev.  I.  S.  Lee,  Presiding  Elder. 

Orangeburg  Cir.. Rev.  J.  S.  Parker  Mt.  Moria  Circuit.. D.  H.  Johnson 

Lewisville      "  ...R.  S.  Campbell  Edgefield        "  ..N.  W.  Edwards 

St.  Matthew  "   L.  S.  Prioleau    Bailey  Bethel  "   R.  H.  Perrin 

Center  Hill    "   T.  F.  Freeman  Limestone       "  ...  H.  D.  Dorroh 

Branchville    "   L.  Laurence  Wards            "  ..I.  W.  C.  Mintz 

Good  Hope   <;  ...  D.  C.  Calhoun    Parksville       11   H.  Long 

Parkerville     "   H.  Boston    Felderville      11   G.  H.  Brown 

Mt.  Zion        "  ...R.  H.  Frierson    Leesville         Ci   A.  Isaacs 

Fort  Motte    "   F.  Y.  Dendv 


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STATISTICAL  TABLE,  1SS5. 


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C: 

-> 

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2 

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0 

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CP 

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$  17  60 



$  16 

Co 

 ._ 

$  9 

1  c 

$  13 

75 



$  12 

1  0 

$  10 

CO 

Dollar  Money 

541  OO 

377 

7  C 

162 

7  C 

448 

OO 

412 

7  C 

164 

7  C 

ID 

Pastor's  Salary 

6495  95 

5357 

88 

3813 

1  C 

JJ 

5986 

( in 

4536 

l8 

4191 

OO 

Presiding  Elder's  Sal 

970  32 

776 

1  c 
jj 

707 

q6 

1248 

80 

1214 

832 

1  c 

Pres.  Eld's  Trav.  Ex 

44  80 

46 

AC 

54 

I  C" 

3 

CO 

119 

c  c 

J  J 

18 

QI 

Building  and  Repairs 

i960  30 

1023 

70 

927 

1  C 
jj 

1420 

/t  c 

3249 

5451 

76 

Am't  of  Indebtedness. 

1204  90 

552 

( 1 1 

697 

16 
Ju 

936 

CO 

J 

1 106 

782 

I  I 

Churcli  Extension 

1 11  40 

240 

00 

203 

J 

105 

OO 

730 

OO 

495 

OO 

Missionary  Money 

27  50 

8 

46 

4 

OO 

7 

25 

8 

55 

17 

40 

Bible  Cause,  Mite  Mis 

25 

25 

50 

3 

25 

Snnrl?iv  S  T-Nii'iinQPQ 

U  U.  1 1           V          .     A.    111  UWoCO 

759  40 

394 

02 

206 

08 

323 

47 

197 

80 

494 

87 

Col'tprl  fnr  Ofhpr  Pin- 

ICU    l\Jl     V_/L11C1     i  HI. 

645  66 

33i 

95 

70 

OO 

312 

60 

ii5 

81 

139 

50 

Sunday  School  M^iss'y. 

13  30 

3 

50 

2c. 

2 

25 

3 

05 

1 

75 

Educational  Purposes. 

253  12 

1 1 

95 

38 

80 

151 

OO 

27 

15 

66 

75 

Daughter's  Conference 

30  95 

13 

00 

17 

OO 

9 

75 

1 1 

65 

3 

OO 

Children's  Day.  .   .  . 

100  62 

68 

12 

36 

02 

70 

05 

99 

38 

47 

44 

Endowment  Day.  .  . 

64  42 

55 

21 

34 

41 

42 

20 

7i 

85 

5i 

26 

No.  of  Members  .  .  . 

377i 

37*6 

3299 

4399 

4794 

2963 

"       Probationers.  . 

48 

659 

707 

1499 

946 

555 

"        Local  Preachers 

16 

54 

65 

43 

57 

43 

"       Exhorters  .  .  . 

107 

26 

28 

15 

20 

40 

"  Died  

213 

123 

77 

103 

81 

94 

"       Adults  Bapt'zed 

274 

J59 

268 

201 

[42 

1 75 

1886    Ninth  Session  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference  of  the  A.  M. 
E.  Church  zvas  held  in  Mt.  Pisgah  A.  M.  E.  Church, 
Santee,  S.  C,  Dec.  5,  Rt.  Rev.  J.  A.  Shorter, 
Bishop  Presiding.    Rt.  Rev.  J.  P.  Campbell  and 
John  M.  Brown,  Associates. 
Devotional  Exercises — Hymn  329,  "  And  are  we  yet  alive." 
Prayer  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Baker.    Scripture  lessons,  90th  Psalm  and  5th 
chapter  of  2  Cor.     Prayer  by  Bishop  Campbell. 

Secretary — Rev.  R.  E.  Wall,  who  chose  as  assistants  H.  E.  Lewis 
and  N.  W.  Edwards. 

Reporter — Rev.  D.  H.  Johnson. 

Marshals — Revs.  L.  Piles  and  E.  D,  Perrin. 

Messenger — Rev.  J.  G.  Sampson. 


PROCEEDINGS   OF   ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


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Admissions — J.  F.  Player,-  H.  Thomas,  M.  G.  Caldwell,  I.  W. 
C.  Mintz,  L.  A.  McCasland,  T.  F.  Freeman,  J.  F.  Wimms,  M.  M. 
Martin,  C.  F.  Brogden. 

Ordinations — Deacons  :  J.  F.  Player,  H.  Thomas,  M.  G.  Cald- 
well, I.  W.  C.  Mintz,  L.  A.  McCasland,  T.  F.  Freeman,  J.  F. 
Wimms,  M.  M.  Martin,  C.  F.  Brogden. 

Elders :    B.  J.  Ramsey,  C.  W.  Foster,  D.  M.  McGill. 

Expulsions — Rev.  J.  C.  Waters,  D.  D. 

Deaths — Revs.  E.  P.  Andrews,  D.  Humphries,  Henry  Lake. 
Transfers — Alex  Williams  from  North  Carolina  Conference. 
E.  I.  Foster  from  A.  M.  E.  Zion. 


APPOINTMENTS   FOR    1 886. 

Abbeville  District — Rev.  H.  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 

..H.  E.  Lims 


Abbeville  Sta..Rev.  C.  C.  Dunlap    Mt.  Zion  Cir 

.Abbeville  Circuit  B.  W.  Boone    Mt.  Carmel  ;t 

Bradley's  " 
Bailey  Bethel" 
Cokesberry  1 
Clear  Spring  ' 
Greenwood  ' 
Lowndesville' 


W.  T.  Burgess  McCormick  ' 

...E.  D.  Perrin  Ninety  Six 

...C.  S.  Bradley  Rocky  River' 

A.  J.  Williams  St.  John's  ' 

. ...T.  F.  Harper  Tory 

G.  W.  Marshall  Warrenton 


 W.  Cothran 

 T.  C.  Develin 

..P.  M.  Hartwell 
.A.  J.  C.  Johnson 

 G.  I.  Fair 

 D.  J.  Means 

......J.  T.  Baker 


Columbia  District — Rev.  S..  H.  Jefferson,  Presiding  Elder. 


Biythewood  Ct..Rev.G.W.  Martin 

Columbia  Station        R.  E.  Wall 

Columbia       Cir  A.  J.  Hunter 

Chester  "   Moses  Carter 

Lexington  "  ...A.  E.  Gregory 
Mt.  Pleasant   "  ..D.  R.  Edwards 


It.  Hebron  Cir  J.  R.  Martin 


Pine  G. ove 
Pomaria 
Rock  Hill 
Saluda 


"   J.  J.  Johnson 

"  D.  S.  Rice 

<  ..W.  D.  Chappelle 
'   A.  E.  Trapp 


Greenville  District — Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 

Anderson  Cir..R-v.  J.  J.  Williams  Pendleton  Circuit. ..L.  D.  Chavis 

Due  West    ;'   J.T.  Stewart    Piedmont      "   F.  Brown 

Dunken  Creek  Cir. S. H.  Alexander  Poney  Mountain... .M. G.Caldwell 

Fish  Dam  Circuit  M.  Latta  Spartanburg  Cir...E.  W.  Williams 

Greenville    "   J.  F.  Jackson  Santuc          "  ...W.  E.  Johnson 


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Grier  Cir        J.  F.  Wimms    Seneca  City  Cir  H.  H.  Ealey 

Honea  Path  "   J.  B.  Wideman  Union           "  ...  W.  C.  Johnson 

Mt.  Carmel  "   I.  Y.  Moragne    Walhalla        "   J.  A.  Hurst 

Manning  District — Rev.  J.  W.  Lykes,  Presiding  Elder. 

Antioch  and  New  Hope  Circuit    Legare  Circuit  G.  J.  Hamilton 

 •  Rev-  D-  H-  Allen    Manning     "  J.  H.  Williams 

Dickerson  Circuit. C.  F.  Brogden    Mill  Creek  "   S.  W.  James 

Friendship        "  ..Robert  Harvin    pine  Grove  "   Thomas  Brown 

Greelyville       "  ..M.  G.  Gamble    player's  X  Road  Cir  R.  Isaacs 

Liberty  Hill      "  ...E.  H.  Wilson    Society  Hill  Circuit  A.  Boston 


Newberry  District — Rev.  E.  D.  Spearman,  Presiding  Elder. 

Bethlehem  Cir  Rev.  H.  Long  Newberry  Station.... C.  P.  Nelson 

Clinton        "   G.  T.  Coleman  Newberry  Circuit... B.  H.  Wimms 

Chappelle's  "   D.  M.  McGill    N.  Newberry  "   B.  J.  Ramsey 

Fairview      "   A.  J.  Hampton    Prosperity       "   R.  C.  Irvm 

Goldville     "    E.  Williams    Weston  "   C.  L.  Archy 

Laurens       "   A.  A.  Moore    Waterloo        "   R.  H.  Perrin 

Mt.  Olive    "   N.  Chiles    Wateree         "   J.  S.  Perrin 

Orangeburg  District — Rev.  I.  S.  Lee,  Presiding  Elder. 

Branch ville  Cir.. .  T.  M.  Freeman  Lewisville  Circuit. D.  C.  Calhoun 

Center  Hill   "   L.  Laurence    Limestone      "   H.  D.  Dorroh 

Edgefield      "  ...N.  W.  Edwards  Mt.  Moria      "  L.  A.  McCasland 

Felderville     "   F.  Y.  Dendy  Mt.  Zion        "  ..  R.  H.  Trierson 

Fort  Motte    "   G.  H.  Brown  Parlorville      "  ..  R.  S.  Campbell 

Good  Hope  "  ...  I.  W.  C.  Mintz  St.  Matthew  "  ...  L.  S.  Pnoleau 
Lewisville  Station.. D.  H.  Johnson 


Sumpter  District — Rev.  A.  Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Bishopville  Sta..Rev.  I.  R.  Miller  Magnolia  Circuit  J.  B.  Peyton 

Counterboro"   L.  Piles  Providence    "   A.  Bradford 

Camden       "    ...C.  R.  McGhee  Rocky  Bluff  "   I.  W.  Johnson 

Good  Will  Circuit  D.  E.  Smith  Sumter  Station  J.  G.  Sampson 


High  Hill 


,P.  Hammitt  Stateburg 


...C.  J.  Nichols 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


Mt.  Olive  Circuit  W.  H.  Smith    St.  Phillip  Gir.;  W.  Dozier 

Mt.  Pleasant  "   Z.  T.  Blake    St.  Luke     "   James  Jackson 

Maysville       "  ..G.  T.  Strickland 

Rev.  C.  W.  Foster  transferred  to  Indiana  Conference. 

Rev.  Alex  Williams  transferred  from  North  Carolina  Conference. 

Rev.  E.  I.  Foster  received  from  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Conference. 


STATISTICAL   TABLE,  1886, 


Abb 

Orar 

New 

Colu 

Sum 

Man 

< 

crq 
a 

n 

3 
0* 

p' 

C 

District.  . 

rg  Dist  .  . 

District.  . 

District  .  . 

istrict  .  .  . 

District  .  . 

Contingent  Money  .  . 

$  18 

30 

$    15  85 

$    15  25 

$  19 

90 

$  13 

75 

$    13  70 

Dollar  Money  .... 

634 

55 

422.  65 

358  25 

435 

00 

160 

93 

125  00 

Pastor's  Salary.  .  .  . 

6032 

35 

4428  18 

5858  61 

5035 

12 

3987 

00 

3870  70 

P.  E.  Salary  .... 

1083 

75 

1136  25 

1034  65 

861 

00 

868 

22 

768  68 

"    Trav.  Expenses. 

105 

65 

45  33 

73  10 

53 

25 

21 

93 

48  00 

Building  and  Repairs . 

1904 

10 

6  00  53 

1282  90 

892 

67 

121 

67 

I59i  30 

Amount  of  Debt  .  .  . 

21 12 

50 

573  76 

753  46 

467 

55 

881 

53 

871  75 

Church  Extension  .  . 

200 

00 

377  19 

130  40 

163 

00 

268 

03 

411  25 

Missionary  Money  .  . 

1 1 2 

45 

35  19 

3i  95 

30 

20 

23 

80 

16  00 

Bible  Cause,  Mite  Mis. 

2 

00 

50 

25 

25 

Sunday  S.  Purposes  . 

838 

45 

191  85 

347  79 

277 

90 

4i3 

43 

214  50 

Other  Purposes  .   .  . 

139 

60 

154  35 

54  00 

1071 

91 

196 

59 

140  30 

Sunday  S.  Missionary. 

9 

00 

9  75 

6  50 

3 

80 

3 

25 

2  00 

Educational  Purposes. 

1 1 1 

40 

41  15 

101  75 

32 

75 

77 

88 

73  05 

Daughters  of  Conf  .  . 

27 

25 

3  25 

4  5° 

10 

70 

25 

5  5o 

Children's  Day.  .   .  . 

128 

10 

79  61 

52  79 

57 

05 

35 

37 

42  23 

Easter  Day  

-  164 

36 

104  15 

58  50 
4366 

56 

40 

44 

90 

27  93 

No.  of  Members  .  .  . 

447' 

4106 

3944 

3342 

"        Probationers  . 

201 1 

1099 

1852 

1 154 

1037 

1114 

"       Loc'l  Preachers 

57 

53 

40 

50 

53 

60 

"       Exhorters .  .  . 

25 

19 

23 

25 

39 

23 

Died  

136 

102 

116 

99 

1 1 1 

90 

"       Adults  Bapti'd. 

681 

261 

552 

489 

257 

233 

"        Infants      "  ' 

232 

409 

241 

353 

274 

308 

"       Marriages    .  . 

72 

79 

84 

5  5 

88 

80 

"       Stewards  .  .  . 

177 

213 

183 

151 

176 

"       Stewardesses  . 

285 

193 

241 

230 

168 

176 

"       Trustees  .  .  . 

394 

392 

366 

277 

290 

139 

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QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


1887     Tenth  Session  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference  of  the  A.  M. 
E.  Church  was  held  in  Miller's  Chapel,  A.  M.  E.  Church, 
Newberry,  S.  C,  Rt.  Rev.  J.  P.  Campbell, 
D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Presiding. 

Conference  opened  at  10  a.  m. 

Devotional  exercises  conducted  by  Bishop.  Hymn  304,  "  Draw 
near  O  Son  of  God,  draw  near."  Prayer.  Lesson,  Isa.  61  ;  second 
lesson,  Mark  16.    Singing,  "  O  for  a  heart  to  praise,  etc." 

Roll  called  by  Rev.  R.  E.  Wall,  Secretary  of  last  Conference. 

Secretaries — Rev.  R.  E.  Wall,  J.  G.  Sampson,  C.  J.  Nichols. 

Reporters — C.  P.  Nelson  and  D.  H.  Johnson. 

Marshals — Revs.  J.  T.  Baker  and  John  D.  Smart. 

Messenger — Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson. 

Trustees  of  Allen  University — S.  H.  Jefferson,  I.  S.  Lee,  C.  P. 
Nelson,  R.  E.  Wall,  D.  S.  Rice,  B.  B.  Martin. 

Trustees  of  Wiiberforce  University — J.  G.  Sampson,  C.  M. 
Crosby,  S.  H.  Jefferson,  J.  W.  Moore,  T.  A.  Saxon. 

Ordinations — Deacons :  A.  J.  C.  Johnson,  C.  R.  McGhee,  W.  P. 
Wharley,  S.  H.  Alexander,  J.  B.  Wideman,  H.  H.  Ealey,  W.  H. 
Copeland,  A.  J.  Corde,  A.  Bradford,  D.  J.  Means. 

Elders:  A.  J.  Hunter,  P.  E.  Pompey,  J.  T.  Stewart,  I.  Y. 
Moragne. 

Expulsions — George  Ferguson. 

Withdrawals— Alex  Williams,  E.  I.  Foster,  S.  Williams,  J.  J. 
Williams,  J.  H.  Wallace. 

Delegates  to  General  Conference — Revs.  I.  S.  Lee,  C.  P.  Nelson, 
H.  Young,  R.  E.  Wall,  J.  W.  Lykes,  W.  D.  Chappelle,  J.  G.  Samp- 
son, L.  D.  Chavis,  W.  M.  Thomas.  Lay  Delegates:  J.  W.  Mor- 
ris, A.  M.,  T.  A.  Saxon,  LL.  B. 

APPOINTMENTS  FOR  1887. 

Abbeville  District — Rev.  Hiram  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 

Abbeville  Sta..Rev.  C.  C.  Dunlap  Mt.  Carmel  Circuit.. Wm.  Cothrine 

Abbeville  Circuit  B.  W.  Boone  McCormick      "  ...T.  C.  Develin 

Bradley  "   C.  S.  Bradley  Ninety  Six       "  P.  M.  Hartwell 

Barley  Bethel  "   E.  D.  Perrin  Rocky  River    "  A.J.  C.  Johnson 


PROCEEDINGS  OF   ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


Cokesberry  Circuit..  A.  J.  Hunter    St.  John's  Circuit  G.  I.  Fair 

Clear  Spring    "   D.  J.  Means    Troy's  li  ..  

Greenwood     "   T.  F.  Harper    Warrenton        "   J.  T.  Baker 

Lorwndesville  "  ..G.  W.  Marshall  Parksville         "  ...T.  P.  Romaus 

Mt.  Zion         "   H.  E.  Lewis 

Columbia  District — Rev.  A.  Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Blythewood  Cir...   Providence  Circuit....J.  R.  Martin 

Bethlehem  "  Rev. T.  M. Freeman    Shady  Grove  "   D.  S.  Rice 

Columbia  Station... C.  M.  Crosby    St.  Paul  "   F.  J.  Player 

Columbia  Circuit  A.  E.  Trapp  Saluda            "  ....P.  E.  Pompey 

Corley  Chapel"  ...Dennis  Watson  St.  Peter's       "  ...  H.  D.  Dorroh 

Cedar  Grove  "   J.  J.  Johnson  Wmnsboro  Station.  J.  G.  Sampson 

Leesville         "   J.  S.  Perrin  Winnsboro  Circuit...  G.  K.  Lyles 

Lexington  "  ...A.  E.  Gregory  White  Hall  "  ...E.  W.  Williams 
Mt.  Hebron    "  ....G.  W.  Martin 

Greenville  District — Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 

Anderson  Cir.. Rev. D.R.Edwards    Pendleton  Cir  W.  D.  Chapelle 

Belton  Mission  M.  G.  Caldwell    Piedmont    "   J.  F.  Wimms. 

Antioch  Circuit  B.  J.  Ramsey  Peney  Mountain  Cir..H.  Jennings 

Due  West    "   J.  T.  Stewart    Spartanburg  Cir  B.  H.  Wimms 

Fish  Dam    "   .....M.  Latta  Santue           "  ...W.  E.  Johnson 

Greenville   "   J.  F.  Jackson    Seneca  City   "   LI.  H.  Ealey 

Griers  Mission  F.  Brown  Union           "  ...W.  E.  Johnson 

HoneaPath  Mis.. ..J.  B.  Wideman  WToodrurT       "  ..S.  H.  Alexander 

Mt.  Carmel  Cir  I.  Y.  Moragne 

Manning  District — Rev.  J.-  W.  Lykes,  Presi  ling  Elder. 

(  Antioch  and  New  Hope  Circuit  Player's  X  Rd  Cir.. A.  W.Pinckney 

1  Rev.  D.  H.  Allen  piowden  &  Salem  Cir..S. W.James 

Dickerson  Circuit.. M.  S.  Gambell  Reeseville  Mission. .W.  P.  Warley 

Friendship     "  Robt.  Harvin    Society  Hill  Circuit  H.Boston 

Liberty  Hill  Station.. E.  H.  Wilson  St.  James  Circuit. .. .K.  H.  Harris 

Legare  Circuit  I.  S.  Grant    Santee         "   Saml.  Canty 

Manning  Station... G.  J.  Hamilton    St.  Marks     "   W.  McDuffie 

Mill  Creek  Circuit.J.  H.  Williams    Wedgefitld   "   Thomas  Brown 

Pine  Grove      "  ...C.  F.  Brogden 


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 W.  T.  Burgess    Prosperity  Circuit... C.  P.  Nelson 


Newberry  District — Rev.  E.  D.  Spearman,  Presiding  Elder. 

Bethlehem  Cir..Rev.  A.  J.  Corde    Newberry  Station  R.  E.  Wall 

Clinton 
Fairview 
Goldville 
Laurens 
Mt.  Olive 
Newberry 


 H.  Long  St.  Mary's 

...  R.  C.  Irvin  St.  James 

..A.  A.  Moore  Western 

 N.  Childs  Waterloo 

D.  M.  McGill  Wateree 


..G.  T.  Coleman 
...A.  J.  Hampton 

 .C.  L.  Archy 

 R.  H.  Perrin 

 E.  Williams 


Orangeburg  District — Rev.  I.  S.  Lee,  Presiding  Elder. 
Branchville  Cir..Rev.  J.  S.  Parker    Mt.  Zion  Circuit...  G.  H.  Brown 


Centre  Hill 
Fort  Motte 
Felderville 
Edgefield 
Good  Hope 
Live  Oak 
Lewisville 


 L.  Lawrence 

 F.  Y.  Dendy 

 Wm.  Dozier 

..N.  W.  Edwards 
....I.  W.  C.  Mintz 

 A.  Isaacs 

 M.  M.  Martin 


Mt.  Moriah 
Moore 
Orangeburg 
Par-orville 
St.  Matthews 


..L.  A.  McCaslin 

 C.  J.  Shaw 

..D.  T.  McDaniel 
...R.  S.  Campbell 
 A.  J.  Williams 


St.  Matthews  Sta..  D.  H.  Johnson 


Sumter  District — Rev.  S.  H. 

Bishopville  Sta.. Re  v.  I.  R.  Miller 

Conterboro  "   L.  Pyles 

Camden  Mission..  C.  R.  McGhee 

Fair  Grove    "   Sam'l  Duckett 

Good  Will  Circuit  D.  E.  Smith 

High  Hill      "   P.  Hammett 

Mt.  Olive  Station.. ..W.  H.  Smith 

Mt.  Pleasant  Cir  W.  S.  Maxcy 

Mayesville      "  ..G.  T.  Strickland 


Jefferson,  Presiding  Elder.  • 

Magnolia  Mission  A.  Bradford 

Little  Creek  "  ....C.  H.  Pompey 

Providence    "  H.  Thomas 

Sumter  Station  C.  J.  Nichols 

Statesburg  "   L.  D.  Chavis 

St.  Philips  "   J.  W.  Johnson 

St.  Luke  Circuit  James  Jackson 

Rocky  Bluff  "   Z.  T.  Blake 


PROCEEDINGS   OF   ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


309 


STATISTICAL   TABLE,  1887. 


Abb. 

Q 
O 

cT 

Gree 

Man 

New 

Orar 

Sum 

sville  j 

mbia  

5" 

°§ 
% 
m 

■ 

Contingent  Money    

<£    1  ^ 
qp    10  OU 

•tj    lo  OO 

$  11 

70 

$     14  00 

„.   _  _  _ 

fl>    12  9o 

$   13  35 

$   15  00 

827  15 

538  95 

193 

7 

276  00 

446  25 

467  35 

254  95 

6392  80 

5402  78 

2811 

15 

4498  13 

5580  69 

4641  94 

4726  IS 

P.  E.  Salary  

P.  Elder's  Traveling  Expenses. 

897  45 

891  90 

532 

85 

870  36 

995  25 

1024  00 

859  43 

/y  ou 

51  70 

63 

30 

68  25 

61  45 

119  00 

47  47 

2284  20 

2219  95 

1475 

25 

1162  75 

1999  25 

1245  83 

1590  64 

1159  60 

679  90 

1210 

00 

560  60 

708  35 

642  35 

877  70 

Missionary  Purposes  

100  95 

80  50 

8 

85 

41  25 

38  40 

57  94 

46  36 

Bible  Cause  and  Mite  Society 

3  50 

25 

1 

00 

25 

1  25 

75 

75 

Sunday  School  Purposes  

Special  for  Allen  University  

785  25 

325  42 

189 

20 

298  30 

296  85 

303  49 

188  85 

39  80 

27  15 

6 

50 

5  50 

7  40 

4  45 

7  75 

Daughters  of  Conference  

4lo  OU 

13  00 

2 

25 

7  75 

5  00 

2  50 

3  50 

93  30 

58  45 

50 

40 

45  ■  9 

52  45 

75  04 

42  07 

103  70 

78  57 

22 

80 

39  37 

58  50 

52  24 

34  24 

Members  

3810 

3325 

1604 

3542 

3973 

4005 

3591 

Probationers  

1700 

861 

679 

666 

956 

825 

677 

41 

64 

21 

53 

37 

55 

63 

29 

29 

25 

20 

22 

24 

40 

116 

168 

89 

91 

148 

88 

100 

369 

251 

79 

.190 

195 

138 

246 

371 

249 

103 

294 

103 

248 

269 

85 

64 

41 

65 

100 

66 

70 

170 

218 

108 

209 

180 

175 

148 

Stewardesses  

134 

183 

104 

143 

169 

142 

128 

Trustees 

212 

254 

161 

230 

168 

.  176 

151 

Class  Leaders  

320 

279 

167 

251 

250 

296 

264 

Churches  

41 

49 

'28 

36 

34 

38 

30 

18098  00 

16110  00 

7230 

00 

9775  uO 

1221  00 

10775  00 

16037  00 

Day  Schools  

28 

30 

15 

21 

13 

21 

Value  of  School  Houses  

2157  00 

900  00 

1035 

00 

1460  00 

1065  00 

530  00 

300  00 

Teachers  in  Day  Schools  

3 

1 

3 

5 

8 

9 

14 

8 

Value  

1950  00 

1550  00 

1025 

00 

1270  00 

1875  00 

1985  00 

3120  00 

Christian  Recorder  

43 

15 

6 

14 

11 

30 

14 

Child's  Recorder  , 

1 

106 

30 

3 

15 

6 

Sunday  Schools  

38 

50 

34 

33 

30 

55 

31 

Teachers  and  Officers   

243 

222 

166 

219 

211 

202 

145 

Pupils  

3408 

2470 

1944 

2179 

2595 

3230 

1967 

309 

247 

73 

91 

155 

120 

169 

Books  in  Library  

1712 

2146 

1805 

1711 

2053 

3326 

2063 

General  Conference  Delegate  Fund 

87  50 

67  65 

32 

50 

70  08 

59  00 

63  70 

43  25 

A.  M.  E  Review  

6 

4 

2 

2 

Confepence  Minute  Money   

4  00 

12  50 

10 

00 

19  05 

1  25 

17  75 

7  90 

Centennial  ,.  

12  00 

75 

1 

00 

1  52 

11  00 

16  45 

24  55 

QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


1888    Eleventh  Session  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference  of  the  A. 
M.  E.  Church  convened  in  St.  James''  A.  M.  E.  Church, 
Abbeville,  S.  C,  December  5,  Rt.  Rev.  B.  W. 
Arnett,  D.  D.,  Presiding. 

Devotional  exercises  conducted  by  the  Bishop.  Hymn,  "And 
are  we  yet  alive."  Prayer.  Singing,  "Try  us  O  God,  etc."  Scrip- 
ture lesson,  Matt.  5.  Ritual  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Embry,  D.  D.,  Manager 
of  Publication  Department.    Singing,  "  A  charge  to  keep  I  have." 

Secretaries — C.  M.  Crosby,  D.  H.  Johnson,  N.  W.  Edwards. 

Reporters— D.  T.  McDamel,  C.  S.  Bradley,  W.  D.  Chappelle. 

Messenger — C.  C.  Dunlap. 

Deaths — George  Jones,  B.  H.  Wimms,  M.  P.  Carter,  R.  M. 
Andrews,  S.  Blake,  L.  S.  Prioleau,  Wm.  Rankin,  Wm.  Glass. 

Ordinations — Deacons :  G.  James,  D.  Miller,  V.  G.  Longshore, 
B.  F.  Strother,  D.  C.  Lebrew,  W.  Charleton,  T.  M.  Summers,  W. 
Washington,  (Locals);  Jackson  Shaw,  Traveling  Deacon. 

Elders :  J.  H.  Byrd,  W.  E.  Johnson,  D.  E.  Smith,  G.  K.  Lyles, 
A,  E.  Trapp,  M.  M.  Martin,  S.  H.  Alexander,  E.  Williams,  A.  W. 
Pinkney. 

APPOINTMENTS    FOR   1 888. 

Abbeville  District — Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 


Abbeville  Sta....Rev 
Abbeville  Circuit.. 
Bradley  " 
Bailey  Bethel  " 
Cokesbury 
Clear  Spring  " 
Greenwood  " 
Lbwndesville  " 
Mount  Zion  " 
Mount  Carmel" 


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.  C.  C.  Dunlap 

 C.  J.  Shaw 

C.  S.  Bradley 
.  E.  D.  Perrin 
.A.  J.  Hunter 
..D.  J.  Means 
.  R.  Edwards 
.J.  T.  Stewart 
.A.  A.  Moore 
.  W.  Marshall 


McCormick  Circuit.  .T.  C.  Develin 


Ninety  Six 
Saint  John's 
Warrenton 
Parksville 
Oak  Grove 
Saint  Mary's 
Antreville 
Modock 


...L.  D.  Chavis 
...R.  H.  Perrin 

 J.  T.  Baker 

..T.  P.  Romans 

 H.  C.  Lytes 

 G.  I.  Fair 

...M.  G.  McGill 
...L.  S.  Burnett 


Columbia  District — Rev.  A.  Weston,  Presiding  Elder. 

Columbia  Sta.. Rev.  C.  M.  Crosby  Saint  Paul  Circuit.. D.  C.  Calhoun 
Winnsboro"   J.  G.  Sampson    samt  peters    "  ...  H.  D.  Dorroh 


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Bly  the  wood  Circuit.  ..F.  J.  Player 
Bethlehem  "  ...  J.  J.  Johnson 
Columbia         "  ..J.  H.  Williams 

Corley  Chapel  "   D.  Watson 

Cedar  Grove    "   A.  E.  Trapp 

Lexington        "   C.  W.  Foster 

Mount  Hebron"          J.  S.  Perrin 

Providence      "   J.  R.  Martin 

Shady  Grove    "   D.  S.  Rice 


c  t  j  ^-  •  (  ...  P.  E.  Pompev 
baluda  Circuits        „~  c  at 

(   W.  S.  Maxey 

Winnsboro  Circuit. ... G.  K.  Lyles 

White  Hall     "  ...E.  W.  W7illiams 

Ridgeway  Mission.. A.  Richardson 

Gadsden         "   H.  H.  Ely 

Chester  "   L.  Watson 

Mill  Creek      "  ..A.  J. C.  Johnson 

Mount  Moriah"   W.  Cothrine 


Greenville  District — Rev.  J. 

Greenville  Sta..Rev.  J.  F.  Jackson 

Anderson  Cir  W.  H.  Copeland 

Antioch     "   B.  J.  Ramsay 

Due  West  "   W.  C.  Johnson 

Fish  Dam  "   W.  E.  Johnson 

Mt.  Carmel"   A.  J.  Hampton 

Pendleton  "  .....W.  D.  Chappell 

Piedmont    " '   J.  F.  Wimms 

Girke         "   J.  H.  Owens 

Seneca  City"   R.  H.  Frierson 

Union        "   C.  J.  Nichols 


W.  Lvkes.  Presiding  Eider. 

Woodruff  Circuit... G.  W.  Martin 

White  Hall  Cir  J.  B.  Wideman 

Caldwell  "  ...A.  W.  Pmckney 
Greenville  Mis....S.  H.  Alexander 

Marietta      "   R.  H.  Griffin 

Williamstoir •   J.  A.  Hurst 

Spartanburg  Circuit... I.  H.  White 

Mount  Zion   H.Thomas 

f  Shady  Grove  and  Center  Circuit 
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Manning  District— Rev.  E.  D.  Spearman,  Presiding  Elder. 

Manning  Sta.. Rev.  G.  J.  Hamilton    Zion  Circuit  K.  H.  Harris 

Liberty  Hill  Sta  E.  H.  Wilson    St.  James  ';   H.  Boston 

(  Antioch  and  New  Hope  Circuit    Santee       u   I.  S.  Grant 

1  D-  H-  Allen    St.  Mark's"   M.  M.  Martin 

Dickerson  Cir  M.  S.  Gambrell    Wedgerield"  Thomas  Brown 

Friendship  "   Robert  Harvin    Piney Grove"  C.  F.  Brogdon 

Legare        ".....   S.  Cantey  Plowden  &  Salem  Cir..SAV.  James 

Player's  X  Road  Cir..  P.  Hammitt  Penola  Circuit... R.  F.  McDowell 
Reeseville  Circuit. ,.W.  McDuffee 

Orangeburg  District — Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson,  Presiding  Elder. 

St.  Matthew  Sta.  Rev.  D.H.Johnson  Moores  Circuit. ...  M.  G.  Caldwell 

Branchville  "   T.  J.  Jenkins  Orangeburg  "  ...D.  T.  McDaniel 


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Centre  Hill  Cir  L.  Lawrence 


Fort  Motte 
Felderville 
Edgefield 
Good  Hope 
Live  Oak 
Lewisville 
Mt.  Zion 
Mt.  Moriah 


 F.  Y.  Dendy 

....R.  S.  Campbell 

 W.  P.  VVarley 

....I.  W.  C.  Mintz 

 ...A.  Isaacs 

 J.  S.  Parker 

 G.  H.  Brown 

..L.  A.  McCaslin 


Parlorville  Cir  William  Dozier 

St.  Matthews"   A.  J.  Williams 

Limestone  Mis...M.  L.  Blackman 

Pisgah  J.  H.  Byrd 

Clinton  W^ard  M.  Wilson 

Mill  Spring  J.  H.  Goudy 

Leesville  T.  M.  Freeman 

(  Richardsonville  and  Meeting  st. 

(  Mission  D.  A.  Christie 


Newberry  District — Rev.  H.  Young,  Presiding  Elder. 


Newberry  Sta....Rev.  R.  E.  Wall 
Bethlehem  Cir   A.  J.  Corde. 


Clinton 

Fairview 

Goldville 

Laurens 

Mt.  Olive 

Newberry 


W.  T.  Burgess 

 H.  Long 

....  R.  C.  Irvin 
...  H.  E.  Lewis 

 N.  Childs 

.1.  Y.  Moragne 


Prosperity  Circuit... T.  F.  Harper 
St.  Mary's  "  ..G.  T.  Coleman 
St.  James         "  ...B.  W.  Boone 

Western  "   C.  L.  Archy 

Waterloo         "  ..P.  M.  Hartwell 

Wateree  "   E.  Williams 

Double  Spring  "  M.  A.  Anderson 


Sumter^District — Rev.  JS.  -H. 

Bishop  ville  Sta.  .Rev.  A.  E.  Gregory 

Cooterboro  "   J.  Jackson 

Sumter        "   T.  T.  B.  Reed 

Statesburg   "  J.  R.  Miller 

St.  Phillip's  "   J.  W.  Johnson 

Mt.  Olive    "  W.  H.  Smith 

Good  Will  Circuit  D.  E.  Smith 

High  Hill      "  ...  C.  R.  McGhee 

Mt.  Pleasant  "   M.  Latta 

Mayesville     "  ..G.  T.  Strickland 


Jefferson,  Presiding  Elder. 

St.  Luke  Circuit  L.  Pyles 

Rocky  Bluff  "   Z.  T.  Blake 

Camden  Mission  S.  Duckett 

Fairgrove    "   C.  H.  Pompey 

g  Magnolia     "   A.  Bradford 

Providence  "  J.  H.  Kiett 

Bishopville  "   W.  H.  Greggs 

Willow  Grove  Mis...E.  W.  Dicks 

St.  Lewis  Mis   C.  C.  Bowen 

Wateree  &  St.  Philips. T.L.Lowrey 


REV.  PENN  BROOKE  BRADDOCK, 
Presiding  Elder  of  Jacksonville  District,  East 
Florida  Conference. 


REV.  THOMAS  W.  LONG, 
Presiding  Elder  of  the  Enterprise  District, 
East  Florida  Conference. 


REV.  J.  J.  SAWYER, 
St.  Augustine,  Florida. 


REV.  W.  W.  SAMPSON, 
Secretary  of  Florida  Conference  1881-2-3. 


REV.  A.  J.  KERSHAW, 
Presiding  Elder  of  the  Monticello  District,  Florida  Conference. 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  ANNUAL  CONFERENCES.  313 


STATISTICAL  TABLE,  1SSS 


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$  13 

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$     14  05 

$    14  10 

$   13  00 

$   14  50 



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Dollar  Money  

Pastor's  Support  

Presiding  Elder's  Salary  

496 

85 

372 

50 

522  30 

441  40 

498  50 

569  00 

922  15 

2340 

75 

4733 

68 

858  43 

3444  83 

2987  73 

5802  31 

6698  24 

716 

55 

869 

58 

868  36 

596  45 

896  50 

1059  70 

910  20 

Pres.  Elder's  Tray'ng  Expenses 

45 

32 

83 

60 

97  35 

70-50 

96  00 

80  65 

114  75 

Building  Purposes  and  Repairs 

1043 

91 

1858 

09 

2371  10 

1754  75 

2884  45 

2016  77 

1772  38 

338 

10 

638 

09 

806  93 

1474  29 

846  00 

880  30 

1753  40 

Home  and  Foreign  Missions  

37 

50 

30 

50 

44  36 

31  10 

79  26 

67  25 

169  18 

Mite  Mission  

25 

75 

25 

65  95 

2  50 

75 

2  00 

Children's  Day  

40 

39 

25 

75 

59  85 

69  90 

38  15 

126  53 

39 

45 

42 

02 

79  29 

42  20 

136  00 

69  20 

111  30 

8 

80 

53 

00 

74  90 

7  50 

2  00 

6  60 

42  50 

Charitable  Purposes  

150 

65 

6 

50 

24  95 

125  42 

183  29 

160  00 

140  30 

Special  Purposes  

85 

15 

12S 

17 

190  95 

70  29 

129  95 

382  75 

99  10 

Total  Amount  Collected  

6436 

48 

7367 

27 

12666  45 

64378  57 

2890  71 

10766  90 

9867  70 

No.  Members  

■  3846 

4879 

3025 

1755 

5396 

3573 

3551 

"  Probationers   

560 

896 

676 

684 

397 

1257 

1443 

"   Local  Preachers  

54 

63 

56 

43 

49 

39 

42 

•*   Local  Exhorters  

31 

23 

22 

13 

30' 

12 

29 

' 1  Stewards  

96 

280 

192 

153 

176 

185 

193 

•4  Stewardesses.....  

180 

346 

1T4 

127 

175 

179 

152 

in; 

196 

201 

168 

212 

170 

223 

'•  Leaders  

is  1 

175 

240 

207 

689 

297 

348 

Total  Membership  

2436 

5 

775 

3951 

2295 

1462 

4921 

4413 

1889    Twelfth  Session  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference  of  the  A. 
M.  E.  Church  convened  in  Bethel  A.  M.  E.  Church, 
Columbia,  S.  C,  December  3,  Rt.  Rev.  B.  W. 
Arnett,  D.  D.,  Bishop  Presiding. 

Devotional  exercises  conducted  by  the  Bishop.  Hymn,  "And 
are  we  yet  alive."  Prayer  by  Rev.  W.  D.  Johnson,  D.  D.,  Secretary 
of  Education.  Hymn,  "Jesus  the  name  high  over  all."  Scripture 
lesson,  1  Cor.  xii,  1-6.    Ritual  by  Dr.  L.  J.  Coppin. 

Secretaries — Revs.  D.  H.  Johnson,  D.  T.  McDaniel,  C.  S.  Bradley. 

Marshals— W.  H.  Smith,  G.  W.  Martin,  A.  J.  Corde. 

Messenger — Cr  M.  Crosby. 

Reporters — D.  H.  Bowen  and  H.  E.  Lewis. 

Stenographer — General  T.  Morris  Chester. 

General  Officers — Rev.  L.  J.  Coppin,  Editor  of  Review;  J.  C. 
Embry,  Manager,  etc.;  W.  D.  Johnson,  Secretary  of  Education. 

Admissions — D.  A.  Christie,  H.  H.  Hayne,  W.  P.  Anderson,  J. 


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M.  Harrison,  P.  M.  Howard,  D.  J.  Brown,  L.  S.  Burnett,  Alex  Wash- 
ington, S.  P.  Martin,  S.  P.  Spencer,  H.  C.  DeLaine,  F.  G.  Young, 
J.  R.  Simmons,  D.  B.  Kinard,  N.  W.  Willis,  J.  C.  McEadie,  W.  M. 
Makins,  J.  C.  Flood,  L.  F.  Vance. 

Ordinations — Deacons :  M.  A.  Anderson,  T.  Sumter,  D.  A.  Bel- 
ton,  W.  S.  White,  R.  F.  Roberson,  Powell  Odom. 

Elders:  Rev.  C.  F.  Brogden,  A.  Bradford,  F.  J.  Player,  T.  M. 
Freeman,  J.  S.  Perrin,  C.  R.  McGhee,  J.  B.  Wideman,  L.  A.  McCas- 
land,  I.  W.  C.  Mintz,  A.  Isaacs,  A.  J.  Hampton,  E.  T.  Williams,  A. 
J.  Corde,  G.  W.  Martin,  D.  C.  Calhoun,  H.  D.  Dorroh,  C.  J.  Shaw, 
L.  Pyles,  J.  F.  Wimms,  A.  J.  C.  Johnson,  W.  P.  Warley. 

Deaths — Isaac  Cooke,  I.  S.  Parker 

Trustees  of  Wilberforce  University — Rev.  C.  C.  Dunlap,  A.  B.; 
Rev.  R.  C.  Irvin,  Rev.  E.  H.  Wilson.  Laymen :  Prof.  A.  J.  Jami- 
son, A.  B.,  LL.  B.;  Prof.  J.  W.  Morris,  A.  M.,  LL.  B. 

Trustees  of  Allen  University — Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson,  D.  P.;  Rev. 
H.  Young,  Rev.  R.  E.  Wall,  D.  D.,  Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  Rev.  S. 
H.  Jefferson/  Rev.  J.  W.  Lykes,  Rev.  W.  D.  Chappelle,  A.  B. 

Local  Board  of  Education — Rev.  B.  J.  Ramsey,  R.  H.  Perrin, 
C.  S.  Bradley,  Prof.  T.  A.  Saxon  and  W.  W.  Fisher. 

S.  S.  Managers— Revs.  D.  H.  Johnson,  F.  Y.  Dendy  and  A.  J. 
Hunter,  A.  B. 

Missionary  Committeeman — Rev.  W.  D.  Chappelle,  A.  B. 

APPOINTMENTS  FOR  1 889. 

Abbeville  District — Rev.  W.  M.  Thomas,  Presiding  Elder. 


Abbeville  Sta..Rev  C.  C.  Dunlap 

Greenwood"   D.  R.  Edwards 

Bradley  Circuit  C.  S.  Bradley 

Bailey  Bethel  Cir...  B.  J.  Ramsey 
Cokesbury       "...D.  H.  Johnson 

Clear  Spring    "  D.  J.  Meams 

Lowndesville    "  J.  T.  Stewart 

Mt.  Zion  "  ...A.  A.  Moore 
Mt.  Carmel  "  ..G.  W.  Marshall 
McCormick      "  ..I.  Y.  Moragne 


Ninety  Six  Circuit        R.  C.  Irvin 

St  John's        "   R.  H.  Perrin 

Warrenton      "   J.  T.  Baker 

Parksville  Mission. .T.  P.  Pvomans 

Rock  Hill     "   R.  H.  Bradley 

Antreville  Circuit  A.  E.  Trapp 

Modock        "   L.  S.  Burnett 

Diamond  Hill  Mission..  F.  Brown 
Oak  Grove         "  ...H.  C.  Lites 


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Orangeburg  District — Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson,  Presiding  Elder. 

St.  Matthews  Sta..D.  T.  McDaniel  Parlorville  Circuit...  L.  Lawrence 

Orangeburg  Circuit..  Levi  Watson  St.  Matthews  "  ...A.  J.  Williams 

Branchville      "  ...W.  P.  Warley    Limestone      "   J.  F.  Player 

Centre  Hill      "  ..R.  S.  Campbell    Lewiedale      "   M.  Welton 

Ft.  Motte         ".-J-  J-  Johnson     f  Leesville  and  Ridge  Spring  

Felderville        "  ..L.  A.  McCaslin     j   M.  G.  Caldwell 

Edgefield         "   H.  Long  (Johnston  and  Ward's  Mission 

North  Edgefield"  ..I.  W.  C.  Mintz     1  R-  H-  Frierson 

Good  Hope      "  ...J.  H.  Goudy  Mt  Pis§ah  Mis..M.  L.  Blackman 

Live  Oak         «   A.Isaacs  Meeting  Street"  ...F.  M.  Mattey 

Lewisville        "  ..T.  M.  Freeman  Hebron           "  ...H.  H.  Hayne 

Mt.  Zion  "  ...D.  M.  McGill    sPring  Hin      "   M-  w-  Willis 

Richardson ville"  ..  D.  L  Mitchell 


Sumter  District — Rev.  S.  H.  Tefferson,  "Presiding:  Elder. 


Bishopville  Station.. A.  E.  Gregory 

Cooterboro     "   E.  W.  Dicks 

Sumter  "  ...J.  G.  Sampson 

Statesburg  c<  ...Isaac  R.  Miller 
St.  Philips      "  ...I.  W:  Johnson 

Mt.  Olive       "   W.  H.  Smith 

Allen  Chapel  H.   D.  Dorroh 

High  Hill  Cir  C.  R.  McGhee 

Mt.  Pleasant"   M.  Latta 

Mayesville    "   C.  J.  Nichols 

St.  Luke      "   James  Jackson 


Rocky  Bluff  Circuit... D.  E.  Smith 
Camden  Mission... J.  M.  Harrison 

Fair  Grove  "   C.  H.  Pompey 

Magnolia    %"   L.  Pyles 

Providence  "    

Bishopville  "  J.  H.  Keitt 

Willow  Grove  Mis..Sam'l  Duckett 

St.  Lewis         "   S.  J.  Peay 

Wateree  &  St.  Philips  Mission 
 W.  D.  Gregg 


Columbia  District — Rev.  R.  E.  Wall,  Presiding  Elder. 


Columbia  Sta..Rev.  C.  M.  Crosby 

Winnsboro"   A.  Weston 

Bethlehem  Circuit.,  

Columbia  "  ...J.  H.  Williams 
Corley's  Chapel  Cir... J.  S.  Perrin 
Cedar  Grove  Cir... Dennis  Watson 

Lexington       "   C.  W.  Foster 

Mt.  Hebron    "   D.  S.  Rice 


Saluda  Circuit  P.  E.  Pompey 

St.  Peters  "   J.  R.  Martin 

Winnsboro  "   G.  K.  Lyles 

White  Hall  "   E.  W.  Williams 

Gadsden  Mission... W.  S.  Maxey 
'Mill  Creek  Cir... A.  J.  C.  Johnson 

Mt.  Moriah  "   Wm.  Cothrine 

Ridgway  Mission..  


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Providence  Circuit... D.  H.  Bowen  Chester  Mission. 
Shady  Grove  "  ..William  Dozier  Rawls  "  ... 
St.  Paul  "  ...D.  C.  Calhoun  Columbia 


Greenville  District — Rev.  J. 
Greenville  Sta..Rev.  A.  J.  Hunter 

Anderson  Cir  W.  H.  Copeland 

Antioch     "   G.  T.  Strickland 

Due  West  "  ...... W.  C.  Johnson 

Fish  Dam  "   W.  E.  Johnson 

Mt.  Carmel"   A.  J.  Hampton 

Pendleton  "   F.  Y.  Dendy 

Piedmont   "   H.  Thomas 

Sent  ca  Mission  J.  H.  Owens 

Union  Circuit  T.  J.  Jenkins 

Woodruff"   J.  B.  Wideman 


W.  Lykes,  Presiding  Elder. 
White  Hall  Cir.. A.  W.  Pinckney 
Caldwell        "  ..S.  H.  Alexander 

Greenville     "   J.  A.  Hurst 

Santuc  "  G.  W.  Martin 

Denver         "  .......J.  P.  Sanders 

Spartanburg  "   I.  H.  White 

Mt.  Zion       "   J.  F.  Wimms 

f  Easley  and  Central  Mission  

{    H.  Ellington 

Honea  Path  Mis..W.  Washington 
West  Minster  "  ...A.  Washington 


Manning  District — Rev.  W.  D.  Chappelle,  A.  B.,  Presiding  Elder. 

Manning  Sta..Rev.  E.  H.  Wilson  St.  James  Circuit... H.  M.  Boston 

Liberty  Hill"   G.  J.  Hamilton    Oaks  "   S.  W.  James 

Antioch  and  New  Hope  Circuit    St.  Marks     "   M.  M.  Martin 

 T.  T.  B.  Reed    Wedgefield   "   Thos.  Brown 

Forreston  Circuit. ..C.  F.  Brogden    Jordan  "   K.  H.  Harris 

Shiloh           "   P.  Hammitt  Lower  Salem4'  .....Robert  Harvin 

Legare  "   S.  Canty    Upper  Salem"   Samuel  Jones 

Packsville     "   I.  S.  Grant    Summerton   "   D.  H.  Allen 

Harvin  Mission  W.  McDuffie 


Newberry  District — Rev.  H 

dewberry  Sta  E.  D.  Spearman 

Newberry  Circuit... J.  F.  Jackson 
Prosperity 
St.  Mary's 
Silver  Street 
Clinton 
Goldville 
St.  James 
Chappell 


,...T.  F.  Harper 

 B.  W.  Bone 

 C.  L.  Archy 

...  W.  T.  Burgess 
...G.  T.  Coleman 
— T.  C.  Develin 
 E.  D.  Perrin 


Young,  Presiding  Elder. 

Mountville  Cir  P.  M.  Hartwell 

Waterloo      "   E.  Williams 

Pleasant  Grove  Cir... A.  J.  Corde 

Mt.  Olive  "   N.  Childs 

Laurens  Station  H.  E.  Lewis 

Wateree  Mission  H.  H.  Ely 

J  Boyd  and  Friendship  Mission 

{  M.  A.  Anderson 

St.  Paul  Mission  D.  B.  Kinard 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  ANNUAL  CONFERENCES. 


3*7 


STATISTICAL  TABLE  FOR  1889. 


Contingent  Money  

Dollar  Money  

Pastors  Salary  

Presiding  Elder's  Salary  

Presiding  Elder's  Trav.  Expenses. 

Bishop's  Traveling  Expenses  

Collected  Buildings  and  Repairs.. 

Amount  Indebtedness  

Missions  Home  and  Foreign  


Ladies'  Mite  Society  

Collected  Children's  Day  

Collected  Endowment  Day.. 
Collected  Daughter's  Conference 

Charitable  Purposes  

Special  Purposes  

Total  Amount  Collected  

Members   .*.  

Probationers  

Local  Preachers  

Exhorters  

Stewards  

Stewardesses.....  

Trustees  

Class  Leaders  

Total  Church  Members  

Died  

Adults  Baptized  

Infants  Baptized  

Marriages  

Churches  


No.  of  Parsonages  

Value  of  Parsonages  

Conversions  in  Church  

Number  of  Schools  

Value  of  School  Houses  

No.  of  Teachers  

Subscribers  Christian  Recorder  

Subscribers  Child's  Recorder  

Sabscribers  to  A,  M.  E.  Review.... 

No.  Sabbath  Schools  

Teachers  and  Officers...  

Number  of  Pupils  

Conversions  in  Sunday  Schools.... 

Vols,  in  Library  

Collected  for  S.  Schools  Purposes.. 

Kind  of  Literature  used  

Expended  for  S.  S.  Literature  


Abbeville  District ..  j 

Columbia  District.. 

Greenville  District. 

Manning  District... 

Newberry  District.. 

Orangeburg  Dist... 

Sumter  District  

$     18  50 

$   89  84 

$  13  00 

$   14  50 

$   14  20 

$   15  25 

$   15  85 

1042  _■) 

caa  An 

600  00 

336  00 

470  55 

854  65 

607  00 

390  58 

7203  82 

5298  54 

3927  14 

5420  02 

6300  47 

5266  00 

2881  75 

898  70 

957  70 

761  15 

976  15 

1022  65 

1210  35 

961  85 

46  30 

60  80 

29  25 

67  85 

74  55 

61  65 

46  47 

2494  69 

3025  30 

4039  47 

1846  22 

1522  75 

1861  13 

1183  48 

842  00 

452  85 

851  05 

519  00 

1037  80 

988  13 

701  60 

106  55 

45  30 

33  60 

38  50 

95  10 

86  23 

46  57 

25 

5  25 

1  05 

50 

1  00 

oO 

55 

8  30 

10 

86  94 

53  50 

69  88 

60  60 

78  4 

87  93 

47  89 

149  70 

79  60 

65  35 

91  96 

133  70 

116  77 

51  74 

38  50 

7  75 

4  00 

10  00 

12  30 

12  50 

219  75 

201  09 

87  05 

208  80 

290  95 

264  35 

225  31 

81  30 

265  65 

340  80 

110  50 

127  95 

277  35 

110  44 

14203  80 

10318  58 

8074  95 

8285  63 

10767  82 

11024  28 

5974  43 

4202 

3450 

186S 

3432 

3254 

3688 

3620 

1360 

624 

869 

572 

1346 

1600 

457 

58 

70 

44 

54 

42 

58 

67 

23 

1  Q 

i» 

23 

lb 

24 

39 

221 

212 

130 

161 

175 

202 

142 

183 

195 

147 

134 

181 

201 

160 

247 

250 

173 

187 

200 

206 

157 

429 

244 

220 

262 

343 

360 

266 

5562 

4064 

2737 

4006 

4600 

5288 

187 

121 

72 

65 

60 

96 

°"36 

390 

215 

126 

151 

190 

67 

184 

302 

335 

110 

583 

202 

277 

364 

63 

74 

54 

73 

79 

99 

58 

45 

45 

34 

32 

41 

26 

24232  00 

34805  00 

20010  00 

12890  00 

20250  00 

19211  00 

18525  00 

7 

6 

11 

10 

15 

8 

2045  00 

2475  00 

1500  00 

1650  00 

3130  00 

3267  00 

3800  00 

476 

401 

218 

248 

462 

•  386 

214 

33 

29 

21 

23 

24 

20 

10 

1335  00 

670  00 

1070  00 

1043  00 

2575  00 

775  00 

965  00 

36 

27 

25 

25 

31 

20 

11 

23 

13 

15 

14 

14 

21 

16 

61 

56 

3 

180 

53 

2 

9 

10 

13 

8 

13 

11 

12 

47 

54 

41 

32 

31 

45 

31 

307 

285 

204 

190 

233 

230 

206 

3557 

■  2640 

1953 

2185 

2676 

4059 

2390 

213 

144 

62 

45 

86 

184 

39 

2350 

2558 

1329 

1480 

1500 

3483 

2369 

555  15 

309  32 

307  00 

435  28 

430  45 

425  49 

342  00 

OURS. 

OURS 

OURS 

OURS 

OURS 

OURS 

OURS 

376  65 

137  80 

141  36 

158  75 

330  55 

201  40 

210  60 

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DEDICATED  TO  EMANUEL  A.  M.  E.  CHUECH,  CHAKLESTON,  S.  0., 
AT  THE  QUAKTO-CENTEMIAL,  MAT  15, 1890. 


BY  SAMUEL  G.  CROSS. 

Twenty-five  years  have  passed  and  gone, 

Since  R.  H.  Cain  blew  the  gospel  horn 

On  these  enchanted  grounds. 

Those  years  were  years  of  general  strife, 

When  men  were  hunted  for  their  life,  — — 

This  city  was  in  commotion. 

But  Elder  Cain  undaunted  went, 

Gathering  the  outcast  in  his  tent, 

Till  carried  before  General  Canby. 

He  stood  his  accusers  face  to  face, 

Advocating  for  his  down  trodden  race, 

Until  he  was  set  at  liberty. 

Then  marshaling  the  hosts  with  earnest  call, 

They  went  from  place,  from  hall  to  hall, 

Until  this  site  was  purchased. 

Men  and  women  worked  with  might  and  main ; 

For  above  the  din  was  heard  the  voice  of  Cain, 

Pleading  in  his  Saviour's  name, 

To  bring  in  some  of  their  treasures. 

Stately  rose  these  massive  walls, 

To  call  sinners ;  both  great  and  small, 

So  that  the  house  was  crowded. 

And  from  this  pulpit  was  proclaimed, 

The  tidings  of  great  joy  to  all  who  came, 

From  Reverends  Cain  and  Graham — 

Then  came  a  noble  host  of  Afric's  sons, 

Such  men  as  Revs.  Carr,  Brown  and  Salter, 

Sterrett,  Nichols  and  Williams  won 

Encomiums  from  this  Altar — 

These  walls,  dear  Sires,  enchantment  give 

In  answer  to  effectual  prayers ; 


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To  those  who  righteous  live — 

Around  this  Altar  thousands  came, 

Professing  aloud  the  Saviour's  name, 

And  joined  beneath  our  banner — 

Here  nuptial  vows  were  made  in  one, 

By  African  M.  E.'s  ordained  Son, 

Adults  and  infant's  were  baptized, 

Who  now  are  shouting  in  paradise, 

But  sweeter  still  to  memory  dear, 

Was  when  our  loved  ones  rested  here, 

Upon  their  silent  bier, 

While  funeral  hymns  were  singing. 

And  at  the  organ's  doleful  strains, 

WTe  wended  our  way  to  the  burial  ground 

And  laid  them  to  rest, 

On  the  Saviour's  breast, 

Till  the  trumpet  of  God  shall  sound. 

Emanuel !  dear  name,  you  have  stood  the  blast 

Of  these  twenty-five  years,  and  have  come  at  last, 

To  lay  a  new  corner  stone  ! 

All  Hail  to-day  !  Emanuel ! 

Thy  God  shall  within  thee  dwell ! 

And  generations  yet  unborn  shall  bring, 

Within  thy  courts  'their  offering. 


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BB  ©GRAPHICAL  SKETCH 


BENJAMIN  WILLIAM  ARNETT,  D.  D. 


I  am  indebted  and  under  many  obligations  to  Miss  Anna  L.  Arnett  for  the 
following  facts. — [Editor]  . 

Benj.  Wm.  Arnett  was  born  March  6th.  1838,  at  Brownville, 
Fayette  county,  Pa.  When  six  months  old  was  baptized  by  Samuel 
G.  Clingman,  of  the  Ohio  Annual  Conference.  Was  convicted  un- 
der the  preaching  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Lewis,  February  10th.  1856; 
converted  February  14th;  received  into  the  church  February  17th, 
by  Rev.  Leven  Gross,  of  the  Ohio  Conference  ;  licensed  to  preach 
March  30th,  1865,  by  Rev.  J.  D.  S.  Hall,  of  the  Baltimore  Confer- 
ence; preached  first  sermon  April  9th,  1865,  at  St.  Paul's  A.  M.  E. 
church,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  recommended  to  traveling  connection 
by  Rev.  William  B.  Lewis,  of  the  Ohio  Conference;  received  on  pro- 
bation April  16th,  1867,  by  Ohio  Annual  Conference,  at  Lexington, 
Ky.  ;  received  first  appointment  to  Walnut  Hills,  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
April  19th.  1867  ;  ordained  deacon  April  30th,  1868,  by  Wm.  Paul 
Quinn,  at  Columbus,  Ohio;  ordained  Elder  May  12th,  1870  by  Bis- 
hop D.  A.  Payne,  at  Xenia,  Ohio. 

Has  filled  the  following  appointments;  1867-8-9,  at  Walnut  Hills, 
O. ;  1870-1-2,  at  Toledo,  O. ;  1873-4-5,  at  Allen  Temple,  Cincinnati, 
O.;  1876-7,  at  St.  Paul,  Urbana,  O.;  1878-9,  at  St.  Paul,  Columbus, 
Ohio.  May,  1880,  was  elected  Financial  Secretary  of  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.  ;  May,  1884,  was  re-elected  Financial  Secre- 
tary at  Baltimore,  Md.  ;  1872  was  elected  Assistant  Secretary  of  Gen- 
eral Conference  at  Nashville,  Tenn;  in  May  1886,  was  elected  Secre- 
tary of  General  Conference,  at  Atlanta,  Ga.  ;  May,  1880,  was  re- 
elected Secretary  of  General  Conference ;  was  elected  Bishop  A.  M. 
E.  Church  May  19th,  at  General  Conference  held  in  Indianapolis, 
Ind.  ;  ordained  May  24th.  1888. 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES. 


32I 


Received  his  certificate  to  teach  school  December  19th,  1868-69, 
and  taught  off  and  on  until  187 1,  in  addition  to  his  pastorial  work. 
Was  a  member  of  National  Equal  Rights  League,  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
Oct.  4th,  1864,  Frederick  Douglass,  president.  Member  of  Equal 
Rights  convention,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Hon.  John  M.  Langston,  presi- 
dent. Was  secretary  of  National  convention,  Washington,  D.  C, 
Dec.  1866.  Hon.  John  M.  Langston,  president.  Chaplain  of  Na- 
tional Convention  of  Colored  Men,  Sept.  2d,  1882,  at  Louisville, 
Ky.,  Frederick  Douglass,  president.  Was  a  delegate  to  the  National 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  Convention,  Washington,  D.  C,  187 1,  Hen  John 
Wanamaker,  President.  Was  foreman  of  a  jury,  where  all  were 
white,  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  1872;  was  foreman  of  a  jury  composed  of  all 
colored  men  in  the  spring  of  1872,  Toledo,  Ohio.  Was  chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Resolutions  of  the  Congressional  Convention  in  1872, 
held  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  composed  of  five  counties,  nominated  I.  R. 
Sherwood.  He  was  appointed  recruiting  agent  by  special  order  No. 
178,  of  War  department,  Aug.  24th,  1863,  by  Geo.  L.  Stearns,  mayor 
and  A.  A.  G.  of  U.  S.  volunteers.  Was  fraternal  delegate  to  the 
Miami  convention  of  United  Brothers,  Aug.  12th,  1872,  at  Pleasant 
Ridge,  Ohio. 

His  connection  with  societies  began  with  the  organization  of  the 
Sons  of  Hannibal,  Brownsville,  Pa.,  1859;  organized  the  Sisters 
of  Protection,  June,  1859,  at  Brownsville,  Pa.  ;  in  August,  1859, 
organized  The  Mutual  Aid  Society,  composed  of  men  ;  111  1863 
organized  the  Brothers  and  Sisters  of  Love  and  Charity,  at 
Brownsville;  was  a  delegate  to  the  National  Grand  Tabernacle  in  1863, 
at  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  in  1864  organized  the  Faith  and  Hope  League 
of  Equal  Rights,  at  Brownsville,  Pa.,  and  one  at  Uniontown,  Washing- 
ton, Monongahela  City,  Allegheny  and  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  in  1865  was  a 
member  of  the  State  Equal  Rights  League,  of  Pennsylvania,  and  west- 
ern solicitor,  having  charge  of  twenty-two  counties;  in  1865,  organize- 
ed  a  joint  stock  company  and  started  a  store,  prepared  the  charter, 
which  passed  through  the  legislature;  in  June,  1865,  organized  Grand 
United  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  at  Brownsville,  Pa.  Since  then  has  or- 
ganized lodges  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  Cincinnati,  Walnut  Hills,  Urbana,  and 
Covington  and  Harrodsburg,Ky.;  was  a  member  of  committee  of  manage- 
ment in  1876,  of  Grand  United  Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  in  1874  was  grand 
orator  of  the  Good  Samaritan  and  Daughters  of  Samaria  for  the  states  of 


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Ohio  and  Indiana,  and  a  life  member  of  the  same ;  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Corinthian  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio  : 
raised  to  the  Sublime  Degree  Master  Mason,  Aug.  13th,  1875;  was 
Arched  in  Dec,  1877,  m  Gustava  chapter  of  Urbana,  Ohio  ;  Knight- 
ed by  the  Taylor  Commandery  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  1878;  was  Grand 
Orator  at  Biennial  Movable  committee  of  G.  U.  O.  O.  Fellows,  Cincin- 
nati, Oct.  15th,  1884;  was  Grand  Orator  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in 
1879;  was  Grand  Chaplain,  Royal  Arch  Chapter  of  the  State  of  Ohio, 
in  1879;  was  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Wise  Men  of  the  World  at 
Nashville,  Tenn.,  1882,  and  Grand  Lecturer  of  the  same;  was  Grand 
Lecturer  of  councils  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Immaculates  at 
Nashville,  Tenn.,  1883;  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Good 
Templars  1884,  and  was  District  Master  of  the  Sons  of  Temperance, 
1872,  at  Toledo,  Ohio;  a  member  of  the  United  Brothers  of  Friend- 
ship. The  Golden  Gate  Lodge,  of  San  Francisco  and  the  G.  U.  O. 
of  Odd  Fellows  gave  him  a  reception,  Oct.  j8th,  1886.  The  Central 
Republican  club  of  Sin  Francisco,  gave  him  a  farewell  meeting  at  the 
Wigwam,  Oct.  19th,  1886.  Was  vice-president  of  Republican  state 
convention,  1878  ;  delivered  one  of  the  race  faction  speeches  in  Music 
Hall,  Cincinnati;  was  a  member  of  Ohio  State  Sunday  School  Conven- 
tion at  Norwalk,  Ohio,  1878,  and  was  elected  vice-president  of  the 
same ;  was  elected  delegate  to  International  Sunday  School  Union  at 
Atlanta,  Ga. ,  1878,  and  at  Toronto,  Canada,  1881 ;  was  elected  by 
Sunday  School  Union  to  represent  them  at  the  Robert  Raike's  Centen- 
nial, London,  England,  1880;  elected  to  represent  the  Inter  Denomi- 
national S.  S.  Union,  of  South  Carolina,  at  the  World's  convention, 
London,  England,  July  2d,  1889;  was  a  member  of  reception  com- 
mittee to  welcome  Hon*.  James  G.  Blaine  to  Greene  county  in  1884; 
was  elected  to  Ohio  Legislature  to  represent  Greene  county,  1886-87  5 
was  the  author  of  the  bill  abolishing  the  "Black  Laws"  of  the  state, 
and  to  provide  for  teaching  of  scientific  temperance  in  all  the  schools. 

For  eight  years  he  edited  the  Budget  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church ; 
Total  number  of  volumes,  37.000;  total  number  of  pages  to  each  vol- 
ume, 1790  ;  grand  total  of  pages  in  all  editions,  12,984,000. 

The  total  number  of  different  Volumes  printed  by  him  19.  Total 
number  of  volumes  59,000,  of  3,394  pages  each.  Grand  total  number 
of  pages  in  all  editions  15,764,000. 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES. 


323 


He  is  now  editing  the  Quarto  Centenary  of  African  Methodism  in 
South  Carolina,  which  will  make  the  20th  number  of  books  or  pham- 
plets  edited  by  him. 

He  was  married  May,  25th,  1858,  to  Mary  Louisa  Gordon,  at 
Brownsville,  Pa.,  and  they  have  the  following  children  :  Alonzo,  now 
clerking  in  the  Sunday  School  Union,  at  Nashville,  Tenn. ,  Ben.  W. 
Jr.,  President  of  Edward  Waters  University,  at  Jacksonville,  Fla. 
Henry  Y.,  Professor  of  Mathematics,  at  Allen  University,  Columbia, 
S.  C.  Anna  L.,  Music  Teacher  and  Private  Secretary  of  her  father. 
Alphonso  T.  and  Flossie  G. ,  attending  school  and  Daniel  A.  Payne 
"  Captain  of  Arnett  House." 

May  25th,  1890,  he  responded  to  the  welcome  address  of  Hon. 
James  A.  Beaver,  Governor  of  Pennsylvania,  at  the  Inter-National  S. 
S.  Convention,  at  Pittsburg  Pa. 

He  was  elected  and  is  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents  of  the  Inter- 
National  S.  S.  Convention  until  1893.  . 

Delivered  an  address,  by  invitation,  before  the  Republican  State 
convention  of  Colorado,  Denver,  Sept.  28th,  1886. 

Was  one  of  the  invited  guests,  and  delivered  several  addresses 
at  the  Centennial  celebration  of  the  first  settlement  of  the  Northwest 
Territory,  April  7th,  1888,  at  Marietta,  Ohio. 

Delivered  the  oration  at  the  Jubilee  of  Freedom,  Sept.  2 2d,  1888 
at  the  Centennial  Exposition,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Delivered  an  address  in  the  House  of  Representatives  in  the 
state  of  Georgia,  before  the  Colored  Teachers'  Association,  Dec.  nth, 
1883. 

Was  a  member  of  the  Centennial  Conference  of  Methodists  at 
Baltimore,  Md.,  Dec.  24th,  1884,  and  delivered  an  address,  "The 
Mission  of  Methodism  to  the  Extremes  of  Society." 

Delivered  the  annual  address  before  the  college  societies  of  Wil- 
berforce  University,  June  19th.  1877. 

.  Delivered  the  annual  address  before  the  faculty,  students  and 
friends  of  the  Clafljn  University  and  the  Claflin  College  of  Agricul- 
ture and  Mechanical  Institute,  May  2 2d,  1889,  at  Orangeburg,  South 
Carolina. 

The  Ninth  Batallion  of  National  Guards,  commanded  by  Maj.  B. 
F.  Payne,  at  Wilmington,  Ohio,  July,  1887,  named  their  camp,  Camp 
Arnett. 


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Delivered  the  address  of  welcome  at  the  Sab-Tropical  Exposition 
at  Jacksonville,  Florida,  to  Hon.  Frederick  Dauglass,  in  behalf  of 
the  Board  of  directors  and  citizens,  on  April  4th  1889. 

He  now  occupies  the  following  positions  :  Presiding  Bishop  of 
the  States  of  South  Carolina  and  Florida,  of  the  A.  M.  E.  church  ; 
President  of  the  Board  of  Education  ;  President  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees of  Allen  University,  at  Columbia,  S.  C.  ;  President  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  Divinity  High  School,  Jacksonville,  Florida;  Vice  Presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Wilberforce  University ;  Vice  Presi- 
dent of  Executive  Board  of  Wilberforce  University  ;  Trustee  of  Ohio 
Normal  Industrial  School,  Wilberforce,  Ohio;  Life  Member  of  Bible 
Society,  Cincinnati,  since  1874  ;  Life  Member  of  Parent  Home,  a  Fore- 
ign Missionary  Society  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church;  Member  of  Archeolo- 
gical  and  Historical  Society  of  Ohio ;  President  of  the  Inter  Denomi- 
national Sunday  School  Union,  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  com- 
posed of  all  denominations,  representing  1636  Sunday  Schools,  8432 
teachers  and  officers,  121,814  pupils. 

During  the  session  of  the  General  Assembly  of  1886,  the  citizens 
of  Delaware,  Ohio,  invited  the  Governor,  Lieutenant  Governor,  State 
officers  and  a  number  of  the  members  of  the  Assembly  to  celebrate 
Lincoln's  birthday,  February  12th.  A  special  car  was  provided  for 
the  invited  guests,  but  Gov.  Foraker  took  sick  the  day  of  the  celebra- 
tion, and  was  unable  to  go.  The  rest  of  the  company  went,  but  the 
question  was:  "  Who  will  deliver  the  speech  of  the  Governor  at  the  re- 
ception at  the  Opera  House  ?  "  Prof.  Nelson,  of  Wesleyan  University, 
Chairman  of  the  Committee,  informed  Dr.  Arnett  between  Columbus 
and  Delaware  that  it  was  the  unanimous  wish  of  the  party  that  he 
take  the  Governor's  place  at  the  Opera  House.  He  accepted,  and 
delivered  the  speech,  and  the  following  poem  was  written  to  com- 
memorate that  event. 

ARNETT  GOVERNOR  FOR  AN  HOUR. 

BY  J.  S.  ELLIS. 

'Twas  eai-ly  in  the  spring  of  eighty-six, 

A  time  of  a  calm  in  politics, 
No  heated  campaigns  to  degrade  nor  allure. 

And  every  Statesman  in  his  seat  secure. 


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But  the  "  Boys  "  at  Delaware,  always  alert, 
Concluded  to  wave  the  Republican  shirt, 

And  "have  a  time  "  as  they  all  said, 
By  painting  the  old  town  a  glaring  red. 

Then  they  advertised  both  near  and  far, 
They  leased  a  press  and  chartered  a  car 

To  bring  the  speakers  from  the  Capitol  town 
Where  all  were  engaged  from  Governor  down. 

The  papers  were  crowded,  the  town  was  billed 
Until  every  bulletin  board  was  filled 

With  this  request  in  letters  bright, 

Come  hear  the  Governor  speak  to-night. 

But  time  rolled  on,  and  evening's  shade 
Brought  out  the  Boys  in  grand  parade 

The  streets  were  lined  with  great  and  small 
Whilst  thousands  gathered  at  the  hall. 

The  house  is  filled  with  brave  and  fair, 

The  band  strikes  up  a  lively  air, 
On  rostrum  seated  wise  and  great, 

But  "  where's  the  governor  ?  is  he  late  ?" 

He  has  not  come  he  is  not  here, 

Is  whispered  round  from  ear-to  ear, 
Where  is  the  man  to  take  his  place. 

Who  ?  who  ?  will  dare  this  audience  face. 

Just  then  there  steps  before  the  scene, 

Arnett,  the  loyal  man  from  Greene, 
A  shout  goes  up  throughout  the  crowd 

With  cheers  for  Arnett  long  ond  loud. 

With  quiet  unassuming  mien 

He  opens  up  in  maddest  strain, 
But  grows  in  eloquence  and  power 

Whilst  acting  Governor  for  an  hour. 

With  fair  and  honest  words  but  true 

He  held  all  parties  up  to  view 
Reviewing  their  acts  in  peace,  and  war, 

Whilst  he  was  acting  Governor. 

For  Arnett  and  victory  we  offer  three  cheers, 
The  people  would  trust  him,  aye  even  for  years, 

Instead  of  an  hour,  as  executive  chief, 

For  his  reign  was  as  bright  and  brilliant  as  brief. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES  OP  SOME  THE  MDTISTEKS  OP  SOUTH 

CAKOLINA. 


by  j.  d.  barksdale,  Secretary. 


REV.  S.  W.  BELLAMY. 

Rev.  S.  W.  Bellamy,  who  is  now  Presiding  Elder  of  the 
Beaufort  District,  joined  the  South  Carolina  Annual  Conference,  at 
Sumter,  S.  C. ,  in  1872,  and  was  appointed  to  the  Conway  Circuit, 
which  charge  he  held  during  1872  and  1873;  he  was  then  appointed 
to  Little  River  Mission,  and  remained  there  three  years.  He  was 
then  sent  back  to  Conway  and  stayed  there  two  years.  He  was  next 
appointed  to  Bucksville  Circuit,  where  he  served  for  three  years.  He 
then  served  two  years  in  the  Britton's  Neck  Circuit.  In  1884  he  was 
made  Presiding  Elder,  and  was  appointed  to  the  Mt.  Pleasant  District, 
and  served  four  years.  In  1888  he  was  appointed  Presiding  Elder  of 
the  Beaufort  District,  which  position  he  now  holds.  He  is  one  of  the 
leading  men  of  the  Conference,  and  is  manifesting  great  interest  in  the 
educational  work  of  the  Church,  especially  Allen  University. 


REV.  S.  F.  FLEGLER. 

Rev.  S.  F.  Flegler,  joined  the  South  Carolina  Annual  Conference 
in  the  year  187 1,  and  was  appointed  to  the  Monck's  Corner  Circuit. 
His  next  appointment  was  Pineville  Circuit,  where  he  served  one  year. 
He  was  then  senttoZion  and  Nebo  Circuit,  and  served  two  years.  In  1875 
he  was  sent  to  the  City  Mission,  in  Charleston,  and  also  to  the  Wal- 
terboro  Work.  In  1876  he  was  sent  to  the.Haynes  and  Shiloh  Circuit, 
He  then  went  to  Liberia,  Africa,  and  stayed  three  years,  then  return- 
ed and  was  appointed  to  Summerville,  where  he  remained  three  years. 
He  was  then  appointed  to  the  St.  James,  Goose  Creek  Circuit,  and 


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stayed  one  year.  In  1886  he  was  appointed  to  the  Marion  Station. 
In  1887  he  was  made  Presiding  Elder,  and  sent  to  the  Marion  District. 
In  1888  he  was  sent  to  the  Mt.  Pleasant  District,  where  he  is  "now 
holding  the  fort." 


REV.  R.  C.  WILLIAMS. 

Rev.  R.  C.  Williams  joined  the  Conference  at  Aiken,  in  1882, 
andwas  sent  to  Reaines  Neck  Circuit,  in  1885,  where  he  remained 
three  years.  He  was  then  appointed  to  Hendersonville  Circuit,  Beau- 
fort County,  and  remained  two  years. 


REV.  J.  W.  WHITE. 

Rev.  J.  W.  White  filled  the  following  appointments  in  the  South 
Carolina  Conference :  Hickory  Hill  Circuit,  Mt  Pleasant  District, 
1873-74.  Monck's  Corner,  1875-76-77.  At  this  point  we  had  consider- 
able trouble  by  parties  seceding  from  the  Church,  and  tearing  said  church 
down  divided  the  lumber,  and  carried  away  forty  members.  By  legal 
course  we  recaptured  the  forty,  also  two  churches  whose  numerical 
value  was  $190  as  a  payment  for  these  secessions.  Bonneau's  (1878) 
three  months.  Haynes  and  Shiloh,  Charleston  District,'  [878. 
George's  Station,  1879-80-81.  Ridgeville  Circuit,  1882.  Mt.  Pleas- 
ant District,  McClellanville  Circuit,  1883-84.  Marion  District,  Flor- 
ence Circuit,  1885-86.  Centreville  Station,  1887-88-89.  Conway 
Station,  1890. 


REV.  JOHN  S.  SINGLETON. 

Rev.  John  S.  Singleton  joined  the  Conference  at  Charleston  in 
1869  and  was  ordained  Deacon,  having  served  the  church  two  years 
under  Rev.  R.  H.  Cain  as  superintendent  of  the  work.  He  then 
filled  an  appointment  at  Dorrill  Hill  Mission..  In  1870  he  was  sent 
to  Woodsville  Circuit  and  remained  three  years.  Since  then  he  has 
filled  the  following  appointments  :  St.  Thomas,  three  years.  •  South 
Santee,  two  years.  St.  Thomas,  again,  two  years.  Summersville, 
two  years.  St.  Georgie's,  two  years.  Pee  Dee,  two  years.  Olive 
Branch,  four  years. 


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REV.  R.  W.  SINCKLER. 

Rev.  R.  W.  Sinckler  was  born  at  Eutaw  Springs.  Converted  in 
1861  at  the  Springs.  In  1870  moved  to  Charleston  and  became  a 
local  preacher.  Attended  Wilberforce  several  years.  He  joined  the 
Conference  in  1868.  Was  ordained  Deacon  in  1878  at  Charleston,  S.  C. 
He  was  ordained  Elder  in  1876  at  Beaufort.  He  has  filled  the  follow- 
ing appointments:  Greenville,  two  years.  Pendleton,  two  years. 
Bacon's  Bridge,  Cooper  River,  Aiken,  Ridgeville  and  Target. 


REV.  MARCH  SINGLETON. 

Rev.  March  Singleton,  a  member  of  the  South  Carolina  Confer- 
ence, was  appointed  to  the  North  Santee  Circuit  in  1870,  and  has 
since  filled  the  following  appointments :  Pee  Dee  Circuit,  North  San- 
tee (again),  Gourdine's  Circuit,  Williamburg  Circuit,  North  Santee 
(3d  time),  Pee  Dee  (2d  time),  Winyah  Circuit.  All  these  circuits  are 
in  the  Georgetown  District. 


REV.  E.  H.  GOURDINE. 

Rev.  E.  H.  Gourdine  has  filled  the  following  appointments  :  Dar- 
lington/Florence  and  Marsh  Bluff.  Mills  Branch  Circuit,  Louisville 
Circuit,  Marion  Station.  P.  E.  of  Marion  District  two  years.  .  Pre- 
siding Elder  of  the  Statesburg  District  two  years.  Conwayboro, 
Haynes  and  Shiloh,  Edisto  Circuit,  St.  George  Circuit,  Target  and 
Dean  and  Walterboro,  covering  a  period  of  twenty  years. 


REV.  M.  R.  THOMAS. 

Rev.  M.  R.  Thomas  joined  the  Conference  in  1876  and  was  ap- 
pointed to  Eastern  Mission.  Since  then  he  has  served  the  following 
appointments :  Williamsburg  Circuit,  Sampit  Circuit,  Gapway,  Gour- 
dino,  Indiantown,  and  in  1888  he  was  sent  tofSampit  Circuit  again. 


REV.  EX-JUDGE  JOSEPH  E.  LEE,  A.  B.,  LL.  B. 
Born  September  15th,  1849,  Philadelphia,  Pa.    Dean  of  Law  Department  of  Edward 
Waters  College,  Jacksonville,  Florida. 


REV.  HON.  JOHN  R.  SCOTT,  Jr.,  B.  D. 
Member  of  Legislature.     Secretary  of  Annual 
Conference,  1889.     Professor  or  Homiletics 
in  Edward  Waters  College. 


REV.  J.  W.  DUKES, 
Pastor  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Ocalla,  Florida. 


PROF.  BENJAMIN  W.  ARNETT,  Jr.,  B.  A. 
President  of  the  Edward  Waters  College  Jacksonville,  Florida. 


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REV.  G.  W.  HILL. 

Rev.  G.  W.  Hill  filled  the  following  appointments :  Eutawville, 
two  years.     Robeson,  four  years.    White  Hall,  one  year. 


REV.  R.  R.  BRYANT. 

Rev.  R.  R.  Bryant  has  served  the  following  appointments  :  Sa- 
vannah River  Circuit,  two  years.  St.  Helena's  Island,  one  year. 
After  this  he  was  sent  back  to  the  Savannah  River  Circuit,  and  served 
two  years.  He  was  then  sent  to  the  Whitehall  Circuit,  and  served  two 
years.  He  was  then  appointed  to  Sheldon,  then  to  Hilton  Head,  to 
Monck's  Corner,  Cain's  Circuit.  He  held  a  charge  in  the  Marion  Dis- 
trict. He  was  then  sent  to  Pacific  Mission,  and  then  to  the  Savannah 
Circuit  the  third  time. 


REV.  J.  MONTGOMERY. 

Rev.  J.  Montgomery  has  filled  the  following  appointments : 
Bigger  Circuit,  Clarendon  County,  S.  C,  Union  Circuit,  Clarendon, 
Pine  Grove  Circuit,  Clarendon y  Legree  Circuit,  Statesburg,  Hampton 
County,  Circuit,  and  the  Marion  Circuit,  Marion  County,  S.  C. 
These  appointments  cover  a  period  of  eighteen  years. 


rev.  c.  w.  McQueen. 

Rev.  C.  W.  McQueen  was  born  Dec.  18,  1856,  at  Marion,  S.  C. 
He  began  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  Marion  County,  Sept.  12, 
1870,  and  continued  teaching  till  1886,  when  he  joined  the  South 
Carolina  Annual  Conference  setting  in  the  town  of  Marion.  On 
the  26th  of  November  of  the  same  year  he  was  appointed  by  the 
Presiding  Elder  (  Rev.  D.  J.  Lites)  to  take  charge  of  the  Bucksville 
Circuit  on  the  lower  part  of  the  Marion  District.  He  remained  there 
till  the  ensuing  Annual  Conference,  when  he  was  appointed  to  the 
Kingstree  Circuit,  where  he  was  kept  for  three  years,  and  then  ap- 
pointed to  the  Bowhicket  Circuit,  which  charge  he  now  holds.  He 


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was  ordained  deacon  at  the  Conference  setting  in  Mt.  Zion  Church, 
Charleston,  S.  C,  in  1888,  by  Bishop  T.  M.  D.  Ward,  "assisted  by 
Bishops  Turner  and  Campbell.  He  was  ordained  Elder  at  the  Con- 
ference setting  in  Aiken,  S.  C,  in  1889,  by  Bishop  •  B.  W.  Arnett, 
D.  D. 


REV.  L.  L.  CARSON. 

Rev.  L.  L.  Carson  joined  the  S.  C.  Conference  in  1884,  and  has 
filled  the  following  appointments.  Crassy  Hill  in  1884,  Lambs  Mis- 
sion 1885,  1886,  [887,  and  Mt.  Holly  in  1888  and  1889. 


REV.  WM.  STEELE. 
Rev.  Wm.  Steele  was  appointed  to  the  Black  River  Circuit  in 
1886,  and  to  the  Johnsonville  Circuit  in  1887,  and  to  the  Gapway  Cir- 
cuit in  1888  and  1889. 


REV.  C.  SMALLS. 

Rev.  C.  Smalls  was  born  in  1820,  age  69.  Joined  the  Confer- 
ence in  1866,  and  has  held  the  following  appointments.  St.  James 
and  Goose  Creek,  three  yenrs.  East  Cambahee,  two  years.  Edisto, 
three  years.  Wadmalaw,  three  years.  Beaufort  County,  three  years. 
White  Hall,  one  year.  Target  and  Dean  Swamp,  one  year.  St. 
Andrew's  Parish,  one  year.  Level  Green,  one  year,  and  Little  River 
one  year. 


REV.  D.  L.  JENKINS. 
Rev.  D.  L.   Jenkins  has  held  the  following  charges:  Trinity 
Mission,  1884- 1886.    Charleston  Circuit,   1887- 1889,  in  the  Charles- 
ton District. 


REV.  T.  B.  BARNWELL. 

Rev.  T.  B.  Barnwell  joined  the  Conference  at  Charleston,  S.  C, 
in  1883,  and  was  sent  to  the  Pacific  Mission  where  he  remained  two 
years.  He  was  sent  to  St.  John's  Circuit  in  1885  and  1886,  and  to 
Brunson  Circuit  in  1887-88-89. 


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REV.  J.  S.  BARRE. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Barre  was  appointed  to  Eutawville  in  1886,  and  re- 
mained till  1888.  He  was  then  appointed  to  Graniteville  where  he 
is  now  stationed. 


REV.  E.  M.  GIBSON. 

Rev.  E.  M.  Gibson  has  filled  the  following  appointments  :  Straw- 
berry Ferry,  1867.  Charleston  Neck,  1868.  Clarendon  County  from 
1869  to  187 1.  Goose  Creek  Circuit  from  1872  to  1873.  Wassamasaw 
Circuit  from  1874  to  1875.  Edisto  Circuit  from  1876  to  1877.  Rich- 
land Circuit,  1878.  Olive  Branch  Circuit,  1879.  Jacksonboro  Cir- 
cuit, 1880  to  1881.  Hilton  Head,  1884.  Hickory  Hill,  1885  to 
1886.  Monck's  Corner  Circuit,  1887.  James  Island,  1888.  Jack- 
sonboro, again,  1889. 


REV.  H.  McD.  HALE. 

Rev.  H.  McD.  Hale  joined  the  traveling  connection  at  George- 
town m  1884,  and  has  served  the  following  charges  :  Indiantown  from 
1884  to  1885.  Gourdine  from  1886  to  1888,  and  was  appointed  to 
the  Pee;Dee  Circuit,  which  he  now  holds,  m  1889. 


REV.  W.  A.  HEYVVARD. 

Rev.  W.  A.  Heyward  joined  the  Church  in  Belton,  N.  C,  in 
1873,  and  w^s  converted  the  same  year.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  lamented  A.  T.  Carr,  of  South  Carolina.  He  joined  the  trav- 
eling connection  at  Aiken,  Feb.  5,  1882.  He  served  one  year  at  Mt. 
Pisgah  Mission,  Aiken  County,  S.  C.  Served  two  years  at  Graham's 
Jericho  Circuit,  three  years  at  Target  and  Dean  Circuits,  one  year  on 
the  Toogoodoo  Circuit,  and  one  year  on  die  North  Santee  Circuit, 
Georgetown  County,  S.  C. ,  where  he  is  now  stationed. 


REV.  W.  P.  CAROLINA. 

Rev.  W.  P.  Carolina  was  appointed  by  the  Presiding  Elder  (Rev. 
N.  B.  Sterrett,  D.  D.)  to  take  charge  of  the  Hymansville  Circuit  in 


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the  fall  of  1887  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  the  Rev.  A. 
Black  in  said  circuit.  He  met  the  ensuing  Annual  Conference  and 
was  reappointed  to  Hymansville,  where  he  remained  one  year.  In 
1889  he  was  sent  to  Gourdine  Circuit,  which  circuit  he  now  holds. 


REV.  JETHRO  T.  GIBBONS. 

Rev.  Jethro  T.  Gibbons  served  the  Robeson  Circuit  from  1887- 
1888,  and  the  Bucksville  Circuit,  1888-1889,  on  the  Marion  District. 


REV.  A.  BROWN. 

Rev.  A.  Brown  was  appointed  to  the  Darlington  Mission  in  1886, 
to  the  Socastie  Mission  in  1887,  to  the  St.  Luke  Mission  in  1888-89, 
on  the  Marion  District. 


REV.  M.  N.  THOMPSON. 

Rev.  M.  N.  Thompson  joined  the  Conference  at  Beaufort,  S.  C, 
in  1885.    His  first  appointment  was  at  Barnwell  C.  H.,  S.  C. 


REV.  W.  A.  HOLLAND. 

Rev.  W.  A.  Holland  served  the  following  appointments  :  Roberts- 
ville,  S.  C,  from  1881  to  1882.  Green  Pond,  S.  C,  from  1883  to 
1884.  Beaufort,  S.  C,  from  1885  to  1886.  Robertsville  again  from 
1887  to  1888,  and  then  he  was  sent  to  Bluffton  in  1889. 


REV.  JOS.  WRIGHT. 

Rev.  Jos.  Wright  was  appointed  to  Parker's  Ferry  in  1883.  He 
was  then  sent  to  Jehossee  from  1884  to  1885,  St.  Thomas  from  1886 
to  1888,  St.  Paul,  1889.  His  first  appointment  was  in  the  Edisto 
District.  His  second"  appointment  was  in  the  Edisto  District,  also  the 
fourth.    His  third  appointment  was  in  the  Mt.  Pleasant  District. 


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REV.  JAS.  R.  BOWENS. 

Rev  Jas.  R.  Bowens  joined  the  Conference  at  Abbeville,  S.  C, 
February  6,  1875.  He  was  sent  to  Winyah  in  1876  and  1877.  To 
Gapway  in  1878,  1879  and  in  1880.  To  Indiantown,  in  1881,  1882, 
1883  and  in  1884.  To  Waccamaw,  in  1885.  1886,  1887.  To  Nebo, 
in  1888.    To  South  John's  Island,  in  1889. 


REV.  S.  J.  BROWN. 

Rev.  S.  J.  Brown  joined  the  Conference  in  187 1.  Served  as  fol- 
lows :  Cooper  River,  1871,  1872.  Santee,  1873,  1875.  St.  Thomas, 
1876,  1877.  Edisto,  1878,  1881.  John's  Island,  1882,  1885.  Goose 
Creek,  1886.  1889. 


REV.  A.  HARRELL. 

Rev.  A.  Harrell  was  first  sent  to  Adam's  Run  Circuit,  in  1878 
and  1879.  In  1880  he  was  sent  to  Toogoodoo  Circuit.  In  1881  he 
was  appointed  to  South  John's  Island.  He  was  then  transferred  to  the 
Columbia  Conference  and  placed  in  charge  of  the  Mt.  Pleasant  Cir- 
cuit for  two  years,  1882  and  1883.  He  was  transferred  back  to  the 
South  Carolina  Conference  and  was  sent  to  St.  John's  Circuit  (in  1884.) 
He  was  appointed  to  Ashepoo  Mission  in  1885.  Graham  Turnout, 
1886,  and  Little  Rock  Circuit  in  1887  and  1888  in  the  Marion  District. 


REV.  S.  K.  HOWARD. 

Rev.  S.  K.  Howard  served  on  the  McClellanville  Circuit  from 
1872  to  1874.  Zion  and  Nebro  Circuit,  1875,  1877.  South  Santee, 
1878,  1880.  McClellansville  again,  1881,  1882.  Jehossee  Mission, 
1883.  Bon neaus  Circuit,  1884,  1886,  and  South  Santee  Circuit,  1887, 
1889. 


REV.  D.  T.  TAYLOR. 

Rev.  D.  T.  Taylor  joined  the  Conference  in  1871,  and  served  the 
Brunson  Circuit  two  years.    In  1873  he  was  sent  to  Allen  Chapel,  a 


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part  of  the  Royal  Island.  In  1874  he  was  appointed  to  the  Hilton 
Head  Circuit.  In  1875  t0  tne  Savannah  River  Circuit.  In  1876  to 
St.  Helena  Island.  In  1877  to  Bluffton  for  four  years.  In  1881  he 
was  appointed  to  the  Level  Green  work  in  Marion  District,  and  stayed 
there  two  years.  In  1883  he  was  removed  to  St.  Luke,  on  the  west 
side  of  the  great  Pee  Dee  river  and  served  one  year.  He  was  then 
sent  to  Lake  City,  1884,  1885.  He  was  appointed  to  St.  James  San- 
tee  in  1886,  1887  and  1888.  In  1889  he  was  sent  to  the  Nebo  and 
Zion  Circuit  in  the  Mt.  Pleasant  District. 


REV.  ANDREW  EVANS. 

Rev  Andrew  Evans  joined  the  Conference  in  1872  and  was  ap- 
pointed to  Target  and  Dean  Circuit,  to  St.  Andrews  1873,  to  Pee  Dee 
1874,  1875,  North  Santee  1876,  Waccamaw  1877,  Gourdines  1880, 
1881,  Gapway  1882,  1883.  Waccamaw  again  1884,  Black  River  Cir- 
cuit 1889. 


REV.  A.  W.  CRAWFORD 

Rev.  A.  W.  Crawford  joined  the  Conference  at  Marion  in  1886  : 
Appointed  to  the  Jordonsville  Mission.  In  1887  he  was  sent  to  the  St. 
John's  Mission.     1888  to  Monck's  Corner,  also  in  1889. 


BRO.  P.  N.  MOUZON. 

Bro.  P.  N.  Mouzon  joined  the  Conference  at  Georgetown,  Febru- 
ary 1889,  and  was  sent  to  Port  Royal,  Beaufort  District,  where  he  is 
serving  his  second  year. 


REV.  PETER  SMITH. 

Rev  Peter  Smith  was  appointed  to  Maysville  in  1888,  and  to  Je- 
hossee  in  1889.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Shorter  in  Beau- 
fort, S.  C  Ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Ward,  in  1888  in  Charleston, 
S.  C.    The  Conference  was  held  in  Mt.  Zion  A.  M.  E.  Church. 


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SKETCHES. 


BRO.  WILLIAM  P.  GRAHAM. 

Bro.  Wm.  P.  Graham  is  thirty-seven  years  old.  In  1886,  during 
the  interval  of  the  South  Carolina  A.  M.  E.  Conference,  he  was  taken 
up  by  Elder  Samuel  Washington  and  assigned  to  a  mission  on  Ladie's 
Island.  In  February,  1877.  he  met  the  Conference,  stood  his  examin- 
ation, was  admitted  on  trial,  and  assigned  back  to  the  same  mission. 
In  1888  he  met  the  Conference  again,  stood  examination  before  the 
First  Years"  Committee  and  was  recommended  to  the  second  years' 
class,  and  was  again  appointed  to  Ladie's  Island  Mission.  In  1889, 
he  was  coroner  of  Beaufort  County,  elected  by  the  Republicans  of  said 
county.  He  suffered  much  from  political,  persecution  and  was  incar- 
cerated in  the  count}-  jail  at  Beaufort  for  having  dared  to  stand  up  in 
defence  of  the  people's  rights  :  therefore  could  not  get  to  Conference 
last  year  and  was  left  without  an  appointment. 


REV.  G.  E.  MILES. 

Rev.  G.  E.  Miles  was  born  June  20,  1855.  He  was  converted 
Aug.  20,  1875,  and  joined  the  Conference  at  Georgetown  in  18S4. 
He  has  filled  the  following  appointments:  St.  John's  Circuit.  1884. 
Marion  Mission,  1885-86.  Britton's  Neck,  1887.  Bonneau's,  188S. 
St.  Thomas.  1889. 


REV.  HENRY  TAYLOR. 

Rev.  Henry  Taylor  joined  the  Conference  in  Charleston.  He 
was  sent  to  St.  James  Santee.  1872-73.  He  then  served  at  South 
Santee  three  years,  St.  James  Santee  two  years,  Christ  Church  Parish 
two  years,  Bonneau's  three  years,  South  Santee  three  years,  and  Hick- 
ory Hill  three  years. 


REV.  C.  F.  NORTH. 

Rev.  C.  F.  North  has  filled  the  following  appointments:  1880, 
Robertsville  Circuit.  1881  and  1882.  Conway.  1883,  Brunson  Cir- 
cuit. 1884,  St.  James  Circuit.  1885-88,  Mt.  Pleasant  Circuit.  1889, 
McClellansville  Circuit. 


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BRO.  F.  C.  ALFORD. 

Bro.  F.  C.  Alford  was  born  at  Little  Rock,  Marion  County,  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1856;  converted  in  1875  ;  licensed  to  preach  in  1884.  He 
joined  the  Conference  at  Georgetown,  S.  C,  in  1889,  and  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  Darlington  Mission  in  the  Marion  District. 


REV.  JOSEPH  WOODWARD. 

Rev.  Joseph  Woodward  joined  the  Conference  in  1868.  Since 
that  time  he  has  held  the  following  charges  :  Britton's  Neck  five  years, 
Fork  Chapel  three  years,  Brown's  Creek  one  year,  Little  River  two 
years,  Conway  one  year,  Mar's  Bluff  two  years,  South  Santee  two 
years,  St.  Thomas  two  years,  Gapway  two  years,  and  Johnsonville 
one  year. 


REV.  P.  JENKINS. 

Rev.  P.  Jenkins  joined  the  traveling  connection  in  1870.  He 
has  filled  the  following  appointments  :  Wateree  one  year,  Jehosse 
three  years,  Parker's  Ferry  two  years,  Combahee  three  years,  Hilton 
Head  three  years,  Wadmalaw  three  years,  Jacksonboro  four  years, 
and  Willtown  two  years. 


REV.  S.  G.  CROSS. 

Rev.  S.  G.  Cross  was  appointed  to  St.  Helena  Circuit,  1880. 
Little  Bethel,  Savannah,  Ga.,  1881.  Sand  Valley,  Ga.,  1882.  Bluff 
Springs,  Ga.,  1883.  Graniteville,  S.  C,  1884.  Monck's  Corner, 
S.  C,  1885.  North  Santee,  1886.  Bluffton,  1887  and  1888.  Rob- 
ertsville,  1889. 


REV.  KITT  McHONEY. 

Rev.  Kitt  McHoney  joined  the  Conference  at  Charleston  in  1887. 
In  1888  he  was  sent  to  the  St.  John's  Mission.  In  1889  he  was  or- 
dained Deacon  and  returned  to  St.  John's  Mission. 


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REV.  P.  E.  GADSEN. 

Rev.  P.  E.  Gadsen  has  served  the  following  appointments  :  1872, 
Atapulcus,  Ga.  1873,  Fowltown  Circuit.  1874,  Quitman  Station. 
1875,  1876,  Bethel  Station.  1877,  1879,  St.  James  Tabernacle  Sta- 
tion. 1880,  1 881,  Darian  Station.  1882.  Cocran  Circuit.  1883- 
84,  Robertsville  Station,  S.  C.  1885-88,  Pipe  Creek  Circuit.  1889, 
Sheldon. 

REV.  I.  F.  GILLISON. 

Rev.  I.  F.  Gillison  has  filled  the  following  appointments  :  1882, 
Early  Branch  Mission.  1885,  Martin's  Mission.  1886,  Lake  City. 
1887,  Florence  Station.  1888,  Pacific  Mission.  1889,  Hardeeville 
Station. 


REV.  R.  T.  BULL. 

Rev.  R.  T.  Bull,  in  1883  appointed  to  Port  Royal,  and  re- 
appointed 111  1884.  1885,  appointed  to  Caanan  Circuit,  and  re- 
appointed in  1886.  1887,  appointed  to  Hilton  Head  Circuit,  and 
reappointed  in  1888-9. 


BRO.  JAS.  M.  SAXTON. 

Bro.  Jas.  M.  Saxton  joined  the  South  Carolina  Conference  at 
Georgetown  in  1889,  and  was  appointed  to  take  charge  of  the  Cedar 
Creek  Circuit  in  the  Georgetown  District.  He  connected  himself  with 
the  A.  M.  E.  Church  at  Beaufort,  S.  C,  in  1886. 


REV.  G.  M.  HOLLAND. 

Rev.  G.  M.  Holland  joinedthe  South  Carolina  Annual  Conference  at 
Sumter,  S.  C,  in  r88o,  and  was  appointed  to  the  Johnson  and  Hinton 
Circuit.  In  1881  he  was  sent  to  Hamburg.  1882  he  was  appointed 
to  Oglethorpe  Circuit,  Ga.  Whitehall  Circuit,  1883-85.  South 
John's  Island,  1886.  St.  Andrew's  Circuit,  1887.  St.  John's  Island 
Circuit,  1888-89, 


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REV.  S.  WASHINGTON. 

Rev.  S.  Washington  was  appointed  to  Sumter  Station  in  1874, 
Aiken  1875,  Georgetown  1876-80.  He  was  then  made  Presiding 
Elder,  and,  appointed  to  the  Georgetown  District  1881-83.  In  1884 
he  served  the  Morris  Brown  Station  (Charleston,  S.  C. )  He  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  Beaufort  District,  June,  1884,  and  served  until  1887. 
He  was  then  appointed  to  the  Marion  District,  which  position  he  now 
holds. 


REV.  S.  BASS. 

Rev.  S.  Bass  joined  the  Conference  in  1886.  He  was  first  ap- 
pointed to  St.  Luke  Circuit.  He  then  served  on  the  Britton  Neck 
Circuit  1888-89. 


REV.  JOHN  McRAE. 

Rev.  John  McRae  has  filled  the  following  appointments :  Rob- 
ertson, 1882-84.  McClellanville,  1885-86.  Branson's,  1887.  So- 
castee,  1888.    Union,  1889. 


REV.  S.  P.  RANDOLPH. 

Rev.  S.  P.  Randolph  joined  the  Conference  at  Columbia,  1870, 
and  has  filled  the  following  appointments :  Centersville  three  years, 
Robeson  two  years,  Level  Green  two  years,  Spartenburg  two  years, 
Long  Run  one  year,  Maysville  two  years,  Johnsonville  one  year,  Caa- 
nan  one  year,  Hardeeville  four  years  and  St.  John  one  year. 


REV.  JAMES  BUTLER  GREEN. 

Rev.  James  Butler  Green  joined  the  South  Carolina  Annual  Con- 
ference at  Beaufort  in  1879,  and  was  appointed  to  Mouck's  Corner 
Circuit  and  remained  there  1880-81.  He  then  served  at  Mt.  Pleasant 
1882-84,  St.  James  Santee  1885-86,  McClellanville  Circuit  1887, 
Green  Pond  Circuit  1888-89 


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REV.  TOHN  A.  SEALE. 

Rev.  John  A.  Seale  joined  the  Church  in  1876  and  wasconverted 
in  1877.  He  joined  the  Conference  in  1887,  and  was  appointed  to  the 
Cain's  Chapel  Circuit  in  the  Edisto  District. 


REV.  WILLIAM  F.  DENNISON. 

Rev.  William  F.  Dennison  joined  the  Conference  at  Georgetown, 
S.  C.  He  has  filled  the  following  appointments  :  Aiken,  Level  Green 
Circuit,  Marion  County.     He  has  been  in  this  circuit  three  years. 


REV.  G.  W.  MANCE. 

Rev.  G.  W.  Mance  has  filled  the  following  appointments  :  Bluff- 
ton,  1874.  Cokesbury  Mission,  1875-76.  St.  John's  Circuit,  1877. 
Robertsville  Circuit,  1878-79.  St.  John's  Circuit,  1880.  Union  Cir- 
cuit, 1881-82.  Hilton  Head,  1883.  Bluffton,  1884-86.  Graham 
and  Midway,  1887-88.    St.  Paul  Circuit,  1889. 


REV.  SAMUEL  S.  MILES. 

Rev.  Samuel  S.  Miles  was  born  Aug.  15,  1834,  and  joined  the 
Church  in  the  16th  year  of  his  age.  He  came  into  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church  in  the  month  of  June,  in  the  year  1868.  In  the  fall  of  said 
year  he  was  licensed  a  local  preacher.  He  joined  the  South  Carolina 
Conference  in  1869,  and  was  appointed  to  the  Lamb  Phosphate  Farm 
Mission,  April  11,  1870.  In  187 1  and  1872  he  was  sent  to  the  Flor- 
ence Circuit.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in  1873,  and  appointed  to 
the  Cainhoy  Circuit.  In  1875  ne  was  sent  to  the  Salem  Mission.  He 
was  then  stationed  at  Centersville  from  1876  to  1879.  He  served  at 
Hickory  Hill,  1880—81.  In  1882  he  was  appointed  to  Scranton  Mis- 
sion. In  1885  he  was  ordained  Elder  and  sent  to  the  Mt.  Pleasant 
Circuit,  and  remained  there  in  1885  and  1886.  He  served  on  Gra- 
hamville  Circuit  in  1887  and  1888.  In  1890  he  was  sent  to  the  East 
Combahee  Circuit,  where  he  is  now  stationed. 


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REV.  JAMES  MURRELL 

Rev.  James  Murrell  was  born  Dec.  15,  181 2.  He  joined  the 
Church  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years.  Was  converted  in  his  youth. 
He  served  as  a  leader  in  the  Church  for  forty-four  years.  He  was 
licensed  to  exhort  in  1866,  and  to  preach  in  1868.  He  joined  the 
South  Carolina  Conference  as  a  local  member  in  1873  an(^  was  ordained 
Deacon.  He  was  ordained  Local  Elder  in  1884  by  Bishop  Dickerson 
at  Georgetown,  S.  C.  Brother  Murrell  was  a  faithful  worker  in  the 
local  ministry.  He  assisted  greatly  in  the  development  of  African 
Methodism  in  Georgetown  County.  He  served  the  Church  at  Con- 
way one  year.  Brother  Murrell  departed  this  life  during  the  session 
of  the  last  Annual  Conference,  1889.  While  we  pen  this  brief  sketch 
of  his  life,  his  soul  is  bathing  in  seas  of  heavenly  rest.  "  The  debt  has 
been  paid,"  as  he  said  in  his  last  hours,  and  he  is  forever  at  rest.  He 
leaves  an  affectionate  wife  and  devoted  daughters  and  sons. 

He  wept  not  himself  that  his  warfare  was  done — 
The  battle  was  fought  and  the  victory  won ; 

But  he  whisper'd  of  those  whom  his  heart  clung  to  most, 
Tell  my  brethren  for  me  that  I  died  at  my  post. 

Victorious — his  fall — for  he  rose  as  he  fell, 

With  Jesus,  his  Master,  in  glory  to  dwell ; 
He  has  pass'd  o'er  the  stream,  and  has  reach'd  the  bright  coast, 

For  he  fell  like  a  martyr — he  died  at  his  post. 


REV.  L.  R.  NICHOLS. 

Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols  was  born  in  Raleigh,  N.  C,  Nov.  10,  1852, 
and  was  received  on  probation  in  St.  Paul's  A.  M.  E.  Church.  Raleigh, 
N.  C.j  in  1869.  He  was  converted  July  4,  1869,  and  the  following 
year  was  received  into  full  membership  (in  January).  Joined  the 
North  Carolina  Conference  in  1872,  being  taken  up  in  the  interval  by 
Presiding  Elder  George  W.  Brodie.  He  was  ordained  a  Deacon  at 
New  Berne  in  1874  by  Bishop  J.  P.  Campbell,  and  was  ordained  an 
Elder  in  1876  by  Bishop  John  M.  Brown  at  Raleigh,  N.  C.  In  1872 
he  was  appointed  to  Greensboro  and  Company  Shops  as  an  assistant 


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to  Presiding  Elder  Samuel  Brown.  In  1873-74-75  he  served  the 
Pittsboro  Circuit.  In  1876-77  he  served  the  Halilax  Circuit.  In 
November,  1878,  he  was  appointed  to  Magnolia  Circuit,  and  in  the 
the  same  year  was  transferred  to  the  South  Carolina  Conference  and 
stationed  at  Marion,  where  he  served  for  three  years.  In  1881  he 
was  appointed  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Marion  District.  In  1882  he 
was  appointed  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Charleston  District,  and  in  1883 
he  was  appointed  to  Emanuel  Station,  where  he  served  four  years. 
In  1887  he  was  appointed  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Edisto  District.  So 
he  has  served  the  Marion,  Charleston  and  Edisto  Districts. 


REV.  D.  J.  LITES. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Lexington  County,  South 
Carolina,  February,  1848.  One,  Mr.  Daniel  Leapheart,  who  was  a 
speculator,  brought  his  mother  from  North  Carolina  when  she  was 
eleven  years  old.  Two  years  after  his  birth  Daniel  Leapheart  died, 
and  a  Mr.  Phillips  Lites  bought  his  mother  and  himself  at  Leapheart's 
sale.  They  lived  with  him  three  years  and  he  died.  At  his  sale  Dr. 
B.  R.  Wyse  bought  them.  They  lived  with  him  until  the  emancipa- 
tion, after  which  he  went  to  the  blacksmith's  trade  and  carried  on  a 
small  farm.  He  joined  the  Lutheran  Church  when  but  a  lad.  In 
1869  he  joined  the  A.  M.  E.  Church,  under  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  I. 
Cougler,  pastor  at  the  time  of  the  Saluda  Circuit.  He  was  converted 
to  God  at  Batesburg,  S.  C.  in  187 1.  In  1873  ne  was  licensed  to 
exhort  by  Presiding  Elder  Rev.  Simon  Miller.  Rev.  E.  P.  Andrews 
was  pastor. 

He  began  to  work  in  the  Sunday  school,  and,  through  his  ener- 
gies, the  Leesville  Mission  was  wonderfully  built  up  through  the  Sun- 
day school.  He  was  superintendent  and  teacher.  February  8,  1874, 
he  was  licensed  to  preach.  He  relates  an  amusing  incident  concerning 
his  -'first  sermon.",  He  selected  a  text,  but  was  so  self-confident  that 
he  did  not  think  of  asking  the  Lord  to  help  him.  On  getting  to  the 
Church  he  found  that  he  had  forgotten  both  the  text  and  the  place  to 
find  it  in  the  Bible.  He  went  to  school  two  months  to  Mr.  R.  A. 
Leapheart,  his  eldest  brother.  In  1876  he  joined  the  South  Carolina 
Annual  Conference,  under  the  Rt.  Rev.  J.  P.  Campbell,  and  was 


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made  ' 'junior"  pastor  under  Rev.  M.  Williams,  in  the  Saluda  Circuit. 
Here  he  served  one  year,  and,  in  1877,  was  sent  from  the  Conference 
sitting  in  Columbia,  S.  C,  to  Fish  Dam  Mission  by  Bishop  J.  M. 
Brown. 

In  1878  the  Conference  met  in  Georgetown,  S.  C.  He  was  at 
this  Conference  elected  and  ordained  deacon.  From  this  Conference 
he  was  returned  to  Fish  Dam.  In  1879  tne  Conference  met  in  New- 
berry. From  here  he  was  sent  to  the  Mountville  Circuit.  At  the 
Conference  sitting  in  Columbia,  1880,  he  was  ordained  elder  and  re- 
turned to  the  Mountville  Circuit.  During  his  pastorate  of  two  years 
at  this  point  he  added  two  hundred  members  to  the  church.  In  1881 
the  Conference  met  in  Sumter,  S.  C,  Rt.  Rev.  William  F.  Dickerson 
presiding.  From  this  Conference  he  was  sent  to  the  Edgefield  Cir- 
cuit. Here  he  served  with  signal  success.  The  Conference  met  in 
1882  at  Winnsboro,  S.  C.    From  here  he  was  returned  to  Edgefield. 

In  1883  the  Conference  met  in  Spartanburg,  S.  C,  and  from 
here  he  was  appointed  to  the  Bishopville  Station  and  served  three  or 
four  months,  and  was  then  transferred  to  South  Carolina  Conference 
and  appointed  presiding  elder  of  the  Marion  District,  where  he  re- 
mained four  years.  In  1887  he  was  sent  from  the  Conference  sitting 
at  Charleston,  S.  C,  to  North  Santee  Circuit.  Again,  in  1888,  the 
Conference  met  in  Charleston,  and  he  was  returned  to  the  North  San- 
tee Circuit  by  Bishop  T.  M.  D.  Ward.  On  this  work  he  had  one 
hundred  and  fifty-eight  conversions  during  his  stay.  In  1889  the  Con- 
ference met  in  Georgetown,  S.  C,  and  from  here  he  was  sent  to  the 
Mount  Pleasant  Circuit,  by  Bishop  Arnett,  where  he  now  is. 


REV.  PAUL  HARREL  JOHNSON. 

Rev.  Paul  H.  Johnson,  son  of  John  and  Dealia  Johnson,  was 
born  a  slave  of  Harrel  Parks,  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  Aug.  5,  1840. 
He  was  the  first  boy  born  on  the  estate  for  over  eighteen  years.  He 
was  taken  from  his  parents  and  raised  in  the  master's  house  with  his 
children.  His  master  thought  so  much  of  him  that  he  would  have 
him  take  lessons  along  with  his  children,  saying,  "that  he  must  read 
and  write,  so  as  to  be  more  useful  to  his  son,  J.  S.  Parks.  After  five 
years  in  the  private  school  at  home,  his  master  put  him  to  the  carpen- 


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ter  trade.  In  1852.  when  about  twelve  years  old,  he  was  bound  to 
Mr.  J.  S.  Glover  for  seven  years.  The  first  four  years  of  that  time  he 
was  kept  going  to  Mr.  R.  Hopkins'  night  school,  and  paid  his  tuition 
himself.  In  1859  he  received  his  certificate  as  a  master  workman. 
In  1 86 1  he  was  employed  as  one  of  the  foreman  in  the  ship-yard, 
building  gunboats.  There  he  remained  for  over  two  years,  until  all 
were  finished.  In  1863  Confederate  Government  were  catching 
every  colored  man  the}-  could  find  to  build  batteries  in  front  of  the 
Federal  army.  Parks  then  got  troubled  about  him  and  took  him  to 
Troy,  Ala.,  that  he  might  finish  his  schooling.  That  lasted  only  ten 
months.  Parks  took  him  with  him  to  the  battle  of  Chickamauga,  Tenn. 
He  stayed  with  him  in  the  army  until  July,  1864.  when  Parks  got 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Peach  Tree,  near  Atlanta,  Ga.  Then  he  came 
home  and  got  married  to  Miss  Julia  A.  Glover  on  the  29th  of  Octo- 
ber. 1864.  being  engaged  to  her  for  many  years. 

In  1867  he  joined  Morris  Brown  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Charleston. 
S.  C.  under  Rev.  B.  H.  Williams.  Elder  R.  H.  Cain  was  pastor  of 
Emanuel  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  Charleston.  Elder  Cam  gathered  all 
of  the  young  men  who  claimed  that  they  had  been  called  to  the  min- 
istry and  organized  a  Theological  school  in  Liberty  Hall,  at  the  rear 
of  Morris  Brown  church,  and  appointed  Prof.  Cozier.  Dean.  He, 
knowing  that  he  was  called  of  God  to  preach  the  gospel,  joined  among 
the  first.  The  next  year  the  Annual  Conference,  sitting  in  Charleston, 
appointed  Rev.  T.  C.  M.  Gollms  principal,  assisted  by  Dr.  Cam  and 
the  Rev.  Bunch.  Thus  the  school  continued — teachers:  Rev.  H.  D. 
Edwards  and  Rev.  B.  H.  Williams. 

In  February,  1874.  he  joined  the  South  Carolina  Annual  Confer- 
ence at  Newberry.  S.  C,  under  Bishop  Campbell.  By  Bishop  Camp- 
bell he  was  appointed  to  the  Summerville  Circuit,  and  reappointed  in 
1875.  1°  February.  1876,  he  was  appointed  to  James  Island  Circuit 
by  Bishop  Campbell.  In  1877  and  1878  he  was  reappointed  by  Bish- 
op Brown,  and  by  him  he  was  appointed  to  John's  Island  Circuit  in 
1879,  and  was  reappointed  in  1880  and  1881  by  Bishop  Dickerson. 
He  was  appointed  to  Edisto  Circuit  in  1882.  August,  1882,  Rev.  A. 
T.  Carr.  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Edisto  Circuit,  died.  He  was  then 
appointed  Presiding  Elder  of  that  district  by  Bishop  Dickerson.  There 
he  served  as  Presiding  Elder  for  four  years  and  six  months.     In  1887 


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he  was  appointed  to  Toogoodoo  Circuit  by  Bishop  Shorter.  In  1888 
he  was  appointed  to  St.  Andrew's  Circuit  by  Bishop  Ward.  In  1889 
he  was  appointed  to  the  Pipe  Creek  Circuit  by  Bishop  Arnett.  In  1889 
(December)  the  Conference  met  in  Aiken,  S.  C,  and  from  there 
Bishop  Arnett  sent  him  to  the  Charleston  Mission. 


REV.  S.  J.  BROWN. 

Date  of  birth  not  known.  I  was  received  on  probation  in  i860, 
on  Cooper  River,  at  Bethel  M.  E.  Church,  South.  I  was  converted 
in  the  same  year  and  was  received  into  full  membership  the  same 
year.  Joined  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  1886.  I  joined  the  Conference 
in  1871,  and  was  ordained  a  Deacon  the  same  year  by  Bishop  Brown, 
and  was  ordained  an  Elder,  at  Georgetown,  in  1878,  by  Bishop  Brown. 
I  was  appointed  to  Cooper  River  1871-72.  In  1873-74-75  at  San- 
tee  Circuit.  To  St.  Thomas  in  1876-77.  To  Edisto  in  1878-79-80- 
81.  To  John's  Island  in  1882-83-84-85.  To  Goose  Creek  in  1886- 
87-88-89,  and  to  Green  Road  in  1890. 


REV.  ALEXANDER  RANSOM. 

Rev.  Alexander  Ransom,  son  of  John  R.  Ransom  and  Nellie 
Ann  Ransom,  was  born  Sept.  19,  1859,  in  Harry  County,  State  of 
South  Carolina,  at  Board  Landing,  on  the  Waccamaw  River.  Joined 
the  Church  in  1872  in  the  town  of  Conway,  S.  C,  and  converted  in 
1879  under  the  preaching  of  Rev.  E.  H.  Gourdine.  Received  into 
the  Church  by  Rev.  Gourdine.  Given  license  to  exhort  by  Rev.  B. 
H.  Williams,  Aug.  2,  1884,  in  the  town  of  Georgetown,  S.  C.  Given 
license  to  preach  by  Rev.  B.  H.  Williams,  Nov.  1,  1884,  in  the  town 
of  Georgetown,  S.  C.  Received  into  the  itineracy,  Feb.  13,  1885,  in 
Beaufort,  S.  C.  Ordained  Deacon,  Feb.  6,  1887,  by  Bishop  James 
A.  Shorter,  in  Emanuel  church,  Charleston,  S.  C.  Ordained  Elder, 
Feb.  3,  1889,  by  Bishop  Benjamin  W.  Arnett,  D.  D.,  in  Bethel  church, 
Georgetown,  S.  C.  Appointments  held  three :  Kingstree,  Black 
River,  Williamsburg.  Married  to  Miss  M.  A.  Harper,'  Jan.  6,  1887, 
in  Kingstree,  S.  C,  by  Rev.  F.  D.  Smith.    Preached  one  thousand 


REV.  JOHN  H.  WELSH,  D.  D., 
Dean  of  Theological  Department  Edward  Waters  University,  and  Pastor  of 
Mt.  Zion  Church,  Jacksonville,  Florida. 


ANNIE  L.  WELSH, 
-Teacher  in  Edward  Waters  College. 


MISS"  HELEN  D.  HANDY,  ;  i 
Music  Director  of  Edward  Waters  College. 


MISS  M.  E.  C.  SMITH, 
Teacher  in  Edward  Waters  College. 


REV.  E.  W.  JOHNSON,  Pensacola,  Fla. 
Secretary  of  Florida  Conference,  1889. 


REV.  D.  W.  GILLESLIE,  Orlando,  Flj, 
Secretary  of  East  Florida  Conference,  1889 


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sermons,  received  six  hundred  persons  into  the  Church,  baptized  147 
infants  and  adults,  gave  the  Lord's  Supper  forty  times,  buried  ninety- 
three  persons,  conversions,  three  hundred  ;  built  one  parsonage,  $375; 
paid  for  one  church  lot,  $500;  repaired  three  churches,  and  traveled 
5828  miles. 


REV.  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  HILL. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  May  17,  1850.  in  Dublin 
County.  X.  C.  He  joined  the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  February.  1866.  in 
which  year  he  was  happily  converted  to  the  Lord.  In  187 1  he  moved 
to  South  Carolina  and  connected  himself  with  the  Church  of  his  choice 
(A.  M.  E.  Chrrch).  In  1877  he  was  licensed  to  exhort,  and  in  1879 
was  licensed  to  preach.  Joined  the  Annual  Conference  in  1883,  in 
the  month  of  February,  at  Georgetown,  S.  C.  Was  ordained  Deacon 
at  the  Conference  sitting  in  Marion,  S.  C,  1885.  At  the  Conference 
sitting  in  Aiken.  S.  C  December.  1SS9.  he  was  ordained  Elder.  He 
has  held  the  following  appointments  :  Eutawville.  1883-84.  Roberts- 
ville,  1885-86-87. 


REV.  JAMES  DRAYTOX  BARKSDALE. 

Rev.  James  Drayton  Barksdale  was  born  near  Goldville,  Laurens 
County,  S.  C,  October  24,  i860.  He  was  baptized  in  infant  baptism 
in  1S67.  He  attended  the  free  common  school  in  his  native  county 
(  Laurens,  S.  C.  )  under  W.  H.  Rutherford.  The  system  then  was 
very  poor,  as  it  is  now  in  South  Carolina,  the  school  term  covering 
from  three  to  four  months  in  the  year.  His  parents  were  poor,  and 
this,  coupled  with  the  poor  school  system,  he  enjoyed  very  little  ad- 
vantages in  school.  But.  having  a  rich  mind,  coupled  with  an  indom- 
itable will,  he  applied  himself  early  in  life  to  what  we  may  call  here 
self- culture.  But  the  rule  he  acquired  some  years  ago  to  apply  him- 
self, in  a  private  way.  to  the  cultivation  of  one's  self  was  not  forgotten 
or  neglected,  and  before  he  reached  his  majority  he  was  licensed  to 
teach  in  the  free  common  schools,  in  which  capacity  he  labored  suc- 
cessfully and  successivelv  for  a  number  of  years.    He  stocd  hi^h 

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among  his  conferees,  who  always  looked  to  him  as  the  lexicon  of  scien- 
tific questions.  Wherever  examined  he  always  made  a  high  average 
as  a  first  grade  teacher. 

He  joined  the  African  M.  E.  Church  in  1878,  and  was  con- 
verted in  the  summer  of  1880.  In  three  years  from  the  time  he  joined 
the  Church  he  was  license  1.  by  Rev.  S.  H.  Jefferson,  as  a  local 
preacher  in  1881.  He  was  sent  in  the  early  spring  of  1882  to  supply 
the  Central  Mission.  He  labored  very  successfully  at  this  Mission  till 
December,  1882,  when  he  joined  the  Conference  at  Spartenburg,  S. 
C,  and  was  sent  to  the  Chester  Mission.  In  fact  he  was  sent  to 
Chester,  not  to  Chester  Mission,  for  there  we  had  no  members  nor 
Church.  Here  his  very  soul  was  tried.  He  stayed  here  three  months 
and  was  compelled  to  teach  to  make  a  support  for  himself  and  family. 
In  the  same  year,  at  the  District  Conference  of  the  Manning  District, 
held  at  Manning,  S.  C,  he  was  ordained  deacon,  by  Bishop  W.  T. 
Dickerson,  and  sent  to  the  Ebenezer  and  Shiloh  Circuit,  Union 
County,  S.  C.  He  remained  on  this  Circuit  till  the  sitting  of  the  Con- 
ference in  Greenwood,  S.  C,  December,  1883.  From  this  Confer- 
ence he  was  transferred  to  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  which  met 
in  Georgetown,  S.  C,  February  13,  1884.  He  was  appointed  from 
this  conference  to  the  Sheldon  Circuit  and  served  it  one  year.  Here 
he  and  the  whole  family  suffered  from  chills  and  fever.  We  may  ac- 
count for  this  in  this  way  :  Rev.  Barksdale  and  wife  were  from  the 
upper  portion  of  the  State,  and,  of  course,  could  not  remain  in  the 
lower  portion  without  danger  of  taking  the  swamp  fever,  especially  in 
such  a  part  of  the  country  as  Beaufort  County.  He  was  forced  to  re- 
main here  irrespective  of  consequences,  for,  be  it  known,  that  his 
former  appointments  were  all  Mission  work,  and  Sheldon  was  no  ex- 
ception to  the  order  of  things  heretofore.  He  remained  here  one 
year,  and,  at  the  Conference  sitting  in  Beaufort,  S.  C,  February,  1885, 
he  was  ordained  Elder,  by  Bishop  Shorter,  and  appointed  to  the  Cen- 
treville  Station.  He  served  here  two  years  with  satisfaction  to  the 
whole  congregation.  He  finished  in  fine  style  here  the  Church,  re- 
modelled the  Parsonage,  besides  other  improvements  made  in  the 
charge  during  his  two  years  stay.  At  the  Conference  sitting  in  Eman- 
uel Church,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1887,  he  was  sent  to  Bucksville,  S.  C, 
and  served  one  year.  At  the  Conference  sitting  in  Mt.  Zion  Church, 
Charleston,  S.  C,  1888,  he  was  removed  from  Bucksville  and  sent  to 


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Summerville.  S.  C,  where  he  stayed  two  years.  H  re  he  completed 
the  Church,  furnished  it  nicely,  painted  it.  and  in  November,  1889.  it 
was  dedicated  by  Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett.  From  the  Conference  sitting 
in  Aiken,  S.  C,  December  n,  1889,  he  was  elected  Secretary  of  the 
Statistical  and  Biographical  Department  of  the  Quarto  Centennial  of 
African  Methodism  in  the  State  of  South  Carolina.  From  this  Con- 
ference he  was  sent  to  the  Georgetown  Station,  Georgetown,  S.  C. 
He  has  served  on  the  Dollar  Money  Committee  almost  from  the  time 
he  entered  the  S.  C.  Conference  till  now.  He  was  elected  Secretary  of 
the  Quarto  Centennial,  held  in  Charleston.  S.  C. ,  Ma\  15,  1890.  He 
is  a  fine  penman,  a  good  thinker,  a  forcible  writer  and  a  philosophical 
reasoner.  As  a  preacher  he  is  calm,  earnest  and  pointed.  He 
preaches  without  notes  or  manuscripts,  and  always  leaves  a  good  im- 
pression in  the  minds  of  his  congregation.  Rev.  Barksdale  is  a  fine 
scholar,  is  studious — rigidly  so.  His  -;pet*'  studies  are  the  sciences; 
in  these,  philosophy  and  astronomy  are  the  "pets"  he  loves  most, 
and,  indeed,  in  them  he  is  fine.  Well-  we  have  met  him  so  often, 
have  spent  weeks  at  his  home,  and  in  Conferences  we  have  watched 
this  man,  but  have  found  him,  at  home  and  abroad,  a  straightforward, 
unassuming,  gentle,  kind  and  loving,  James  Drayton  Barksdale. 

His  case  sets  a  quietus  forever  on  the  plea  of  so  many  young 
men,  "I  hadn't  the  chance  to  go  to  school,"  etc.  With  such  men  as 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  there  is  no  Alps.  Regardless  of  all  the  diffi- 
culties with  which  he  had  to  contend,  he  is  to-day  quite  the  equal  of 
any  man  in  our  ministry  in  South  Carolina,  in  general  scholarship,  and 
stands  without  a  single  superior  in  a  rigid  knowledge  of  the  natural 
sciences,  having  received  high  compliments  from  many  white  men  of 
scholarship  and  such  scholars  of  the  Church  as  Bishops  Dickerson  and 
Turner.  If  he  lives,  he  is  destined  to  stand  in  the  very  front  rank  of 
the  ministry  of  the  Church. 


'  REV.  R.  C.  WILLIAMS. 

Rev.  R.  C.  Williams  was  received  in  the  Church  in  1876.  by  Rev. 
J.  B.  Butler.  In  the  same  year  was  made  Sunday  School  teacher. 
In  1880  was  licensed  to  exhort  and  in  1881  was  licensed  to  preach 
under  the  pastoral  care  of  Rev.  S.  R.  Levine,  Rev.   J.  E.  Hayne 


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Presiding  Elder.  In  1882  he  joined  the  Conference  at  Aiken,  S.  C, 
under  Bishop  Dickerson,  and  was  sent  to  Martin's  Mission, 
and  served  1883-84.  In  1885  was  sent  to  Reanes  Neck  by  Bishop 
Shorter,  where  he  served  during  1886  and  1887.  Was  ordained  Dea- 
con in  1886,  and  Elder  in  1887.  In  1888  and  1889  he  served  the 
Hendersonville  Mission.  At  present  (1890)  he  is  pastor  of  the 
St.  Paul  Circuit. 


REV.  THOMAS  E.  WILSON. 

Rev.  Thomas  E.  Wilson  was  born,  September,  1829.  When  a 
very  small  boy  he  heard  his  mother  singing,  "  We  hwe  a  valiant  sol- 
dier to  help  us  bear  our  cross."  This  made  a  lasting  impressiom  on 
the  mind  of  young  Thomas,  and  he  began  from  that  day  to  seek  the 
Lord.  His  mother  was  sold  away  from  him  while  he  was  still  a  small 
boy.  He  tells  how  he  used  to  go  out  and  look  on  the  ground  for  the 
foot-print  of  his  dear  mother,  feeling  that  if  he  could  put  his  foot  in 
her  track  he  would  be  good  like  she  was.  In  1845  he  was  put  to  the 
carpenter's  trade  under  a  Mr.  Frederick  Steinniyer.  He  seemed  to 
be  something  of  a  pious  man.  He  allowed  young  Thomas  to  go  to 
preaching.  While  in  attendance  to  a  camp  meeting  Thomas  was  again 
seriously  impressed  concerning  the  welfare  of  his  soul.  He  set  about 
to  find  the  Lord,  and  stopped  not  till  he  found  him.  In  1848  he 
joined  Trinity  M.  E.  Church  (South),  Charleston,  S.  C.  After  the 
emancipation  and  the  establishing  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  Charles- 
ton, he  was  one  of  the  first  to  join.  In  1867  he  was  licensed  to  ex- 
hort under  John  Grahim.  In  1867  he  was  also  licensed  to  preach 
under  Rev.  William  M.  Thomas.  In  1869  he  was  ordained  a  Deacon 
by  Bishop  John  M.  Brown.  Rev.  Wilson  has  proven  himself  a  most 
worthy  and  sincere  christian,  and  a  faithful  and  loyal  member  of  the 
church.     He  is  a  pious  and  exemplary  man. 


REV.  ISAIAH  F.  GILLISON. 


Born  at  Robertsville,  S.  C,  June  20,  1859.  Converted,  August, 
1870.    Joined  Mt.  Zion  A.  M.  E.  Church,  1875.    Joined  South  Car- 


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olina  Conference,  1882,  at  Aiken,  S.  C.  Ordained  Deacon,  1885, 
by  Rt.  Rev.  James  A.  Shorter.  Ordained  Elder  by  Rt.  Rev.  B.  W. 
Arnett,  D.  D.,  Ff  b.  5,  1889,  at  Georgetown,  S.  C.  My  first  appoint- 
ment was  at  Early  Branch  Mission,  one  year.  Martin's  Mission,  one 
year.  Graham  X  Road  Circuit,  Florence  Station,  Pacific  Mission, 
Hardeeville  Station. 


REV.  W.  H.  JENKINS. 

Rev.  VV.  H.  Jenkins  was  born  in  18 — .  Joined  Trinity  M.  E. 
Church  (South)  in  1847.  He  remained  in  this  church,  as  a  faithful  and 
consistent  christian,  until  he  saw  the  shackles  cut  loose  from  his  own 
and  the  hands  of  his  people.  In  1865,  when  Rev.  R.  H.  Cain  went 
to  Charleston  seeking  the  lost,  scattered  and  demoralized  negro,  Wm. 
H.  Jenkins  was  one  of  the  first  to  answer.  He  joined  Emanuel  in 
1865,  where  he  served  as  officer  for  many  years.  He  was  licensed  a 
local  preacher  in  1865.  When  Rev.  N.  B.  Sterrett  purchased  the 
present  Mt.  Zion,W.  H.  Jenkins  was  one  of  those  who  went  with  him 
to  that  church,  where  he  still  remains  a  consistent  member  and  officer. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Dickerson  in  1883,  and  Elder  by 
Bishop  Ward  in  1887. 


REV.  JAMES  T.  BAKER. 

Rev.  James  T.  Baker  was  born  in  South  Carolina.  Feb.  64  1835, 
at  3  o'clock  Sunday  evening,  on  the  East  corn  r  of  the  same  lot  upon 
which  the  State  House  is  located,  in  Columbia,  S.  C. 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE, 


QUARTO- CENTENNIAL  REPORTS. 


EMANUEL  CHURCH. 

Was  organized  in  September,  1865,  at  Polly  Plantation,  in  the 
carriage  house,  by  Rev.  Moses  Campbell,  who  served  7  years.  Rev. 
S.  Brown,  2  years.  Rev.  James  White,  2  years.  Rev.  E.  Mickey,  2 
years.  Rev.  C.  A.  Scott,  1  year.  Rev.  C.  Murphy,  2  years.  Rev. 
S.  Miles,  2  years.  Rev.  R.  VV.  Sinkler,  3  years.  Rev.  E.  Gibson, 
2  years.     Rev.  H.  Taylor  is  the  present  pastor. 

Local  Preachers — Moses  Johnson  was  licensed  by  Rev.  M. 
Campbell  in  1865.     Richard  Bryan,  S.  Brown,  Urias  Mathes. 

Trustees — Richard  Bryan,  Frank  Multurs,  Jos..  Rivers,  James 
Gould. 

Sunday  School  Officers — J.  L.  Bartley,  Supt.,  L.  Fludd,  S. 
Rivers,  J.  F.  Brown,  teachers. 


MONCK'S  CORNER. 

Irvin  Chapel  was  organized  by  Rev.  Moses  Campbell,  September 
1,  1865,  who  was  pastor  in  charge  for  7  years,  Rev.  S.  Brown  e 
year,  Rev.  Moses  Johnson  1  year,  Rev.  J.  S.  Singleton  2  years, 
Rev.  Edward  Mickey  2  years,  Rev.  A.  Scott  1  year,  Rev.  C.  Mur- 
frey  2  years,  Rev.  N.  Hills  1  year,  Rev.  N.  Smalls  2  years,  Rev.  R. 
W.  Sinkler  2  years,  Rev.  E.  Gipson  2  years,  and  Rev.  Henry  Taylor, 
who  is  the  present  pastor. 

Local  Preachers — The  list  of  the  first  local  preachers  of  this 
Church,  licensed  by  Rev.  Moses  Campbell,  in  1886:  Thomas  Taylor 
1866,  Moses  Johnson  1868,  Ladrus  White  1865,  Peter  Dent  1865. 

Trustees — 1866 — Sam.  Deas,  L.  White.  Present  Trustees — 
Wm.  Washington,  Simon  Creft. 


REPORTS  OF   LOCAL  CHURCHES. 


Stewardship — Appointed  by  Rev.  Moses  Campbell :  Isaac 
Grant.  Israel  Mathias,  Chas.  Taylor.  David  Brown. 

Sunday  School — Organized  by  Rev.  Moses  Campbell.  1865.  N. 
Moncroft.  Secretary. 

PROPERTY. 

Thomas  Scott  has  100  acres  of  land,  live  head  of  cattle,  one 
horse,  eighty  sheep,  one  cart,  fifty  chickens,  ten  hogs. 

E.  Matties — Eighteen  acres,  two  buildings,  one  mule,  one  cow, 
one  cart,  one  buggy,  one  clock  and  four  watches. 

Isaac  Grant — One  house,  four  and  three-fourths  acres,  one  mule, 
one  cart,  two  cows. 

Wm.  Washington — Fifteen  acres,  four  buildings,  one  cow.  one 

cart. 

Thomas  Taylor — Fourteen  acres,  one  house,  one  horse,  one  cart, 
one  dozen  poultry,  thirty-five  grand-children. 

David  Jones — Twenty  acres,  one  building. 

Samuel  Multure — Twenty  acres,  one  house. 

Paul  Xesbett — Twenty  acres,  one  building,  one  cow. 

I.  Mattis — Twelve  acres,  two  houses,  one  mule,  one  cart,  two 
cows. 

Member  Irvin — Fifteen  acres,  one  cow.  one  horse. 

E.  Cegar — Thirty-five  acres,  one  house,  one  ox. 

Tira  Nesbett — Ten  acres,  one  building,  one  cow. 

Charlotte  White — Twelve  acres,  one  building. 

Hannah  Deas — Ten  acres,  one  building. 

Andrew  Cegar — Twelve  acres,  one  building. 

D.  B.  Brown — Three  cows,  one  cart,  one  horse,  two  watches. 

Conversions — Thos.  Taylor,  age  69.  converted  thirty-nine  years: 
fudv  Bresbun,  age  70.  converted  thirty-nine  years  :  Wm.  Washington, 
age  63.  converted  1859  ;  David  Jones,  age  61.  converted  twenty-eight 
years. 


MEPKIND  CHURCH. 

Was  organized  in  1865  by  Rev.  Moses  Campbell  who  was  pastor 
7  years,  Rev.  S.  Brown  1  year.  Rev.  Moses  Johnson  1  year.  Rev.  J. 
S.  Singleton  2  years.  Rev.  Edward  Mickey  2  years,  Rev.  A.  Scott  1 


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year,  Rev.  C.  Murfrey  2  years,  Rev.  R.  W.  Sinkler  2  years,  Rev.  E. 
Gibson,  Rev.  H.  Tayler  who  is  the  present  pastor. 

Local  Preachers — Isaac  Giles,.  Cuffee  Richardson,  January 
Green. 

Trustees — Edward  Green,  William  Bumbugh,  Josh  Miligan, 
January  Green,  Horace  Reese. 

Stewards — Alex  Aiken,  Thomas  Sega,  July  Jackson. 

Sunday  School  Officers — March  Milligan,  Superintendent, 
James  Simmons,  Teacher. 

Property — January  Green  has  twenty  acres  of  land,  four  build- 
ings, one  ox,  one  clock,  and  one  watch. 


SAMPIT  CIRCUIT. 

Churches :  Cumberland,  Trinity  and  St.  Mary's.  M.  R.  Thomas, 
Pastor.  This  circuit  was  organized  in  1866  by  Rev.  Philip  Hartley. 
The  pastors  have  been  from  1866  to  1870,  P.  Hartley.  From  187 1 
to  1873,  P.  Dennison.  From  1874  to  1875,  Abram  Smith.  1876,  S. 
Green.  1877  to  1879,  M.  R.  Thomas.  1880  to  1882,  P.  Hartley. 
1883  to  1885,  W.  R.  Beemer.  1886  to  1887,  R.  R.  Monzon.  1888 
to  1889,  S.  Green.     1890,  M.  R.  Thomas. 

Local  Preachers  and  Exhorters — E.  P.  Wilson,  James  Har- 
vey, S.  Smith,  John  Johnson,  A.  Wilson,  Washington  Rutledge,  Cato 
Johnson,  Solomon  Ivers,  A.  M.  Davis,  Frank  Vanderhorst,  Cambred 
Bennett,  John  Williams. 

First  Trustees — Thomas  Wragg,  S.  Gadsden,  Samuel  Bryant, 
William  Hawkins,  E.  P.  Wilson,  C.  S.  Gadsden,  S.  Bryant,  A.  Wil- 
son, John  S.  Green,  E.  P.  Wilson,  S.  J.  Dobbins,  Coden  F.  Humphree, 
J.  Mayers,  York  Smith,  A.  Traper,  Benj.  Shaw,  Randal  Wineglass, 
S.  Sweet,  C.  Hamkin,  C.  Grant,  A.  Giles,  J.  Sheckelford,  Isaac 
Moide,  F.  Washington,  M.  Timmons,  John  Williams,  C.  Bennett,  M. 
Green. 

Sunday  School — E.  P.  Wilson,  A.  M.  Davis,  J.  B.  Hawkins, 
W.  I.  Gourdine,  Moses  Green,  M.  Gadsden,  Jackson  Myers.  Sun- 
day school  organized  by  Rev.  P.  Hartley. 

There  are  members  from  one  hundred  and  forty-six  families  be- 
longing to  the  church.     Engaged  in  farming  one  hundred  and  ten 


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families,  owning  1699  acres,  ten  horses,  three  mules,  eighty-five  cows, 
oxen,  etc.    There  are  owned  among  them  fifteen  watches. 

The  oldest  members  are  Thomas  Ragg  70,  S.  Gadsden  60,  A. 
Wilson  (age  unknown),  William  Hawkins  65,  Richard  Vanderhorst 
80,  Celia  Cooper  70.  • 


WILLIAMSBURG  CIRCUIT,  S.  CAROLINA  CONFERENCE. 


Alexander  Ransom,  Pastor. 


Name  of  Churches  :  Hopewell,  Jerusalem  and  St.  Luke.  Or- 
ganized 1868  by  Rev.  Thomas  Wilson.  Pastors:  Rev.  Thomas  Wil- 
son served  one  years,  Rev.  Jacob  Thomas  served  four  years,  Rev.  Ab- 
ram  Smith  served  two  years,  Rev.  M.  R.  Thomas  served  one  year, 
Rev.  Abram  Gordon  served  four  years  first  term,  and  three  years 
second  term.  Rev.  March  Singleton  served  three  years,  Rev.  E.  J. 
Gregg  served  one  year,  Rev.  J.  B.  Butler  served  two  years,  Rev. 
Alexander  Ransom  served  two  years. 

Local  Preachers  and  Exhorters — Samuel  Parmley,  Prince 
Davis,  Nathaniel  Hughes,  Anthany  Davis,  Monday  Rogers,  A.  H. 
Garland,  Prince  Hanna,  J.  W.  Brooks,  Gamaliel  Green,  Moses 
Hughes,  Daniel  Davis,  Alexander  Davis. 

Trustee  Board  and  all  Persons  who  were  Officials  at  the  Organiza- 
tion— Richard  Weaver,  Abner  Wright,  Winton  Edwards,  James  Men- 
sion,  Anthony  Davis. 

Present  Officers  of  the  Church  and  Sunday  Schools — J.  W. 
Brooks,  R.  J.  Morgan.  Abner  Wright,  Winton  Edwards,  Zachariah 
Falk,  A.  H.  Garland,  M.  R.  Breckton,  F.  B.  Davis,  Pinkny  Shells, 
Plenty  Aiken,  Frank  Green,  Abner  Parmly,  Andrew  .Mack,  Friday 
Cokely,  James  Mension,  Davis  Fulmore,  Norace  Cokely,  Stephen 
Melvin,  H.  C.  Clemmon,  Cupid  Carr,  Alexander  Davis,  Daniel  Davis, 
Richard  Harvin,  James  Ford,  Joseph  Weston,  Lewis  Williams,  Wes- 
ley Swinton. 

Sunday  Schools  organized  by  Rev.  Thomas  Wilson  and  others. 

Number  of  families,  170.  Number  of  lots  and  houses  owned  by 
the  members  or  friends  of  the  church,  500.  Number  of  farmers  be- 
longing to  the  congregation,    100.    Number  of  acres  belonging  to 


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members  of  the  church  or  congregation,  5,000.  Number  of  horses 
100,  cows  300,  Mules  75,  Carriages  25,  Watches  200.  Persons 
who  have  held  any  office  of  honor,  trust  or  emolent  in  the  State,  10. 
Teachers  attending  congregation,  2  ;  R.  B.  Anderson  and  James  A. 
Bradley.  Persons  who  have  attended  college,  .or  who  have  graduated 
from  one,  Rev.  Alexander  Ransom. 

Oldest  Members— Prince  Davis,  A.  H.  Hughs,  Lydia  Wright, 
Mary  Weaver,  John  Roller,  Rachel  Brooks,  Peter  Rogers,  Nancy 
WTeaver,  all  between  the  ages  of  seventy  and  eighty  years.  Time  of 
conversion  unknown. 


BETHLEHEM  AND   HOWARD  CHAPEL. 
McClellanville,  S.  C. 

Organized  by  Rev.  James  Johnson,  1867.  Rev.  C.  F.  North, 
pastor.  Rev.  S.  K.  Howard,  1872-73-74.  Rev.  George  Brown, 
!gy^_y6_yy.  Rev.  Win.  Castel,  1878.  Rev.  Robert  R.  Hamilton, 
1879-80.  Rev.  S.  K,  Howard,  1881-82.  Rev.  James  White,  1883- 
84.  Rev.  John  McCray,  1885-86.  Rev.  J.  B.  Green,  1887.  Rev. 
J.  J.  Brown,  1888.    Rev.  C.  F.  North,  1889-90. 

Local  Preachers — March  Bennett,  Alfred  Alston,  Elias  Coxum, 
James  Manegault,  Stepney  Middleton,  Henry  W.  Bennett,  Carolina 
Nesbit. 

.Exhorters — -Daniel  Deas,  Frederick  Campbell,  John  Manigault, 
Chas.  S.  Hayward,  Benj.  Wethers. 

Trustees— Prince  Black,  Paul  Gillins,  Daniel  Deas,  Frederick 
Campbell,  Alfred  Alston,  Paul  B.  Drayton,  London  Middleton,  Step- 
ney Cash,  Henry  Fell,  Isaac  Sanders,  Prince  Wethers,  Wm.  Jerman, 
Frank  Wethers,  Elias  Alston,  J.  M.  Echols,  Alfred  Alston,  Jr.,  Jos. 
Graham,  Scipio  Bennett. 

Officers — Lenard  Howard,  Elias  Coxum,  Harmond  Brown,  Jr., 
Primas  Coxum,  Richard  Wethers,  Edward  Rutledge,  Sam.  Pinkney, 
Robert  Kelly,  John  Wilson,  Scipio  Holmes,  Minus  Black. 

Sunday  School — Organized  by  Rev.  S.  R.  Howard,  1872. 

8th,  149.  9th,  80.  10th,  100.  Acres  of  land,  2,000.  Horses, 
44.     Mules,   26.    Cows,   342.    Watches,    14.     12th,  2.      13th.  3. 

Mary  Just,  H.  W.  B.  Bennett,  Edward  Rutledge.     14th,    15th, 

Mother  Violet  Howard  was  80  years  old  on  April  12,  1890,  and  was 
converted  61  years  ago  when  she  was  only  19  years  old. 


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WALTERBORO  CIRCUIT. 


E.  H.  Gourdine,  Pastor. 

This  circuit  is  composed  of  three  churches  :  St.  Peter's,  Zion  and 
St.  John,  and  belongs  to  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  Charleston 
District.  Was  organized  in  1868  by  Rev.  James  R.  Nesbert,  who 
served  four  years,  Rev.  H.  D.  Edwards  one  year,  Rev.  S.  F.  Flegler 
three  years,  Rev.  James  E.  Hill  five  years,  Rev.  F.  E.  Rivers  four 
years,  Rev.  S.  VV.  Hazel  four  years,  Rev.  E.  H.  Gourdine,  present 
pastor,  one  year. 

Local  Preachers,  eleven — Caesar  Grant,  Renty  Miles,  Paul 
Michael,  William  Warren,  James  Jenkins,  Harry  Fields,  John  Gadsen, 
James  K.  Bennett,  George  Mooser,  Henry  White,  Noey  Brown, 
Stephney  Mack. 

Exhorters,  three — Ezekiel  Sanders,  Peter  Chisolm,  Jerry 
Steward. 

Trustees  at  Time  of  Organization — Csesar  Grant,  Cyrus 
Singleton,  Charles  Hipp,  Ed  Holmes,  J.  W.  G.  Grant,  Ben  Trottie. 
Renty  Myers,  Adam  Johnson,  William  Warren,  Paul  Michael,  James 
Jenkins,  Peter  Chisolm. 

Present  Officers — Cyrus  Singleton,  James  Jenkins,  James 
Geredean,  J.  W.  G.  Grant,  Jerry  Steward,  Remeo  Wering,  William 
Higgin,  Henry  White,  Frank  Simmons,  Peter  Chisolm,  John  Gadsen, 
James  Bennett,  Andrew  Holmes,  Benj.  Coger,  Magnus  Davis,  Chas. 
Bennett,  Robert  Haynes,  Jacob  Elegar,  Ezekiel  Sanders,  Stephney 
Mack,  James  Myers,  Benj.  Farmer,  William  Sanders. 

School  organized  by  Rev.  James  Nesbert. 

Number  of  families  in  church,  115. 

Members — C.  Singleton,  Charles  Hipp,  James  Geredean,  I. 
Banks,  James  Martin,  Mrs.  C.  Campbell,  July  Campbell,  Caesar  Grant, 
James  Frasers  Buck  Holmes,  J.  W.  G.  Grant,  D.  Gruber,  Remus 

Waring,  Mrs.  Nero  Smith,  Richard  Campbell,    Dawson,   

Washington,  Z.  Q.  Gates.  Mrs.  E.  Thomas,  F.  C.  Witsell,  Thomas 

Kennedy,   Mernminger,  H.  Turno,  C.  B.  Brock,  Mrs.  M.  Tratty. 

Total  value,  $12,650. 

Friends  of  the  church  attending  same :  Mrs.  Middleton,  Mrs. 
Philip  Singleton,  Adam  Carter,  John  F.  Brown,  Rev.  Harris,  Mrs, 


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Williams,  Thomas  Boilers,  Taylor  Rice,  W.  H.  Pane,  Mrs.  P.  Smith, 
Mrs.  Smith,  F.  B.  Gadsden,  C.  Moultree,  Miss  Fields.  East  of  Mer- 
vin  :  W.  H.  Duffie,  Mary  Glover,  P.  Gates,  James  Fraser,  William 
West,  Mrs.  Yeadon,  James  Dorman,  Julia  Glover,  Mrs.  McBlair, 
Mrs.  Brown,  Steph  Sims,  Mrs.  Burgess  William  Jones,  Amy  Blake, 
W.  F.  Myers,  Judy  Miles,  A.  Chapman,  John  F.  Lewis.  Dace  Bellin- 
ger, Daniel  Robinson.  M.  E.  Church  and  Pars.:  James  Hiatt. 
Presbyterian  Church  and  Pars.:  I.  Ladson,  Dave  Hill,  Mrs.  Mance, 
William  Pearson,  Sr.,  William  Pearson,  Jr.    Total  value,  $32,350. 

Number  of  farmers,  45;  acres  owned  by  members,  1247  ;  horses 
and  mules,  41;  cows,  129;  watches,  53. 

12th  Question.    Number  of  persons,  4. 

13th  Question.     One  day  teacher. 

15th  Question.  Caesar  Grant,  age  75,  converted,  1844.  Agnes 
Hoptin,  61,  1.860.  Lucretia  Cambell,  68,  1850.  Renty  Miles,  72, 
1850  Adam  Johnson,  52,  1868.  Charles  Blake,  59,  1865.  Corne- 
lious  Haynes,  62,  1878.    Joseph  Miles,  50,  1876. 


SOUTH  SANTEE  CIRCUIT. 
Rev.  S.  K.  Howard,  Pastor. 

This  work  was  organized  in  1867  by  Rev.  Jas.  H.  A.  Johnson. 
The  following  named  persons  have  been  its  pastors:  1868,  Rev.  John 
S.  Singleton.  1869-70,  Rev.  Adam  Jackson.  1871-72,  Rev.  Saby 
Moultry.  1873-74-75,  Rev.  Henry  Taylor.  1876-77,  Rev.  John  S. 
Singleton.  1878-79-80,  Rev.  S.  K.  Howard.  188 r,  Rev.  R.  R. 
Hamilton.  1882-83,  Rev.  Joseph  Woodward.  1884-85-86,  Rev. 
Henry  Taylor.     1887-88-89-90,  Rev.  S.  K.  Howard. 

Local  Preachers — Saby  Moultry,  Lewis  Kinlaw,  Primus 
Mitchell,  S.  K.  Howard. 

Exhorter — Edward  Winn. 

Trustees — James  Anderson,  Wm.  Drayton,  Edward  Winn. 

Present  Officers — Gibby  Simmons,  Joseph  Gilliard,  Thomas 
Clinton,  Julius  Brown,  Wm.  Drayton,  John  Howard,  Wm.  Fenic, 
Moses  Reed,  James  Wethers,  Winter  Washington,  Sampson  Pools, 
Coffin  Wall,  Moses  Steward,  Dublin  Chisolm,  Thos.  Collington,  Wm. 


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Steward,  March  Lawton,  Sansee  Miles,  Flander  Mitchell,  Jack  How- 
ard. 

Sunday  School  Board — Joseph  Gilliard,  Joseph  Clinton,  March 
Gibbs,  Esau  Clinton,  A.  Chisolm,  Sampson  Pools,  Moses  Steward, 
Thos.  Collington,  Frank  Weston,  Jacob  Jenkins,  Lewis  Chisolm,  Cof- 
fin Ball,  Wm.  Gerot. 

Number  of  families  belonging  to  church,  250.  Lots  and  houses, 
100.  Farms  owned  by  them,  82.  Number  of  acres,  300.  Horses, 
12.  Cows,  150.  Mules,  8.  Watches,  30.  Oldest  member,  Plenty 
Watson,  age  68. 


MT.  PLEASANT  DISTRICT— Zion  Church. 

Rev.  D.  T.  Taylor,  Pastor. 

This  Church  was  organized  in  1866  by  Rev.  James  Johnson. 
First  Local  Preachers — Wm.  Rankins,  J.  S.  Singleton. 
Exhorter — Samuel  S.  Kellers. 

Trustees — J.  S.  Singleton,  Israel  Singleton,  Samuel  S.  Kellers, 
Cain  Byer. 

Stewards — J.  S.  Singleton,  Wm.  Singleton,  Israel  Singleton. 

Present  Officers — Local  Preacher,  Chas.  Gould.  Exhorter, 
Samuel  Nelson.  Leaders:  Thos.  Goodwater,  July  Foster,  Peter 
Thompson,  Antony  McNeill,  Harry  Wilson,  Joseph  Weston,  George 
Noble,  Chas.  Brown,  Sr.,  Wm.  Nelson,  Wallace  Daniel,  John  Pink- 
ney,  John  Gould,  Francis  Middleton,  Cyrus  Washington.  Stewards : 
Alex.  Nelson,  J.  Leader,  Jas.  Gailliard. 


HILTON  HEAD  CIRCUIT. 


Rev.  J.  W.  Saxon,  Pastor. 

This  work  was  organized  in  1865.  The  following  persons  have 
been  its  pastors.  Revs.  Hill,  Berry,  Jones,  Mance,  Middleton,  Tay- 
lor, Bryant,  Hamilton  and  Bull. 

Local  Preachers — Blake,   Gardener,  Wiley,   Ladson,  Jones, 


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Wayne,  Polito,  Gibson  and  Wakefall.  First  Board  was  composed  ot 
Samuel  Blake,  Gabriel  Gardener,  Matt  Hayne. 

Present  Officers — Hayne,  Polito,  Wakefall,  Ward,  Jones, 
Robertson,  Brown,  Singleton,  Gibson,  Stephens,  Polito,  Williams, 
Ladson  and  Edwards. 

Sunday  School — Was  organized  in  1865  by  James  Hill. 

There  are  fifty  families  connected  with  the  Church,  all  are  engag- 
ed in  farming.  There  are  34  horses,  45  cows,  4  mules,  and  9  watches 
owned  by  the  congregation.  Two  teachers  engaged  in  the  Public 
schools.  The  oldest  members  are  Samuel  Blake,  90  years,  Sister 
Delia,  100  years,  Matt  Hayne,  75  years,  Jackson  Pinckney,  75  years, 
Rebecca  Hayne,  65  years. 


WINYAH  MISSION. 

Trustees  ( 1875.  ) — Ned  Manson,  Chesly  Davis,  Peter  Nisbet. 
Stewards  (  1875.  ) — Gabriel  Green,  Franes  Gathes,  Paul  Shor- 
brick. 

Local  Preacher  ( 1875.) — Gabriel  Green. 
Exhorter — Franes  Gathes. 

Present  Trustees — Nate  Richardson,  Moses  Gathes,  Andrew 
Lessan,  Chesley  Davis,  Dick  McCreed,  Samuel  Rutleage,  Daniel 
Jackson,  Isaac  Fiskman,  Marcuas  Grant,  Peter  Mc. 

Present  Stewards — Charles  Funny,  David  Drayton,  Samuel 
Washington,  Ben  Allston,  Andrew  Sands,  Henry  Bouned,  Isaac  Sin- 
gleton, Joe  Cokely,  James  Line,  Joe  Brown,  James  Bouned. 


PARISH  CHURCH— Olive  Branch. 
Rev.  A.  T.  Williams,  Pastor. 

Organized  in  1869  by  Rev.  Jas.  H.  A.  Johnson.  The  following 
ministers  have  been  Pastors:  Rev.  John  Graham  4  years,  Rev.  Abner 
Scott  3  years,  Rev.  Nelson  Richardson  2  years,  Rev.  Abram  Powel  2 
years,  Rev.  Emanuel  Gibson  1  year,  Rev.  Thos.  Blake  1  year,  Rev. 
Jas.  F.  Dart  2  years,  Rev.  Caesar  Small  1  year. 

Local  Preachers— September  Drayton,  Wm.  Steward,  Jacob 


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Swintori,  Solomon  Venning.  Israel  Singleton,  John  S.  Singleton.  Rob. 
Bennette,  L.  M.  Steward.  Edward  F.  Smith. 

Exhorters — Gibby  Green.  Franklin  Colchley,  Adam  Grant. 
Hamilton  Small.  Chas.  Seabrook. 

Trustees — J.  W.  Venning.  Abram  Smith.  Chas.  F.  North.  Rob- 
ert Curtis.  Lot  McNeill,  Lewis  Howard.  Cain  Voting.  Mingo  Ward. 
Jacob  Swinton. 

Present  Officers — Stewards:  Israel  Singleton.  John  H.  Single- 
ton. Moses  Wilson,  L.  W.  Steward.  Edward  F.  Smith. 

Trustees — July  Small,  James  P.  Evans,  Primus  F)awson.  Jack- 
son Maxwell.  John  Bollem.  Napolean  B.  Ladson. 

Sunday  School — Jas.  R.  Maxwell.  Sup"t.  Teachers  :  Elizabeth 
H.  Maxwell,  Mary  H.  Singleton.  Samuel  Ladson,  Hamilton  Small. 
Alex.  Singleton  Annie  Gadsden.  Wm.  Ladson.  John  Ballaam.  Jos. 
H.  Dawson.  Librarian. 

Number  families,  20.  Lots,  houses,  real  estate,  value  about 
$9,000.  Acres  under  cultivation.  1.500  to  1.600.  Horses,  buggies, 
carriages,  etc..  value  about  $1,000.     Lawyers.  1. 

Oldest  Members — Nellie  Gadson,  50.  November  Bonum.  70. 
John  Gethers,  76.  Pender  Small.  58.  Dinah  Green.  50.  Primus 
Green.  76.  Betty  Freeman.  50.  Robert  Freeman.  80.  Dido  Wil- 
kins.  60.  Lizzie  McDaniel.  75.  Charity  Mazyck.  70.  Lizzie 
Wright.  70.  Israel  Small.  50.  John  Campbell.  70.  Lymus  Gordon. 
70.  Venus  McNeill.  70.  Cato  Polite.  70.  Wm.  Heyward.  49. 
John  Gadsden.  70.  Thos.  Seabrook.  75.  Ephraim  Glen.  75.  Dan- 
iel German.  70. 


SOUTH  SANTEE  CIRCUIT. 


Rev.  S.  K.  Howard.  Pastor. 

Organized  in  1867  by  Rev.  Jas.  H.  A.  Johnson.  D.  D.  1868,  Rev. 

John  S.  Singleton.     1869-70.  Rev.  Adam  Jackson.     1871-72,  Rev. 

Saby   Moultry,    1S73-74-75.  Rev.    Henry  Taylor.     1876-77.  Rev. 

John  S.  Singleton.     1878-79-80.  Rev.  S.  K.  Howard.     1SS1.  Rev. 

R.  R.  Hamilton.  1882-83.  Rev.  Jos.  Woodward.  1884-85-86.  Rev. 
Henry  Taylor.     1887-88-89-90.  Rev.  S.  K.  Howard. 


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Local  Preachers  and  Exhorters — Saby  Moultry,  Lewis  Kin- 
law,  Primus  Mitchell,  Edward  Winn. 

Trustees — Jas.  Anderson,  Wm.  Drayton,  Edward  Winn. 

JERUSALEM  AND  CANAAN  CHURCHES. 
White  Hall  Circuit. 


Rev.  George  W.  Hill,  Pastor. 

Jerusalem  was  organized  in  1869  by  Rev.  Solomon  Spencer.  The 
following  ministers  have  been  pastors.  Rev.  Solomon  Spencer, 
Rev.  Felix  Green,  Rev.  W.  M.  Sutliff,  Rev.  P.  Jenkins,  Rev.  L.  D. 
Chavis,  Rev.  R.  R.  Bryant,  Rev.  G.  R.  Harris,  Rev.  G.  M.  Hol- 
land, Rev.  A.  Powell,  Rev.  J.  E.  McNight  and  Rev.  R.  E.  Primus. 

Local  Preachers — Andrew  James,  Ishmeal  Boggs. 

Exhortors — Caesar  Fields,  R.  S.  Talton,  Paul  Drayton. 

Trustees — Primus  Cattle,  Larger  Williams,  Peter  Booth. 

Sunday  School — T.  M.  Bould,  Superintendent,  Isaac  Richard, 
W.  M.  Giles. 

Number  of  families,  175;  farmers,  125;  cultivate  500  acres; 
lots  and  houses  owned  by  members,  25  ;  number  of  horses  and  mules, 
50;  cows,  30;  watches,  75. 

Oldest  members  :  Foster  Giles  69,  R.  S.  Talton  57,  John  Camp- 
bell 90,  Nat  Nix  71,  Nero  Cothran  76. 


BLACK  RIVER  CIRCUIT. 


Rev.  Andrew  Evans,  Pastor. 

This  Circuit  consists  of  the  St.  Mary's  and  Nazareth  Churches, 
and  was  organized  by  Rev.  March  Singleton  in  1875.  Tne  Pastors 
have  been  :  Rev.  March  Singleton  2  years,  Rev.  Andrew  Evans  2 
years,  Rev.  John  Williams  2  years,  Rev.  Paul  Winn  2  years,  Rev. 
Jacob  Thomas  2  years,  Rev.  Abram  Smith  1  year,  Rev.  Paul  Winn  2 


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years,  Rev.  Wm.  Steele  1  year,  Rev.  A.  Ransom  2  years,  Rev.  An- 
drew 1  year. 

Local  Preachers — Chas.  Funnie,  Caesar  Myers,  Isaac  Rhue, 
Isaiah  Campbell,  Myer  Berlew. 

Exhorters — Samuel  Cante,  Wm.  Morusel,  Thos.  Alston,  Ste- 
phen Sanders. 

Trustees — Chas.  Funnie,  Caesar  Myers,  John  L.  Brown,  Duck 
Carroll. 

Stewards — Isaiah  Campbell,  Moses  Berlew,  Samuel  Cante,  Wm. 
Munrel,  Abram  Haines,  Thos.  Alston,  Isaac  Camp,  Abram  Washing- 
ton, Caesar  Barnes,  Isaac  Jones,  Wm.  Nesbit,  Louis  Deas,  Thomas 
Giles,  Pompey  Brown,  Abram  Pringle,  Lorenzo  Brown,  Westly 
Vereene,  John  Roberson,  Daniel  Washington,  Moses  Ladson,  Fred. 
Forde,  John  Freeman,  Solomon  Rhodes,  Joshua  Cante,  Jack  Stewart, 
Alex.  Williams. 

Sunday  School  Officers — H.  H.  Prioleau,  Sup't.;  A.  J.  Wil- 
liams, John  Carroll,  Hardy  Gibson,  Jas.  McCullough. 

The  Sunday  Schools  were  organized  by  Rev.  March  Singleton  in 
1875.    There  are  in  the  Sunday  Schools  150  pupils. 

In  the  Churches  there  are  thirty  families,  owning  some  2,000 
acres  of  land  and  25  or  more  houses. 


ST.  PAUL,  BETHEL  AND  ST.  MATTHEW'S  CHURCHES, 
South  Carolina  Conference. 

Rev.  Joseph  Wright,  Pastor. 
These  churches  were  organized  in  1866  by  Rev.  John  Graham. 
The  pastors  have  been  Revs.  John  Graham  to  1870,  W.  P.  Ford  to 
1873,  Samael  Johnson  to  1876,  R.  Talton  to  1878,  A.  Harrol  to  1880, 
J.  White  to  1882,  A.  Boston  to- 1884,' A.  T.  Williams  to  1888,  — — . 
Blake  to  1889,  Joseph  Wright  1890.  There  are  six  local  preachers  and 
four  exhorters.  There  are  82  officers,  26  trustees,  35  class  leaders,  21 
stewards.  The  Sunday  school  was  organized  by  Rev.  John  Graham 
in  1866.  There  are  21  officers  in  the  Sunday  school.  Number  of 
families  belonging  to  the  Church  about  218.  There  is  about  2944 
acres  of  land  owned  by  this  congregation. 


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CAIN  CHAPEL— Anneville,  S.  C. 

Organized  in  May,  1888,  by  Rev.  H.  L.  Simons.  He  served 
tor  a  term  of  eight  months  after  which  time  the  South  Carolina  Annual 
Conference,  sitting  in  Georgetown,  S.  C,  appointed  Rev.  John  A. 
Seal  pastor. 

Trustees — R.  Robinson,  S.  Pinkney,  Edward  Parker. 
Local  Preachers — Adam  Smalls,  W.  Ford 
Present  Officers — Adam  Smalls,  Isaac  Gibbs. 
Exhorters — M.  H.  Campbell,  William  Washington. 
Stewards — A.  Smalls,  W.  M.  Washington,  Peter  Grant. 
Trustees — York  Freaser,  Isaac  Gibbs,  M.  H.  Campbell,  Ben 
Bailey,  F.  Barnwell. 


BONNEAU'S  CIRCUIT— Bonneau,  S.  C. 

Rev.  J.  J.  Brown,  Pastor. 

St.  Peter's  Church  was  organized  in  1866  by  Rev.  Moses  Camp- 
bell. 

There  are  about  150  families  connected  with  this  Church. 

In  matters  of  property  they  own  some  45  houses  and  lots,  with 
2,163  acres  of  land,  21  horses,  227  cows,  27  mules,  10  carriages  and 
20  watches  or  more. 

Local  Preachers — Geo.  Brown,  Peter  Hartwell,  Isaac  Gillens. 

Trustees — Moses  Middleton,  E.  Phiall,  Wm.  Hartwell. 

There  are  28  officers  in  the  Church  and  13  in  the  Sunday  School. 

There  are  about  200  farmers. 


BETHEL  CHURCH,  SOUTH  CAROLINA  CONFERENCE. 
Georgetown,  S.  C. 


Rev.  J.  D.  Barksdale,  Pastor. 

This  church  was  organized  by  Augustus  T.  Carr  in  1865.  Since 
its  organization  the  following  ministers  have  been  pastors :    Revs.  A. 


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T.  Carr.    Brown.    Harris.    Mossell,  B.  H.  Williams  (8 

years).  Samuel  Washington.  S.  W.  Beard.  X.  B.  Sterrett,  P.  W.  Jef- 
ferson and  J.  D.  Barksdale. 

The  first  local  preachers  were  James  Murrefl,  G.  H.  Shackelford 
and  James  Moultry. 

Exhorters — Saby  Green.  B.  H.  Williams  and  Paul  Winn. 

Trustees — John  Davis.  J.  A.  Shackelford.  Henry  McD.  Hale, 
James  Murrell,  Adam  Dunmore. 

Stewards — John  Davis,  James  Davis,  T.  G.  Rutledge,  John 
Foresight,  H.  McD.  Hale. 

The  Sunday  school  was  organized  soon  after  the  church  by  Rev. 
A.  T.  Carr. 

There  are  perhaps  between  six  and  eight  hundred  families  con- 
nected with  this  church.  It  would  be  hard  to  say  the  number  of  lots 
and  houses  owned  by  the  members  and  friends  of  this  church  ;  there 
are  perhaps  five  or  six  hundred.  The  colored  people  own  more  real 
estate  in  this  than  any  other  county  in  the  State.  The  number  of 
horses,  cows,  mules,  watches,  carriages,  buggies,  etc.,  owned  by  the 
members  of  this  church  would  go  up  into  the  hundreds.  The  number 
that  have  held  public  office,  etc..  is  considerable,  nearly  every  colored 
man  here  who  holds  office  of  public  trust  is  a  member  of  this  church, 
and  so  it  has  been  all  along. 

Present  members  who  hold  public  office  are  G.  E.  Herriott. 
School  Commissioner:  J.  A.  Baxter  (ex-Rep.  to  State  Leg. ).  Assistant 
Collector  of  Customs  :  J.  A.  Bowley,  Judge  Probate :  A.  Judson, 
Coroner. 

The  present  officers  of  the  Sunday  school  are  Mrs.  Hattie  A. 
Baxter,  Superintendent  ;  H.  R.  Lesesne,  L.  V.  Lesesne.  I.  Brocking- 
ton.  M.  W.  Benjamin,  M.  W.  Prioleau.  O.  A.  Lawrence,  M.  Buton. 
M.  L.  Johnson.  M.  E.  McGill,  F.  Woodbury,  W,  E.  Dennison.  M. 
W.  Myers,  R.  W.  Harrison.  - 

The  teachers  who  are  members  of  this  congregation  are  Mrs.  E. 
J.  Moultry,  Mrs.  Hi  H.  Baxter.  Miss  Hortensia  L.  Lesesne  and  Jas. 
A.  Bowley. 

In  a  congregation  like  this  it  would  be  hard  to  find  out  who  are 
the  oldest  members ;  the  people  for  seven  or  eight  miles  around  belong 
to  this  church. 

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Present  officers  of  the  church  are — 

Trustees — Friday  Bossard,  George  Holland,  Bass  Hogard, 
Moses  Myers,  Glasgo  Wineglass. 

Local  Preachers — Revs.  John  Davis  (local  elder),  Brass  Bly 
(local  elder),  T.  G.  Rutledge,  Frank  Woodbury,  Isaac  Hogard,  Tony 
Alston,  John  Washington,  Frederick  Mehams. 

Exhorters — Prince  Goddard,  M.  Mitchell,  J.  D.  Rutledge, 
Timothy  Giles,  Jack  Manning. 

Class  Leaders — Simon  Magirt,  Thomas  Smith,  Michael  Mitchell, 
Glasgo  Wineglass,  J.  N.  Horry,  Frank  Woodbury,  July  Rockmuller, 
Benj.  Smith,  Isaac  Hogard,  William  Myers,  Prince  Godard,  Richard 
Evans,  Frank  Rhue,  Jack  Mitchell,  Edward  Keith,  Timothy  Giles, 
William  Pyatt,  J.  D.  Rutledge,  Jack  Manning,  F.  G.  Mehams,  Ned 
Burage,  Joseph  Nelson,  Shedrick  Brown,  Isaac  Alston,  Brister  Kinlah, 
Tony  Green,  Brass  Bly,  Gabriel  Daniels,  Jeffrey  Bay,  Simon  Magirt, 

 Green,  David  Vandethorst,  S.  Blake,  Albert  Brown,  Saby  Poyas, 

George  Walker,  ,   Tony    Alston,  Jack    Emily,  Bass 

Hogard,  George  Holland,  Tony  Alston,  Friday  Bassard,  John  F. 
Davis,  A.  B.  Lawrence,  F.  Alston,  Peter  A.  Brown,  Gabriel  Green. 

Stewards — S.  Magirt,  J.  N.  Horry,  J.  F.  Davis,  D.  Vanderhorst, 
M.  Mitchell,  Timothy  Giles,  George  E.  Herriott. 


BETHEL  A.  M.  E.  CHURCH. 

Organized  by  Rev.  Wm.  Thomas  in  1866.  Pastors  :  Rev.  Con- 
stant Heyward  4  years,  Rev.  Alexander  Williams  3  years,  Rev.  James 
Mitchell  3  years,  Rev.  J.  W.  White  3  years,  Rev.  John  F.  Singleton 
2  years,  Rev.  E.  H.  Gourdine  4  years,  Rev.  Peter  C.  Lawrence  2 
years,  Rev.  G.  Murray  Holland. 

Exhorters — Addison  Harrison,  Virginus  Ahron,  Cain  Boyd,  W. 
A.  Heyward,  Adam  McDaniel,  Isaac  Wenningham,  I.  Z.  Lincoln, 
Wm.  DollersOn,  Morris  Gelzer,  Major  Hollin,  Noah  Coller,  A.  Mills. 

Trustees — That  have  served  since  Emancipation  :  James  Shuler, 
Hark  Henderson,  Chas.  Barch,  Ned  Martion,  Jos.  Raunell,  Mik  Bry- 
ant; Daniel  Rayson,  Edward  Hutson,  J.  W.  Overton,  Harry  Brown, 
Antany  Crum,  R.  W.  Webb,  E.  M.  Fraser,  Wm.  Calaway,  Jas.  Cal- 
away,  Jail  Fraser,  Heyward  Jones,  J.  Z.  Crook,  J.  D.  Gadson,  Henry 
Rannell,  W.  E.  Hutson. 


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Local  Deacon — Wni.  Dollison. 

Local  Preachers — A.  J.  McDaniels.  I.  Z.  Lincoln.  M.  A. 
Hollin. 

Exhorters — A.  Mills,  Xoah  Coller,  Caesar  Berry. 

Stewards — A.  Mile,  Caesar  Berry.  Wm.  Dollison.  M.  A.  Hol- 
lin, J.  W.  Gardner.  J.  W.  Overton.  Wm.  Boyd.  A.  J.  McDaniel, 
Allen  Simmons. 

Leaders — Edward  Hutson.  J.  W.  Overton.  Amos  Mills,  Caesar 
Berry,  Wm.  Gadsden,  A.  J.  McDaniel  Heyward  Jones.  Z.  B  Grice. 
Wm.  Boyd.  Josh  Fraser.  M.  A.  Hollin,  Paul  Raysor.  Peter  McFar- 
land,  Calvin  Martin.  Wm.  Senior.  Wm.  Dollison,  James  Hollin.  Xoah 
Coller. 

Sunday  School — J.  W.  Overton.  Sup't.:  A.  Mill,  Asst.  Teach- 
ers :  A.  J.  Hutson.  Miss  L.  A.  Mill,  Henrietta  Edwards.  Lilly  Grice. 
Anna  Dunning.  Mary  Martin.  Elizabeth  Chisolm.  Elizabeth  Ravenel. 
Jas.  W.  Simmons.  M.  A.  Hollin.  Thos.  A.  Dollison.  Fransena  Moorer. 

Sunday  School  was  organized  by  Rev.  Wm.  M.  Thomas..  1866. 

Number  of  families.  104.  Number  of  lots,  36.  Number  of  farm- 
ers. 66. 

1 2th.     Teachers — J.  W.  Overton.  J.  Z.  Crook.  R.  W.  Webb. 
13th.    J.  Z.  Crook.  A.  J.  Hutson,  L.  A.  Mills. 
14th    A.  J.  Hutson.  Jas.  W.  Simmons,  Mrs.  Julia  O.  Walker, 
Henrietta  Edwards. 


EAST  COMBAHEE  CIRCUIT— S.  C.  Conference. 


Rev.  S.  S.  Miles,  Pastor. 

This  Church  was  organized  in  1869  by  Rev.  Solomon  Spears.  In 
1871  Rev.  W.  F.  SutlifT  was  appointed  there  and  served  2  years.  Rev. 
J.  B.  Butler  was  next  appointed  and  served  1  year.  Rev.  Caesar 
Small  was  the  successor  of  Rev.  Butler  ;  he  served  2  years.  Rev. 
Moses  Campbell  followed  Rev.  Small  :  he  also  served  2  years.  The 
next  Pastor  was  Rev.  T.  F.  Jones.  In  1880  Rev.  George  R.  Harris 
was  appointed  and  served  2  years.  Then  followed  Rev.  J.  A.  C. 
Thomas,  Nero  Small,  R.  R.  Hamilton  and  S.  S.  Miles. 

The  people  are  doing  moderately  well  here.  Can  not.  however, 
give  statistics,  as  desired. 


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JEHOSSE  A.  M.  E.  CHURCH— S.  C.  Conference. 
Jehosse  Island,  S.  C. 


Rev.  Peter  Smith,  Pastor. 

This  church  was  organized  in  1865  by  Rev.  Charles  Bradley. 
There  are  six  local  preachers  and  five  exhortors.  There  are  nineteen 
officers  and  teachers  in  the  Sunday  School.  The  people  in  this  work 
are  doing  very  well ;  many  of  them  own  their  houses,  lots,  etc.,  with 
a  good  many  horses,  mules,  oxen,  cattle,  buggies,  carriages,  wagons  etc. 
Cannot  under  existing  circumstances  give  the  exact  statistics  as  desired. 


ST.  PAUL  AND  NEW  BETHEL. 


Samuel  G.  Cross,  Pastor. 

St.  Paul  was  organized  by  Rev.  Caesar  Smalls,  1867.  New  Bethel 
by  Rev.  S.  J.  Brown,  1888. 

Pastors — Revs.  C.  Smalls,  R.  R.  Hamilton,  E.  Gibson,  S.  W. 

Hazel,   Flood,  P.  H.  Jefferson,  J.  S.  Singleton,  S.  F.  Flegler,  E. 

J.  Gregg,  S.  J.  Brown,  S.  G.  Cross. 

Local  Preachers — William  Patterson,  Christmas  Squier,  Warren 
Campbell,  Robinson  Thomas,  Henry  Warren,  Cyrus  Grant. 

Deacon — Rodger  D.  Jenkins. 

Exhorters — Allen  Smalls,  John  Dozier,  P.  J.  Walker,  James 
Richardson. 

Trustees — Robinson  Thomas,  William  Perry,  Dick  Ball. 
Stewards — Straffon  Heddleston,  Christmas  Squier,  Jas.  McCloud, 
William  Perry,  Stephen  Smalls. 

ST.  PAUL. 

Stewards — R.  D.  Jenkins,  Straffon  Heddleston,  Jos.  McCloud, 
Allen  Small,  Edward  Tendel,  Daniel  Bradley,  John  Dozier. 

Leaders — M.  Simmons,  Caesar  Bowen,  Thomas  Williams,  Hani- 
bal  Pork,  Richard  Ball,  James  Moultry. 


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Trustees — R.  D.  Jenkins,  York  Smalls,  Jos.  Singleton,  Frank 
Thomas,  Jos.  McCloud. 

NEW  BETHEL. 

Stewards — Cyrus  Grant,  J.  W.  Grant,  Simon  Dunning,  Edward 
Miggett,  Samuel  Moulton,  William  Dent,  Isaac  Sims,  Jackey  Scott, 
Minus  Campbell. 

Leaders — Moses  Johnson,  Andrew  Illery,  Jas.  Richardson. 

Trustees — C.  Grant,  M.  Johnson,  A.  Illery,  Frank  Allen,  Henry 
Mason,  P.  J.  Walker,  William  Dent. 

Sunday  School — St.  Paul:  York  Smalls,  Supt.,  Robt.  Richard- 
son, Asst.     New  Bethel:  Andrew  Illery,  Supt.,  Jacky  Small,  Asst. 

St.  Paul  was  organized  by  Rev.  C.  Smalls.  New  Bethel  by  Bro. 
William  Patterson. 

About  fifty  families  are  represented  and  they  own  13  lots  and  13 
houses  and  a  society  store  valued  at  $2,000. 

One  hundred  and  twenty-five  farmers  cultivate  170  acres,  and 
own  5  horses,  5  mules,  20  cows,  15  watches. 

Our  oldest  members  are  Luvenia  Boone,  aged  75  years,  converted 
when  a  little  girl.     Bro.  Staffon  Heddleston,  70,  converted  54  years. 


ST.  STEPHEN'S  CHURCH,  Hardeeville,  S.  C. 


Rev.  J.  F.  Gillison,  Pastor. 

St.  Stephen  was  organized  in  1872  by  Rev.  Jackson  Green,  who 
servt  d  2  years,  Henry  Berry  1  year,  Edward  Wright  1  year,  Henry 
Berry  3  months,  D.  T.  Taylor  9  months,  Wm.  P.  Ford  2  years,  T.  F. 
Jones  3  years,  P.  C.  Lawrence  2  years,  G.  P.  Randolph  4  years,  I. 
F.  Gillison  2  years. 

Local  Preachers — Sam  Howard,  Cato  Strain,  S.  Grant,  J.  R. 
Garmany,  Prince  Campbell. 

Trustees — Tony  Middleton,  Tony  Scott,  B.  Grant. 

Stewards — Cato  Strain,  Prince  Campbell,  Sam  Howard. 

Members — C.  Strain,  Jno.  Riley,  Prince  Campbell,  A.  W.  Maults- 
by,  Daniel  Ashton,  Henry  Lowe,  Boney  Grant,  Jacob  R.  Garmany, 
Marcus  Maxwell,  Harriet  Maxwell,  Rebecca  Fields,  Precilla  Fields. 


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Sunday  School  organized  in  1877  by  Rev.  W.  P.  Ford. 

Sixty  families  attend  who  own  12  lots  and  18  houses. 

There  are  21  farmers  who  own  273  acres  of  land,  4  horses,  130 
cows,  5  mules,  and  7  watches. 

Our  oldest  members  are  :  Boney  Grant,  age  60,  converted  in 
1863  ;  Prince  Campbell,  age  53,  '64;  Cato  Strain,  age  53,  '64  ;  Emma 
Middleton,  age  40,  '63 ;  Mary  Strain,  age  49,  '64. 


SOUTH  CAROLINA  CONFERENCE.— Pee  Dee  Circuit. 


H.  McD.  Hale,  Pastor. 

Bethel  Church  was  organized  in  1866  by  Rev.  A.  T.  Carr.  Rev. 
Paul  Winn  served  6  years,  Rev.  March  Singleton  2  years,  Rev.  An- 
drew Evans  2  years,  Rev.  John  Williams  1  year,  Rev.  Paul  Winn  1 
year,  Rev.  Alex.  Williams  2  years,  Rev.  Ephraim  Johnson  2  years, 
Rev.  Philip  Hantly  2  years,  Rev.  J.  S.  Singleton  2  years,  Rev.  March 
Singleton  3  years,  Rev.  H.  McD.  Hale  2  years. 

Local  Preachers — Samuel  Brown,  Justus  Palmer,  Toney  Smith, 
Wm.  Dunkin,  James  Gurlant,  Phoenix  Allston,  Gelbont  Lee,  Peter 
Green,  Paul  Myers,  Ben  Simons,  Mark  Simons,  Cass  Green,  Amos 
Green,  Toby  Washington,  Joseph  Jenkins,  Moses  Jenkins,  J.  C.  Bur- 
nett, Wes.  Burgus,  Lazarus  Pinkney,  Harris  Washington,  Ranson  Alls- 
ston,  Monday  Deas,  Paris  P.  Pryor,  E^on  Green,  Toney  Bryant,  San- 
dy Deas,  Cain  Skiner. 

Exhorters — James  Magill,  Nelson  Thompson,  Rob't  Mention, 
Cass  Green,  Hamilton  Middleton,  William  Managult,  Paul  Myers, 
Jas.  Gurlant,  Amos  Green,  Jack  Soggy,  Wes.  Burgus,  Winter  Swinton. 

Trustees — Michael  Gurlant,  Joseph  Mention,  Barcus  Sesesne, 
George  Wiott,  John  Cohin,  Frank  Sadson,  Joseph  Ford,  Hynes  Wash- 
ington, Ben  Snow,  Wm.  Sumpter,  Noey  Jones,  Hardy  Sumpter,  Wm. 
Hazle. 

Stewards — Wm.  Grice,  Abraham  Small,  Cerculees  Walker,  T. 
G.  Washington,  Moses  Lancit,  Matheas  Green,  Josh  Brown,  M.  F. 
Jenkins,  James  Green,  George  Huchardson. 

S.  S.  Officers — J.  C.  Burnett,  Tolson  Walker,  Zebede  Thomp- 


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son.  T.  G.  Washington.  Wm,  Thomas.  Joseph  Jenkins,  Wm.  Hazel, 
P.  P.  Pryor. 

The  Sunday  School  was  organized  by  Rev.  Paul  Winn  in  1866. 

367  families  are  represented  in  the  congregations. 

There  are  147  farmers  in  the  congregations,  who  own  3.416  acres 
of  land.   18  horses  and  mules,  about  600  cows  and  63  watches. 

Our  oldest  member  is  Hamondy  Allston.  79  years  of  age.  and  was 
converted  in  1823. 


ST.  JOHN'S  CHURCH,  St.  John's  Circuit,  Ridgeland,  S.  C. 


Local  Preachers — Cuffee  Morgan,  Martin  L.  Burgess. 
Exhorter — Hezekiah  Primus. 

Class  Leaders — Geo.  Bianchi,  Edward  Wright.  Wm.  Bianchi, 
Cuffee  Morgan.  Jos.  Green,  Martin  L.  Burgess,  Toby  Maner,  Edward 
Hamilton.  Charles  Blake,  Sampson  Marvin. 

Stewards — Geo.  Bianchi.  Edward  Wright,  Cuffee  Morgan,  Mar- 
tin L.  Burgess,  Edward  Hamilton.  Charles  Blake,  Sampson  Marvin, 
Robt.  Roberson.  F.  X.  Spann,  Hezekiah  Primus.  Robt.  Rivers. 

Trustees — Wm.  Bianchi.  Jos.  Green.  Toby  Maner,  Sampson 
Marvin. 


BEAUFORT  DISTRICT. 


Names  of  Churches  and  Preaching  Places : 

Beaufort  Circuit — Grace  Chapel,  Allen  Chapel  and  Jericho 
Church. 

Sheldon  Circuit — Spring  Hill,  Early. 
Green  Poxd  Circuit — Mt.  Olive.  Zion. 
East  Combahee — Bethel,  Joshua. 

White  Hall  Circuit — Canaan.  Jerusalem,  St.  James.  Salem. 
Hexdersoxville  Circuit — Zion  Church,  Still. 
Brunson  Circuit — St.  James  Church.  English  Chapel.  St.  Peters 
Chapel,  Almeda  Church. 


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Bluffton  Circuit — Campbell  Chapel,  Spring  Island. 
Robertsville  Circuit — Mt.  Zion  Church,  Mt.  Pleasant  Church, 
Ebenezzer. 

St.  John's  Circuit— St.  John's  Chapel,  Little  Bethel  Church, 
Ridgeland. 

Hardeeville — St.  Matthew's  Church. 
Hilton  Head  Circuit — Quinn  Chapel,  Pinkey's  Island. 
St.  Paul  Circuit — St.  Paul  Church,  Murry  Hill. 
Pacific  Mission — Jonesville. 

Port  Royal  Mission — Port  Royal,  Pary  Island,  St.  Helena, 
Lady's  Island. 

Pipe  Creek  Circuit — St.  Mark's  Church,  St.  Luke,  St.  Matthew. 
Total  number  of  buildings  24. 


ROBERTSVILLE  CIRCUIT,  Beaufort  District. 
Robertsville,  S.  C. 


Local  Preacher — John  Alston. 

Exhorters — Isam  Major,  J.  P.  Williams,  M.  J.  Jenkins. 

Class  Leaders — Alford  English,  M.  L.  Jenkins,  Cyrus  Martin, 
Solomon  Butler,  Stephen  Moore,  Edward  Ling,  Jos.  Butler,  George 
Taylor,  Isam  Major,  Granderson  Major,  J.  P.  Williams,  Robt.  Shigge, 
Thomas  Johnson,  Lunon  Williamson,  John  Graves,  Richard  Brown, 
Butler  Brown,  John  Alston,  Benj.  Scott,  Limus  Adkin,  Jos.  Heywafd, 
Samuel  Williams. 

Steward — Alford  English. 


HARDEEVILLE  AND  ST.  STEPHENS.— Beaufort  District, 
Hardeeville,  S.  C. 


Local  Preachers — Cato  Strains,  J.  R.  Garmany,  Jos.  Brown, 
Samuel  Brown,  Jacob  Brown. 

Exhorters — Prince  Campbell,  Isaac  Garner. 


REPORTS  OF   LOCAL  CHURCHES. 


Stewards — Cato  Strains,  A.  W.  Maultsby,  Prince  Campbell,  Dan- 
iel Alston,  John  Riley,  Demsey  Middleton,  Jacob  Brown,  Sam'l  Brown. 

Class  Leaders — Cato  Strains,  J.  R.  Garmany,  A.  W.  Maultsby, 
Prince  Campbell,  Marcus  Maxwell,  John  Riley,  Boney.  Grant,  Henry 
Lowe,  Benjamin  Young,  Sam  Maygood,  Nelson  Lavant,  Gilbert  Rhett. 
Jos.  Brown,  Demsey  Middleton,  Jacob  Brown,  Ben  Magwood,  Al- 
fred Brown. 

Trustees — A.  W.  Maultsby,  Daniel  Alston,  Jos.  Brown,  Dem- 
sey Middleton. 

S.  S.  Superintendents — A.  W.  Maultsby,' Jos.  Brown. 


ST.  PAUL'S  CIRCUIT.— Beaufort  Dis.,  Savannah,  Ga. 


Local  Preacher — David  Grant. 
Local  Deacon — Edward  Pilot. 
Exhorter — Jack  Giliard. 

Stewards — C.  J.  Mortimore,  F.  C.  Brown,  Jack  Giliard,  How- 
ard Bols,  Plenty  Chislom,  Mer  Williams,  Handy  Livine. 

Class  Leaders — David  Grant,  Thos.  Johnson,  C.  J.  Mortimore, 
Robert  Campbell,  Chas.  Kinlaw,  F.  C.  Brown,  Mer  Williams,  Chas. 
Fraser,  Jack  Alston,  Thos.  Ford,  Kimbo  Bennett. 

Trustees — C.  J.  Mortimore,  Robert  Campbell,  F.  C.  Brown. 

S.  S.  Superintendent — Edward  Pilot. 


MORRIS  BROWN  CHAPEL— Beaufort  Dis..  Charleston,  S.  C. 


Rev.  M.  B.  Salter,  Pastor. 

Local  Preacher — J.  S.  Morant. 
Exhorters — Wm.  Nesbit,  S.  Smith,  C.  S.  Jenkins. 
Trustees — P.  N.  Davis,   C.   H.  Bryan,  W.  L.  Girardeau,  D. 
Smith,  S.  B.  Garrett,  Joseph  Smith,  J.  A.  Gainard. 

Stewards — J.  S.  Morant,  J.  J.  Mitchell,   E.  Payton,  Wm.  Nes- 


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bit,  S.  Smith,  C.  S.  Jenkins,  T.  Y.  Simmons,  B.  C.  Johnson,  W.  L. 
Blakely. 

Class  Leaders — J.  S.  Morant,  A.  Smalls,  J.  D.  Pmckney,  Robt. 
Robinson,  Benj.  Davis,  L.  Rivers,  P.  N.  Davis,  C.  H.  Bryan,  J.  J. 
Mitchell,  Jos.  Rice,  VV.  L.  Girardeau,  D.  Smith,  E.  Payton,  Wrh. 
Nesbit,  S.  Smith,  Benj.  Moultrie,  S.  B.  Garret,  A.  Miller,  G.  Edwards, 
J.  Miller,  T.  Wright,  C.  S.  Jenkins. 

Local  Elder — D.  M.  Gard. 

Local  Deacon — S.  B.  Garrett. 


EAST  COMBAHEE  CIRCUIT— Beaufort  District. 


Local  Elders — J.  P.  Guilyard,  Paul  Haywood. 
Deacon — Sam'l  Prioleau. 

Exhorters — M.  C.  Washington,  Richard  Mitchell. 

Class  Leaders — George  Prioleau,  Cain  Heyward,  Thomas  Glo- 
ver, Stephen  Roberson,  Luckey  Capers,  M.  S.  Scott,  Caesar  Capers, 
Cato  Elliott,  M.  C.  Washington,  J.  P.  Guilyard,  Win.  Bryant,  Rich- 
ard McFurson,  Caukoo  Brown,  B.  Mitchell,  Robert  Laury,  Richard 
Mitchell. 

Trustees — Stephen  Roberson,  M.  S.  Scott,  Richard  McFurson, 
Caukoo  Brown,  Richard  Mitchell. 

Stewards — B.  Mitchell,  Samuel  Prioleau,  Hope  Frasier,  Paul 
Hayward,  Daniel  Hamilton. 


GREEN  POND  CIRCUIT,  Beaufort  District,  Green  Pond,  S.  C. 


Preacher — St.  Michael  Guilbary. 

Trustees — Taffie  Myers,  R.  B.  Young,  Paul  Polite,  Pompei 
Guilyard. 

Local  Deacon — R.  B.  Young. 
Exhorter — St.  Michel  Guilbary. 

Class  Leaders — Daniel   Pinckney,   William  Walker,  William 


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Lucas,  Robert  Frasier,  Taffic  Myers,  Frank  Bryant,  Adam  Gruderson, 
R.  B.  Young,  Charles  Blake,  Stephen  Burless,  Lunon  Washington, 
Thomas  Eugany,  Frank  Brown,  Cato  Pheonix,  Paul  Polite,  John 
Pinckney,  Pompei  Guilyard,  Hector  Hawk,  Joe  Vamey,  Jacob  White, 
Daniel  Timms,  Lewis  Hawton,  Charles  Green,  Matthias  Tobias,  Sam 
Guilyard,  Henry  Bower,  Alfred  Jeridore,  John  White,  Isaac  Maxwell, 
Isaac  Brown. 

Stewards — Daniel  Pinckney,  William  Walker,  William  Lucas, 
Henry  Bower,  St.  Michael  Guilbary,  Isaac  Brown,  Jack  Barnwell, 
Sam  Green,  G.  H.  Chapman,  Thomas  Manigault,  Brutes  Rutledg 
Munday  Green,  Munday  Davis,  Thomas  Murry,  Emanuel  Green. 

S.  S.  Superintendent — St.  Michael  Guilbary. 


BEAUFORT  CIRCUIT— Beaufort  District,  Beaufort,  S.  C. 
Local  Preacher — James  Alston. 

Stewards — Jackson  Ford,  William  Howard,  Jacob  McKey,  John 
Gardner,  Philip  Johnson,  Colonel  Andrews,  Samuel  Jackson,  Joseph 
Cuthbert,  Richard  Blanding,  Richard  Taylor,  Alfred  Middleton. 

Deacons — Alford  Middleton,  Wm.  Gillison. 

Class  Leaders — William  Giles,  Isaac  Williams,  Thomas  Young, 
Jackson  Ford,  David  Roberson,  Clenn  Bess,  William  Howard,  Tur- 
ner Barnes,  Jacob  McKey,  Julias  Bell,  Derrendus  Singleton,  Limus 
Green,  Jack  Middleton,  Ben  McKey,  Isaac  Campbell,  Hector  Fran- 
cis, John  Jenkins,  Robert  Washington,  Wm.  Graham,  James  Alston, 
John  Gardner,  Richard  Taylor,  Philip  Johnson,  Colonel  Andrews,  Al- 
ford Middleton,  Samuel  Jackson,  Joseph  Cuthbert,  Geo.  Brown,  C. 
Gauss,  Richard  Blanding,  Wm.  Gillison. 

S.  S.  Superintendents — Jackson  Ford,  Jacob  McKey,  James 
Alston,  Alford  Middleton. 


BRUNSON  CIRCUIT.— Beaufort  Dis.,  Brunson,  S.  C. 


Local  Preachers — Joe  Darlington,  J.  H.  Albainey,  Jackson 
Brooks,  Lewis  Gant. 


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Stewards — A.  Wright,  William  G.  Young,  John  Bryant,  Robert 
Benjamin,  Isaac  Ginn,  J.  D.  Black,  Robert  Bedford,  John  Roberts, 

Charles  Bostic,  Solomon  McKnight,   Southward,  George  Al- 

bainey,  James  Durant,  Nathaniel  Whosendove. 

Class  Leaders — A.  Wright,  Robert  Garvin,  Isaac  Clark,  Chas. 
Jenkins,  Pinckney  Lawton,  James  Durant,  Nathaniel  Whosendove, 
York  Taylor,  Charles  Holmes,  Richard  H.  Taylor,  Ben  Bostwick, 
Hamp.  Sfokes,  A.  Burgett,  William  G.  Young,  Mitchel  Black,  Joe 
Darlington,  John  Bryant,  Ben  Gray,  Robert  Benjamin. 

S.  S.  Superintendents— William  G.  Young,  M.  J.  Roberts,  Syl- 
vester Ginn. 


PACIFIC  MISSION,  Beaufort  District,  Kearns  Neck  S.  C. 


Exhorter — Cyrus  Smalls. 

Class  Leaders — Joe  Grant,  Ben  Smalls,  Moses  Hayne,  Sam 
Knight. 

Stewards — Sam  Knight,  Cyrus  Smalls,  Edward  Alston. 

PORT  ROYAL  MISSION. 

Trustees — Handy  Johnson,  Jack  Turner. 
Preacher — Benj.  Young. 

Class  Leaders — Benj.  Young,  Jack  Turner,  Richard  Grant, 
Borkers  Larence. 

Stewards — Benj.  Young,  Richard  Brown,  Handy  Johnson, 
Richard  Grant,  Borkers  Larence. 


HILTON  HEAD  CIRCUIT,  Beaufort  Dist.,  Hilton  Head,  S.  C. 


Local  Deacon — Sam  Blake. 

Local  Preachers — Edward  Ladson,  Henry  Wiley,  Charles 
Jones. 

Exhorters — Moses  Polite,  Renly  Gibson,  Mott  Hayne. 

Class  Leaders — Stephen  Polit,  Ben  Williams,  Thomas  Wickfall, 


REPORT?   OF   LOCAL  CHURCHES. 


Joseph  Johnston.  Moses  Polite.  Renly  Gibson.  Bashlo  Morrison,  Ben 
Ward.  Edward  Ladson.  James  Brown.  Moses'  Jones.  Robert  Rober- 
son.  Mott  Havne.  J.  C.  Harmon.  Simon  Bolden.  Morris  Desmore. 
James  Miller. 

Stewards — Stephen  Polit.  Ben  Williams.  Moses  Polite.  Renly 
Gibson.  Ben  Ward.  Robert  Roberson.  Mott  Hayne.  Thomas  Holmes. 
William  Simons.  Cuffie  Jinkins,  Carolina  St.  Clare.  Paul  Edward. 
Frank  Singleton.  Jayson  Harmon.  James  Tyall. 

S.  S.  Superintendent — Charles  Jones. 

Trustees — Stephen  Polit.  Moses  Polite  Renly  Gibson.  Edward 
Ladson.  Mott  Hayne.  J.C.  Harmon.  Simon  Boulden,  Morris  Desmore. 
James  Miller.  Charles  Jones.  Thomas  Holmes. 


BLUFFTON  CIRCUIT— Beaufort  District.  Blufeton.  S.  C. 


Deacons — T.  M.  Middleton. 

Local  Preachers — Collen  Mitchell.  Richard  Hamilton.  Frank 
Hamilton. 

Class  Leader — William  Smiley,  Walker  Singleton.  Wm.  Grant, 
Jacob  Chislom.  JefTery  Bunckum,  Murphy  Alston.  Sharper  Gaddis, 
Cits  Bright.  Collen  Mitchell.  Abraham  Cook.  Sam  Eraser,  Richard 
Hamilton.  T.  M.  Middleton.  Thomas  Brown.  Sam  Middleton.  Harkles 
Howard.  Charles  Phyal.  John  Balding. 

Stewards — William  Smiley.  Jacob  Chislom.  Collen  Mitchell, 
Sam  Fraser.  Richard  Hamilton.  Harkles  Howard.  David  Hayward. 
Prince  Jinkins.  James  Brown.  Joseph  Fereby.  Richard  Ryne.  Joseph 
Joiner.  Moses  Benett,  Tony  Bryant. 

Trustee— William  Emilev. 


PIPE  CREEK  CIRCUIT.  — Beaufort  Dist.,  Shirley.  S.  C. 


Local  Preacher — Saulbert  Butler.  Jr. 
Local  Deacon — B.  D.  Roberts. 
Enhorter — Saulbert  Butler.  Jr. 


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Class  Leaders— Daniel  Grant,  Wm.  King,  Sam  Tolbert,  Forton 
Gillerson,  Abraham  Johnson,  William  Bellenger,  Prince  Kelly,  James 
Mungen,  Prince  Garvin,  Peter  Small,  July  Fields,  Erasmus  Black, 
Smart  Roberson,  Edward  Bennett,  Martin  Wilson,  June  Pinkney,  Mo- 
ses Hutchinson,  Dennis  Butler,  I.  S.  Butler,  Timothy  Howard,  S.  E. 
Grathart,  Ned  Mainner,  Jeffery  Curry,  Daniel  Chislon,  Wesley  How- 
ard, Solomon  Mainner,  James  Chislom,  Ned  Mainner,  Sr.,  Robert 
Gohagin,  B.  D.  Roberts,  Lazarus  Talbert,  Thos.  Boyed,  Soney  Brown, 
Alex.  Canady,  Morris  Johnston,  J.  S.  Lovet,  S.  Robersin,  Grant  King, 
R.  S.  Blake. 

Stewards — Peter  Small,  S.  E.  Grathart,  Daniel  Chislon,  B.  D. 
Roberts,  Alex.  Canady,  Andrew  Hayward,  S.  Robersin,  M.  Wright, 
Edward  Adkin,  S.  Bryant. 

Trustees — William  Bellenger,  James  Mungen,  Peter  Small,  An- 
drew Hayward. 

S.  S.  Superintendents — William  Bellenger,  I.  S.  Butler,  S.  E. 
Grathart. 


Members  of  the  Quaterrly  Conferences  and  their  Official 
Position  and  Residence. 


Robert  G.  Scott,  Local  Elder  Charleston,,  S.  C. 

Joseph  Weston,  Local  Deacon  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Henry  Rutta,  Local  Deacon  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Charles  W.  Swinton,  Local  Deacon  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Celine  Mitchell,  Local  Deacon   Charleston,  S.  C. 

Adam  Smalls,  Local  Deacon   Charleston,  S.  C. 

Elias  J.  Brown,  Local  Deacon  Charleston,  S.  C. 

W.  H.  Jenkins,  Local  Elder  Charleston,  S.  C. 

May  H.  Martin,  Local  Deacon  Rantowles,  S.  C. 

Nathaniei  Wright,  Local  Deacon  South  John's  Island,  S.  C. 

Charles  J.  Shipes,  Local  Deacon  South  John's  Island,  S.  C. 

Phil  Bakins,  Local  Deacon  Wadmalaw  Island,  S.  C. 

Ishmael  Freeman,  Local  Deacon  Wadmalaw  Island,  S.  C. 


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Leaders  and  Preachers  Who  Reside  in 
Charleston,  S.  C. 
Preachers — M.  H.  Campbell,  J.  W.  Gibbs. 

Preacher  and  Leader — A.  W.  Washington,  G.  W.  Coleman,  J. 
P.  Maxwell.  S.  F.  Patterson,  C.  R.  Fmley,  A.  Williams,  L.  C.  Coyas. 

Local  Preacher — J.  T.  T.  Hopkins,  J.  J.  Jenkins. 

Deacon  and  Leader — Adam  Smalls.  C.  W.  Swinton,  Celine 
Mitchell. 

Local  Deacon — E.  J.  Brown,  Joseph  Wh. 

Deacon — Henry  Rutta. 

Elder  and  Leader — R.  G.  Scott. 

Leader  and  Steward — H.  C.  Fields.  J.  H.  Warring,  Isaiah  Buist, 
Richard  F.  Holmns.  Amos  S.  Williams.  W.  L.  Turpin,  J.  B.  Brown, 
Kelly  Burns. 

Elders — A.  Washington,  York  Fraser,  Samuel  Pinckney,  William 
Smalls,  P.  Grant,  J.  Hopkins,  Wm.  Dennis,  A.  P.  Poyas,  Wm.  C. 
Ferd,  Albert  Hunt,  Wm.  Derbusse.  H.  H.  McPherson,  M.  Glover. 
Stephen  Kenedy,  J.  E.  Bruce,  A.  Mitchell,  R.  Morris,  P.  A.  White. 
Robt.  Vineyard,  James  Ferguson,  Samuel  Rodgers,  Jos.  Rollins,  P. 
Washington,  Geo.  B.  Taylor,  W.  C.  Rivers,  Ben  Elliotte,  Peter  Hale, 
Jas.  Larkins,  J.  Leach,  George  Wheaton.  Robt.  Spring,  R.  B.  Holmns. 
J.  Brown,  Peter  Green,  Wm.  F.  S.  Lewis,  Richard  Toomer,  Henry 
Smythe,  Jos  Vanderhorst,  Jos.  Bonham,  Wm.  Gibson,  Wade  Moore. 
Abram  Middleton.  Wm.  L.  Walker.  H.  H.  McNeil,  J.  Williams. 
Francis  Davis.  Peter  Small,  J.  H.  Howard,  Frank  H.  Hayne,  J.  H. 
Singleton,  E.  Bennett.  John  Daisey.  Thomas  B.  Middleton.  Robert 
Notice,  WTm.  H.  Jenkins,  Henry  Vanderhorst. 

EDISTO. 

Local  Preachers — Richard  Brown,  Harry  Brown,  Bishop  Holmes, 
B.  Holmes,  Jr.,  Richard  Brown. 
Exhorter — A.  Wright. 
Licentiate — E.  W.  Singleton. 
Steward — Peter  Perry. 
Secretary — J.  A.  Blunt. 

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Leaders — Jacob.  McCelvey,  Tho.  Beckett,  R.  Campbell,  D.  C. 
Chaplin,  Isaac  Fiall,  D.  Fraser,  Robert  McCay,  Thos.  Chaplin,  A. 
Deas,  Chas.  Gadsden,  Frank  Bailey,  George  Williams,  J.  Knights,  A. 
Furguson,  P.  Singleton,  Isaac  Rivers,  Tobias  Jenkins,  B.  Flynn,  B. 
McCants,  Oliver  Smiley,  Rich  Seabrook,  S.  Wallace,  J.  S.  Stewart, 
N.  Brown,  J.  Furguson,  Wm.  Green,  Jo.  Jones,  Chas.  Gadsden,  J. 
Reynolds,  Sol.  Major,  P.  Joints,  J.  Brown,  B.  Smalls,  Thos.  Ford, 
Samuel  Bo  wen,  H.  Brown,  Jas.  Singleton,  Peter  Murray. 

SOUTH  JOHN'S  ISLAND. 

Local  Preachers — Sam'l  Capers,  John  Smalls,  Virgil  Brown. 

Stewards — Sandy  Fenwick,  Ambrose  Clark. 

Leaders — C.  Smith,  H.  Singleton,  R.  Brown,  P.  E.  Gilliard, 
T.  Y.  Jenkins,  L.  Rivers,  L.  Gibbs,  E.  J.  Heyett,  July  Michael, 
Samuel  Smalls,  John  Gilliard,  L.  Ward,  Chas.  Ladson,  Abram  Brown, 
J.  Campbell,  M.  Birch,  Wm.  Magwood.  E.  Simmons,  Geo.  Taylor, 
Phil.  Gadsden,  C.  Grimble,  Chas.  Gilliard,  John  Capers,  S.  Singleton, 
P.  E.  Gilliard. 

John's  island. 

Local  Preachers — Prince  Michael,  Phil.  Lane,  Alfred  Gilliard, 
Thos.  Wright,  Parris  Green. 

Exhorter — Chas.  H.  Simmons,  C.  H.  Johnson. 

Stewards — Joseph  Givens,  Peter  H.  D.  Blake,  Samuel  F.  Fran- 
cis, C.  W.  Tolbert,  Rich.  Mitchell,  P.  Graham,  Jas.  Brisbane. 

Lea  ler — Moses  Arnold,  Samuel  Pinckney,  Thos.  Leston,  Abram 
Brown,  Samuel  Green,  Thos.  Manigault,  Henry  Cook,  R.  Pinckney, 
L.  Cohen,  Thomas  Blake,  M.  J.  Williams,  John  Mitchell. 

WILLTOWN.  ;  ... 

Preachers — Chas.  Granderson,  Moses  Johnson,   C.  Fishburnc-. 
Exhorter  and  Steward— Glasco  White.  . 
Stewards — July  Williams,  John  Fraser. 
Trustres — John  Chislom,  Ishmael  Jones. 

Leaders — R.  Devoe,  Daniel  McTyre,  Stephen  Coleman,  Salm 
Nesbett,  B.  Pinckeney,  C.  Scott,  A.  Nesbett.  L.  Brown,  E.  Richard- 
son,  F.  Deas,  Thomas  Drayton,  T.  Maxwell. 


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MARYSVILLE. 

Preachers  and -Stewards — L.  Drayton,  Andrew  Earley,  John  Ford. 

W  AD  M  A  L  AW  ISLAND. 

Leader  and  Preacher — James  Bradley. 
Preacher — J.  Brown,  A.  Rivers,  Snow  Smalls. 
Exhorter — Taft  Smalls. 

Local  Deacon — Ishmmeal  Freeman,  Phil  Baykins. 
Stewards — Guy  Smalls,  J.  Mitchell,  Guy  Mitchell,  Samuel  Smalls. 
Sol  Gibbs,  Rich  Fraser. 
Secretary — G.  Wright. 

Leaders — L.  Washington,  A.  Jenkins,  Robt.  Simmons,  C.  Brown, 
Geo.  Fields,  Wm.  Fraser,  Kit.  Williams,  R.  Green,  C.  Grant,  C. 
Green,  Frank  McCloud,  Robt.  Grant,  Simon  Boago,  P.  Smith. 


Number  of  Classes  in  Each  Church  or  Congregation — Edisto 

District. 


St.  John's  Island— St.  Stephen's  24,  St.  Matthew's  20,  St.  James' 
20,  St.  John's  8. 

Willtown — St.  Mark's  10,  Bethlehem  12. 

Keiwah  Island — St.  Paul's  3. 

Edisto — Calvary  32,  Allen  Chapel  17. 

Rantowles — St.  Paul's  16,  Bethel  9,  St.  Matthew's  11. 

St.  Andrews — St.  Mary's  7,  Bethel  6,  Graham's  21,  Emanuel  5. 

Wadmalaw  Island — Bethel  16,  Jerusalem  12. 

RavnelFs — St.  Mark's  3. 

Marysviile— Emanue'F'5  "3: 

jehossee  Island — jehossee  7. 

Jacksonboro — Bethel  15,  Trinity  10,  Allen  2,  Sinnetta  Chapel  2. 
James'  Island — Bethel  8,  Ebenezer  2. 
Charleston — Israel  8,  Cain's  Chapel  10,  Emanuel  62. 
Toogoodoo— Mt.  Harr's  17,  St.  Luke's  9,  Mt.  Pisgah  2. 
Adam's  Run — Mt.  Nebo  4,  Spring  Grove  2. 


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adam's  run. 

P.  Gibbs,  M.  Washington,  Emanuel  Ruffin,  Ned  Ward, 

ravnells,  s.  c. 

D.  Jackson,  Urias  Lockwood,  John  Salter. 

JACKSONBORO,  s.  c. 

Preachers — Jas.  Perkins,  Adam  Dawson. 
Stewards — J.  Vanderhorst,  M.  Logan. 

Leaders — John  White,  N.  Fraser,  R.  Nelson,  Samuel  Simmons, 
B.  Brisbane,  M.  Holmes,  H.  R.  Nelson,  B.  Wilson,  R.  Gilliard,  L. 
Fields,  C.  Haywood,  W.  Fraser,  Smart  Hamilton,  Wm.  Rivers,  J. 
Wright,  E.  M.  Chisolm,  N.  Frazer,  A.  Ford,  Inash  Campbell,  J. 
Manigault,  Paul  Mitchell,  Chas.  Gadsden,  Chas,  Jackson,  T.  Lincoln. 

TOOGOODOO,  S.  C. 

Preachers — Phil  Moultrie,   Wm.   Rivers,   L.  Woodruff,  Moses 
Bailey,  Aug  Brown,  A.  R.  Deas. 
Deacon — A.  S.  Young. 

Stewards — Samuel  Mitchell,  Titus  Mackey,  B.  Edwards,  J.  Jones, 
Jo.  Jenkins,  M.  Green. 
Trustee — Ben  Rivers. 
Secretary — John  Crawford. 

Leaders — John  Nesbett,  Ben.  Fraser,  P.  Johnson,  Parris  Chisolm, 
Prince  Brown,  James  Wright,  Chas.  McCoy,  Samuel  Edwards,  J. 
Smalls,  Pompy  Jenkins,  M.  Washington,  C.  Scott,  Wm.  Wright,  Jo. 
Jones,  Moses  Blake,  E.  Richardson. 

JEHOSSEE  ISLAND. 

Local  Deacon — Morris  Judge. 

Stewards — Bailey  Washington,  E.  Bennett,  Carolina  Smalls. 
Leaders — P.  Roberson,  Paul  Gilliard,  Jas.  Brown,  A.  Mack,  J. 
Jones. 

JAMES  ISLAND. 

Preachers — A.  A.  Hamilton,  A.  B.  Watson,  Paul  A.  Campbell. 
Leaders — Edward  Drayton,  Andrew  Gibbs,  Fred  Grant,  James 
Johnson,  Strafford  Giles,  Scipio  Gibbs. 


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st.  paul*s — rantowles.  s.  c. 

Preacher — Edward  D.  Bennett. 
Preacher  and  Steward — John  H.  Holme-. 
Deacon — May  H.  Martin. 
Trustee — Samuel  B.  Butler. 

Stewards — M.  Wade.  John  Smalls.  J.  M.  Smalls.  B.  Coif  man. 
Phil  Ford.  J.  L.  Martin.  W.  Smalis. 
Leader  of  Choir — London  Frascr. 

Leaders — M.  Wright.  Samuel  Green.  J.  Capers.  E.  Simmon.-. 
Prince  Steplight.  E.  Green.  M.  Graham.  Jas.  Chesnut.  C.  Seabrook. 
A.  Young.  Wm.  Myzck,  Smart  Cocran.  Wm.  Dunmire.  D.  Grant. 
R.  Haywood.  Wm.  Fickling.  Paul  Graham.  Parris  Roberson.  Damei 
Mack.  Kit  Reid.  C.  S.  Myers.  B.  Coleman. 

SAINT  ANDREW'S  CIRCUIT. 

Preachers — Jack  Black.  Boney  Rhett.  Rich  Johnson.  E.  P.  Ben- 
nett. J.  T.  Thompson.  Kit  Drayton.  Abram  Reid. 
Exhorter — Paul  Benson. 

Stewards — Wm.  Custleham.  Thos.  Barnwell.  C.  Grant.  W.  X. 
Stafford,  C.  Wrenn. 

Trustee — Isaac  Freeman. 
Secretary — E.  R.  Nelson. 

Leaders — Shatter  Lavine.  Henry  Giliiard.  Jo.  Whaley.  George 
Taylor.  A.  Stafford.  Jord:  n  Graham.  Tobias  Capers.  Bristo  Graham. 
Thomas  King.  Henry  Drayton.  C.  Washington,  N.  Talbert.  Jerry 
Campbell.  M.  Smith.  Thos.  Wright.  Thos.  Lee.  J.  Ball.  T.  White. 
Theo.  Wasst.  Fraser  Maxwell.  John  Jackson,  A.  Bennett.  C.  H.  White. 


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METHODIST  ORG-ANIZATION-HISTOEIO  NOTES. 

BISHOP  B.  W.  ARNETT. 


The  term  "Methodist"  was  first  applied  to  the  Wesleys  and 
their  associates  in  1729.  The  "  Holy  Club  "  at  Oxford,  of  which 
Charles  Wesley,  then  twenty-one  years  of  age,  was  the  founder,  was 
composed  of  but  four  members,  viz.,  Mr.  John  Wesley,  who  was  fellow  of 
Lincoln  College  ;  Mr.  Charles  Wesley,  student  of  Christ  Church  ;  Mr. 
Morgan  Commoner,  of  Christ  Church,  the  son  of  an  Irish  gentleman, 
and  Mr.  Kirkham,  of  Merton  College.  They  were  all  young,  earnest 
students  and  sympathetic  religious  inquiers. 

They  met  four  evenings  a  week  for  reading  the  Greek  Testament 
and  the  Ancient  Classics,  and  on  Sunday  evenings  for  studying  divinity. 
Their  rigid  adherence  to  method  in  their  religious  habits  led  to  the  ap- 
propriation to  them  by  outsiders  of  the  name  "  Methodists."  The 
reference  to  them  under  this  appellation  was  made  in  jest  by  a  fellow 
stu  ient. 

Charles  Wesley  dated  his  conversion  on  May  21,  1738;  John's 
conversion  took  place  three  days  later,  viz.,  May  24,  1738.  The  first 
class  meeting  was  held  in  Bristol  on  Thursday  evening,  April  4,  1839; 
the  first  division  of  the  Methodist  Society  into  classes  was  made  at 
Bristol,  Feb.  15,  1742. 

The  first  Methodist  United  Society  was  organized  by  Mr.  John 
Wesley  in  London  in  the  latter  end  of  the  year  1739,  and  consisted  of 
eight  or  ten  persons.  One  hundred  years  from  that  date  the  British 
Conference  celebrated  the  Centennial  Anniversary  of  Wesleyan  Meth- 
odism, the  special  Thanksgiving  service  being  held  by  direction  of  the 
Conference  on  Friday,  October  25,  1839. 

Mr.  Wesley's  first  sermon  in  the  Old  Foundry,  London,  after  its 
being  regularly  opened  as  a  place  for  public  worship,  was  preached 
Nov.  11,  1739.  His  first  watchnight  service  was  held  in  Bristol,  Dec- 
ember 31,  1740.  His  first  Methodist  Conference  was  held  in  London, 
June  25,  1744,  consisting  of  John  Wesley  and  four  other  ordained 
English  clergymen,  viz.,  John  Hodges,  Henry  Piers,  Samuel  Taylor 


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and  John  Meriton ;  and  four  lay  preachers,  viz.,  Thomas  Richards, 
Thomas  Maxwell,  John  Bennett  and  John  Downes. 

In  1758,  Nathaniel  Gilbert,  Speaker  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
Antiqua,  West  India,  was  in  England,  Wandsworth.  He  had  been 
a  slave  with  him.  All  of  them  heard  Rev.  John  Wesley  preach ;  they 
were  convicted  and  converted,  and  Wesley  says  in  his  Journal,  Novem- 
ber 29th,  1758  :  "I  rode  to  Wandsworth  and  baptized  two  negroes 
belonging  to  Mr.  Gilbert,  a  gentleman  lately  from  Antiqua.  One  of 
them  is  deeply  convicted  of  sin,  the  other  rejoiced  in  God,  her  Saviour, 
and  is  the  first  Airican  Christian  I  have  known."'  But  shall  meet 
our  Lord  in  due  time  and  have  these  heathen  for  his  inheritance. 

On  his  return  to  the  Island,  1759,  Mr.  Gilbert  started  a  class 
among  the  slaves,  and  was  the  first  Class-leader  among  colored  people 
in  the  world.  He  continued  his  work  until  1774  and  then  fell  asleep 
in  Jesus. 

The  Society  has  sixty  members,  and  the  two  women  converted  in 
England  continued  the  meetings  for  eleven  years.  They  were  blessed 
of  God.     I  wish  I  knew  their  names.  I  would  give  them  to  posterity. 

FIRST   CLASS,    1 7  66,    IN    NEW  YORK. 

First  Class  in  America  was  organized  in  1766,  in  New  York,  and 
consisted  of  the  following  persons  :  Paul  Heck,  Barbara  Heck,  John 
Lawrence,  Mrs.  Embury  and  Betta  an  African  servant.  Philip  Em- 
bury was  their  leader. 

sam's  creek. 

Robert  Strawbndge  organized  a  Class  of  twelve  persons.  Among 
this  little  band  was  a  lady  known  as  Aunt  Annie  :  she  was  a  servant 
in  the  Switzer  family,  and  possibly  the  first  colored  person  to  embrace 
Methodism.  Strawbridge  soon  came  to  Baltimore ;  for  he  preached 
in  this  city  (Baltimore);  his  first  pulpit  was  a  block  in  front  of  a  black- 
smith shop,  at  or  near  what  is  now  the  corner  of  Front  and  Bath  streets. 
The  next  Sunday  he  preached  from  a  table,  at  the  corner  of  Baltimore 
and  Calvert  streets,  at  which  time  he  was  mobbed.  He  soon  organ- 
ized a  Society,  and  built  a  Church  on  Lovely  Lane,  now  German 
street;  this  was  the  first  Methodist  meeting-house  in  Baltimore.  The 
second  meeting-house  now  stands  on  Dallas  street,  then  Strawberry 
Alley,  and  belongs  to  the  Centennial  Church  congregation.  Among 
these  two  Societies  there  was  a  goodly  number  of  colored  members. 


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A.  M.  E.  CHURCH,  1816. 

The  Convention  of  the  friends  of  Manhood  Christianity  met  in 
Philadelphia,  April  9th,  18 16.  The  following  persons  were  members 
of  the  convention : 

"The  first  General  Conference  of  this  infant  child  of  God  was 
held  in  Philadelphia,  in  1816.  There  we  find  in  this  body  the  follow- 
ing princes  in  heart:  Rev.  Richard  Allen,  Jacob  Tapsico,  Clayton 
Durham,  James  Champion  and  Thomas  Webster,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.; 
Daniel  Coker,  Richard  Williams,  Henry  Harden,  Stephen  Hill,  Ed- 
ward Williamson  and  Nicholas  Gailliard,  of  Baltimore,  Md.;  Peter 
Spencer,  of  Wilmington,  Delaware ;  Jacob  Marsh,  Edward  Jackson 
and  William  Andrew,  of  Attleborough,  Penn.;  Peter  Cuff,  of  Salem, 
N.  J.'7 

Richard  Allen  was  elected  to  preside  over  the  body.  Rev.  Dan- 
iel Coker  was  elected  Vice-chairman;  Richard  Allen,  Jr.,  was  elected 
Secretary. 

The  Convention  resolved  "that  we  will  favor  an  independent 
church  organization."  The  committee  appointed  for  that  purpose  re- 
ported the  first  Discipline  of  the  Church.  It  was  the  M.  E.  Church 
Doctrine  and  Government,  except  the  Presiding  Eldership. 

The  Convention  elected,  under  the  new  form  of  government,  two 
Bishops — Richard  Allen  and  Daniel  Coker.  Richard  Allen  was  not 
present  when  the  election  took  place,  but  the  next  morning  when  the 
Journal  was  read  he  arose  and  informed  the  Convention  that  he  was 
sensible  of  the  honor  conferred  on  him,  as  well  as  the  duties  that 
would  be  expected  of  him,  but  with  a  sense  of  his  duty  to  the 
Church,  and.  the  fitness  of  things,  he  was  of  the  opinion  that  two 
Bishops  were  too  many  for  the  organization  to  start  with.  One 
Bishop  was  enough  at  this  time,  he  said.  He  stated  that  he  would  re- 
sign his  office,  and  let  the  Convention  say  which  should  hold  over. 

The  speech  created  some  hard  feeling  on  the  part  of  the  Baltimore 
delegation,  who  were  in  favor  of  Daniel  Coker.  The  Philadelphians 
were  in  favor  of  Richard  Allen  j  so  the  whole  matter  relating  to  the 
election  of  Bishops  was  re-considered  and  a  new  election  was  held, 
when  Richard  Allen  was  elected,  and  on  the  nth  day  of  April,  1816, 
he  was  ordained  by  the  imposition  of  the  hands  of  five  ordained  El- 
ders in  the  Church  of  God.    So  says  Bishop  J.  P.  Campbell. 


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The  first  missionary  to  the  negroes  was  John  Boxter,  from  Canada, 
1783.  He  remained  with  the  Antiqua  congregation  for  some  time. 
Dr.  Thomas  Cook  was  shipwrecked  and  found  him  on  the  Island 
Dec.  25,  1787.  Ordained  him  an  Elder  and  a  Deacon,  then  he  was 
the  first  Elder  in  the  West  Indies. 

The  Rev.  Cornelius  Winters  was  the  first  regular  preacher  to  a 
congregation  of  colored  Methodists  in  the  world. 

The  West  Indies  was  given  over  to  the  Missionary  Society  of 
England,  and  the  American  Church  had  no  work  until  the  presiding 
Boyer  who  invited  the  Negroes  of  America  to  come  and  live  in  the 
WTest  Indies  and  help  build  up  the  Negro  Government. 

A  large  number  went  from  the  United  States  from  Bethel  Church, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  organized  the  St.  Peter's  A.  M.  E.  Church. 
The  Rev.  Scipeo  Beans  and  Richard  Robeson  were  pastors  of  the 
church.  The  Rev.  George  Hogarth  was  the  first  General  Officer  to 
visit  the  Island  in  1804. 

1874.  Rev.  T.  G.  Stewart,  D.  D..  went  to  the  Island  and  re- 
turned. 

1876.  Rev.  G.  W.  Mossell  and  wife  went  to  Port-au-Prince. 
They  remained  until  1886.  They  did  much  good.  During  their  stay 
the  Church  educated  five  young  men  :  John  Guillock,  Emanuel  Day, 
John  Hurst,  S.  G.  Dorce  and  A.  H.  Meves.  They  are  getting  along 
very  nicely. 

Rev.  John  Hurst  is  Secretary  of  the  Legation  of  Hayti  to  Wash- 
ington. 

Peter  Williams  was  the  first  colored  man  who  was  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Church  in  America.  He  was  converted  under  the 
preaching  of  Phillip  Embry  in  New  York.  He  was  in  the  old  rigging- 
loft.  He  was  the  first  sexton  of  Wesley  Chapel  from  1778  to  1795. 
He  lived  in  John  street  Parsonage  for  a  number  of  years.  His  wife 
Mollie  was  a  general  favorite  with  the  Methodist  preachers.  Peter 
Williams  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  Zion  Church,  New  York. 
He  lived  a  slave  in  1801,  and  was  honored  by  all  who  knew  him  as  a 
man  of  God  and  a  faithful  Christian. 

The  first  out-door  Sermon  at  Kingswool  Colier  by  George  Whit- 
field, Feb,  17th,  1739. 

First  Corner-stone  of  Methodist  Church,  was  laid  on  May  12,  1739, 
at  Bristol,  by  John  Wesley. 


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The  first  Annual  Conference  convened  at  Founder  church,  June 
25th,  1744.  Persons:  John  Wesley,  Charles  Wesley,  John  Hedges, 
Henry  Piers,  Samuel  Taylor  and  John  Manton. 

The  first  Local  Methodist  Preacher  was  Thomas  Maxfield.  Next 
were  Thomas  Richards,  John  Bennett  and  John  Downs. 

First  Church  in  America  was  John's  Street  church,  built  in  1768. 

John  Wesley  was  born  June  17th,  1703.  The  first  Society  at  Ox- 
ford was  organized: 

John  Wesley  sailed  for  America  Oct.  21st,  1735.  Remained  here 
one  year  and  nine  months  and  returned  Feb.  1st,  1738. 

John  Wesley  was  converted  . 

John  Wesley  preached  his  first  out-door  sermon  from  his  father's 
tomb,  and  said  "  the  world  is  my  parish." 

Methodism  was  planted  in  America  by  Embry,  Webb,  Straw- 
bridge,  Owens,  Williams,  King,  and  the  mother  was  Barbara  Meek. 

Michael  Leard  was  the  first  man  ordained  west  of  the  Alleghanies, 
in  Uniontown,  Pa.,  by  Bishop  Asbury,  and  Whalcoats  in  1787. 

March  2nd,  1791,  Coker  and  Asbury  met  in  Charleston  the  day 
Wesley  died. 

Aaron  Sanford  was  the  first  man  to  join  Jessie  Lee  in  New  Eng- 
land, July,  1790. 

Bishop  Asbury,  on  going  to  Boston  to  assist  Jessie  Lee,  said  that 
he  was  invited  by  a  number  of  persons  at  Charleston  to  go  home  with 
them,  but  in  Boston  not  one  invited  him.  They  had  no  home,  but 
now  they  had  fifteen — one  of  the  largest  in  the  city,  and  a  University. 
Jessie  Lee  was  sixteen  months  trying  to  get  a  place  to  preach  in. 

In  1796  Bishop  Asbury  was  riding  along  in  South  Carolina,  and 
he  saw  a  slave  fishing.  The  Bishop  asked,  "Do  you  ever  pray?1' 
"  No  sir."  Asbury  laughed,  and  exhorted  him.  The  negro  wept;  As- 
bury sang  a  hymn  and,  kneeling  by  his  side  prayed,  and  left  him." — 
Page  451,  Story  of  Methodism. 

Mingo  Jordon  was  a  Local  Preacher  and  was  located  in  1808 ;  he 
wrote  a  letter  to  Adam  Clark  about  the  condition  of  the  colored  peo- 
ple in  Nova  Scotia. 

JOHN  CHARLSTON. 

Asbury,  the  Wesley  of  the  New  World,  was  the  first  to  open  a 
Sunday  school  in  Hanover  County,  Virginia.  1786.    This  school  was 


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taught  in  the  house  of  Thomas  Crenshaw,  one  of  the  first  members  of 
our  Church  in  that  section  of  the  Sta  te. 

The  pious  labors  of  the  pioneer  teachers  in  this  school  were 
crowned  of  God  in  the  conversion  of  a  number  of  the  scholars,  among 
whom  was  a  colored  boy,  John  Charlston,  who  afterward  became  a 
local  preacher,  and  labored  with  zeal  and  success  for  more  than  forty 
years.  Other  schools  were  probably  established  in  different  sections 
of  the  work,  but  of  this  no  positive  information  so  far  as  we  know  re- 
mains on  record. — Memorials  of  Methodism  in  Virginia,  page  297. 
Rev.  Dr.  W.  W.  Bennett,  Editor. 

This  boy  removed  to  the  State  of  Ohio,  lived  in  Chillicothe,  was 
a  member  and  a  local  preacher  in  the  M.  E.  Church.  When  the  mis- 
sionaries in  182 1  came  to  establish  the  African  M.  E.  Church  he  was 
one  of  the  first  to  join,  and  was  commissioned  and  sent  out  to  establish 
churches.  He  was  a  co-laborer  of  Noah  Cannon,  William  Miller  and 
John  Boggs. 

We  find  the  following  record  in  the  minutes  of  the  Ohio  Annual 
Conference  : 

1836.  John  Charlston  was  a  member  of  the  General  Conference 
of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  at  Philadelphia,  May  2. 

In  1836  he  was  stationed  at  Chillicothe,  Ohio.  In  1837  he  was 
stationed  at  Zanesville,  Ohio.  In  1838  he  was  stationed  at  Chillicothe. 
Ohio.  Sept.  7,  1839,  the  Ohio  Conference  met  in  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
and  when  question  twelve  was  asked  :  Who  have  died  this  year  ?  The 
answer  was  John  Charlston.  who  departed  this  life  in  the  full  triumph 
of  faith.  This  is  the  record  of  the  first  colored  boy  who  was  converted 
in  the  first  Sabbath  school  organized  b)r  Bishop  Asbury  in  1786. 

THE  INTRODUCTION  OF  .METHODISM  IN  CHARLESTON,  SOUTH  CAROLINA. 

We  find  that  John  and  Charles  Wesley  first  landed  in  this  city 
Saturday,  July  31,  1736,  and  preached  in  the  brick  church  of  the  Rev. 
Alexender  Gardener.  That  church  stood  on  the  ground  where  St. 
Philip  now  stands.  Then  he  was  banished  out,  then  preached  to 
colored  people  in  the  congregation.  He  held  a  conversation  aside 
from  these  to  see  what  instruction  they  had  received  from  the  meeting. 
In  April,  1737,  he  visited  the  city  again  and  preached  from  1  John,  5:4. 

George  Whitfield,  the  great  preacher,  visited  Charleston  Jan- 
uary 3,  1740.     He  preached  in  the  city  a  few  months  before  his  death. 


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In  1773  J.  Tillmore  preached  in  Charleston.  He  was  one  of  the 
ministers  sent  to  America  by  John  Wesley. 

Bishop  Asbury  visited  Charleston  in  1785  in  company  with  Rev. 
Jessie  Lee  and  Henry  Willis.  Jessie  Lee  preached  the  first  sermon, 
Sunday,  Feb.  27,  1785,  Henry  Willis  preached  in  the  afternoon,  and 
Lee  again  at  night.  Bishop  Asbury  preached  his  first  sermon,  Wed- 
nesday, 2d  day  of  March,  1785,  from  2  Cor.,  5:20. 

The  first  conversion  in  this  city  was  Edgar  Wills,  who  was  con- 
victed on  Saturday,  March  5,  1785,  and  was  converted  and  confessed 
Wednesday,  March  9,  1785,  after  Bishop  Asbury  had  preached  from 
1  Peter,  3:15. 

The  first  Regular  Preacher  in  this  city  was  Rev.  John  Tunwell,  so 
say  the  Minutes  of  1785.  He  and  Henry  Willis  were  co-laborers. 
It  was  in  1785  that  Rev.  Workmore  Hickman  was  here,  and  he  and 
Henry  Willis  brought  up  at  the  end  of  the  year  thirty-five  white  mem- 
bers and  twenty-three  colored  members;  so  you  see  that  in  the  first 
year  of  Methodism  we  converted  more  than  one-half  their  members. 

In  the  Revival  of  1785  a  white  man  by  the  name  of  George  Air 
was  converted.  He  broke  out  of  the  church,  ran  down  West  Bay 
street  crying:  "Hallelujah!  Hallelujah!"  A  crowd  gathered  about 
him,  but  he  was  brought  back  to  the  church  and  he  became  calm ; 
some  thought  he  was  crazy. 

The  first  Church  was  built  on  Cumberland  street.  It  was  40x60 
feet,  and  was  called  the  "Blue  Meeting  House" — for  the  other  church 
was  called  the  "White  Meeting  House."  Henry  Willis  and  Isaac 
Smith  were  the  preachers.  This  year  they  laid  out  the  Edisto  work, 
which  included  Cypress,  Walterboro,  Orangeburg  and  Barnwell. 

1787.  Bishop  Asbury  and  Bishop  Clarke  visited  the  city  of 
Charleston.  March  16,  1830  the  Conference  was  in  session,  when  the 
Bishop  preached.  The  number  of  members  reported  in  this  city  were: 
whites  34,  colored,  53.  The  total  membership  in  the  country  were  : 
whites  21,949,  colored  3,893,  and  133  preachers  in  the  work.  That 
has  been  just  103  years  since  the  first  Conference  convened  in  this  city. 

Bishop  Cook  was  here  at  the  Conference  of  Marqh  12,  1788.  It 
was  at  this  Conference  that  Bishop  Cook  denounced  the  institution  of 
slavery,  which  brought  the  people  out  against  the  new  Sect. 

1789.  Asbury  preached  on  Sunday,  Feb.  22nd,  to  over  one  hun- 
dred blacks.    He  says  that  Sunday,  March  1st,  he  spent  at  Charleston. 


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We  had  very  few  whites  on  the  occasion,  caused  in  part  by  a  black 
man's  preaching  not  far  distant. 

1789.  Sunday,  March  15th — iVsbury  and  Cook  reached  the 
city  after  having  rode  200  miles  in  five  days.  The  Annual  Confer- 
ence convened  and  was  opened  on  the  17th,  18th  and  19th.  The 
Conference  was  attacked  on  account  of  the  whites  in  relation  to  slavery. 
It  was  discussed,  but  it  caused  some  trouble  to  Asbury.  But  that  day 
has  gone,  thank  God  for  it.  Dr.  Cook  preached  the  Ordination 
Sermon  from  Ezek.  xxxih  :  5.  Charleston  had  fifty-two  white  mem- 
bers and  sixty-nine  colored.  In  the  connection  there  were  :  Whites, 
35,019;  colored,  8,243,  anc*  196  preachers. 

1790.  The  Conference  convened.  Bishops  Asbury  and  Cook  were 
present  and  preached  and  much  good  was  done.  The  Conference  took 
a  new  step.  It  resolved  to  establish  Sunday-schools  for  poor  children, 
white  and  black. 

1 791.  Alexander  McFarlan  and  William  Smith  were  the  leaders 
of  the  colored  people  in  Charleston.  White  members,  66  ;  coloreol, 
119.    Total,  63, 269  whites  ;  12,884  colored  ;  250  preachers. 

1797.  Bethel  Church  was  started  by  appointing  the  following 
committee  :  Francis  Southerland,  G.  H.  Myers  and  Wm.  Smith,  to 
collect  money  for  it.  Bishop  Asbury  was  present  at  this  meeting.  It 
was  occupied  in  1798,  unfinished  inside.  Benjamin  Blanton,  Presi- 
ding Elder,  preached  the  sermon.  While  the  Conference  was  in  ses- 
sion, Jan.  2-10,  1797,  Mr.  Edgar  Willis,  the  first  colored  convert  in 
Charleston,  was  taken  very  sick  and  died.  Dr.  Cook  read  the  servi- 
ces and  preached  the  funeral  oration  over  the  remains  of  the  first  con- 
vert. Bishop  Asbury  preached  the  funeral  sermon  on  Sunday,  Janua- 
ry 22nd.  He  said  we  are  not  sent  to  the  white,  but  to  the  poor  Afri- 
cans. [Page  331,  Vol.  II.]  I  have  met  the  Africans  at  five  in  the 
morning,  singing,  reading  and  prayer  and  exhortation. 

1799.  Nicholas  Smith  was  the  preacher  in  the  city  with  John 
Harper. 

1800.  George  Daugherty  was  the  preacher  in  charge. 


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FROM  THE  ANNALS  OP  SOUTHERN  METHODISM. 


OUR  PEOPLE  OF  COLOR. 


MISSIONS  TO  SLAVES  IN  SOUTH  CAROLINA. 

"  The  South-Carolina  Methodist  Conference  have  a  Missionary  Committee 
devoted  entirely  to  the  religious  instruction  of  the  slave  population.  It  has  been 
in  existence  nearly  six  years,  and  been  very  successful." 

We  have  met  the  above  paragraph  in  perhaps  a  dozen  different 
religious  papers.  It  is  not  altogether  correct,  though  it  originated, 
doubtless,  with  some  one  who  read  hastily  the  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Managers  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  Missionary  Society,  made 
last  November,  and  undertook  to  condense  its  statements  into  a  news 
paragraph. 

The  truth  is  this  :  in  the  South  Carolina  Conference  there  is  a 
missionary  Society,  auxiliary  to  our  General  Missionary  Society.  The 
affairs  of  this  Society  are  under  the  direction  of  a  Board  of  Man- 
agers, who  supervise  the  missionary  operations  of  our  Church  in  said 
Conference.  Twenty  six  years  ago  the  attention  of  the  Conference 
was  turned  toward  the  slave  population,  and  two  missions  to  slaves 
were  established,  by  the  advice  and  under  the  supervision  of  this 
Board.  In  1854  there  were  twenty-two  missions  to  slaves  in  South 
Carolina,  which  reported  more  than  ten  thousand  communicants  among 
the  people  of  color.  Besides  these,  many  whites  hold  their  member- 
ship in  these  missions,  and  there  are  four  missions  expressly  to  the 
white  .population.  There  are,  moreover,  many  circuits  in  which  the 
number  of  colored  members  about  equals  or  exceeds  that  of  the,  white 
members.  .  .  ■  . 

The  adult  slave  and  free  colored  population  of  South  Carolina  is 
about  175,000,  of  whom  45,000  or  about  one  fourth,  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Church.  In  Charleston  there  are  about  15,000  adult 
colored  persons,  of  whom  more  than  5,000,  or  one  third,  are  commun- 
icants in  this  Church.    Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  the  labors  of  this  Church 


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among  the  sla  ves  have  been  blessed  of  God ;  and  much  more  might 
have  been  accomplished,  but  for  the  fanaticism  cf  the  North,  which 
provoked  unwarranted  suspicions  against  the  operations  of  our  preach- 
ers, among  those  who  did  not  know  them,  or  those  who  inherited  pre- 
judices against  Methodism — of  whom  there  are  not  a  few. 

[From  the  N.  0.  Advocate,  May  6.] 
ONE  ROUND  ON  MY  MISSION. 

The  M.  E.  Church,  South,  is  endeavoring  to  preach  the  Gospel 
to  the  poor.  The  slaves  are  not  forgotten.  The  following  will  give 
those  of  our  readers  not  acquainted  with  ministerial  life  on  plantation 
missions  a  pretty  fair  idea  of  it.  A  noble  work,  but  requiring  for  its 
successful  prosecution  as  much  humility,  zeal,  labor,  patience,  and 
wisdom  as  would  qualify  a  missionary  to  the  Indies.  And  will  the 
reward  be  less  ? 

"  At  the  first  appointment  we  preach  in  the  master's  house.  Af- 
ter supper  came  fifteen  or  twenty  'little  darkies,'  with  sparkling  eyes,  to 
be  catechised.  We  begin,  and  they  very  promptl)  answer  every  ques- 
tion in  Caper's  First  Catechism  and  all  the  ten  commandments !  Skip, 
and  ask  what  is  the  fourth,  tenth,  etc.,  and  they're  at  no  loss  for  an 
answer.    This  is  owing  to  the  instruction  of  their  mistress. 

"  We  stay  all  night,  and  by  9  o'clock  next  morning  are  at  an- 
other plantation.  The  horn  is  blown,  and  thirty  or  forty  '  chaps'  are 
assembled  in  the  form  of  a  semi-circle,  and  waiting  for  the  simple  les- 
son of  truth.  They  know  a  good  deal,  owing  to  the  labors  of  their 
last  year's  pastor. 

"Catechism  done,  we  give  them  out  a  hymn  from  the  catechism 
which  they've  committed  to  memory,  and  they  drown  your  ears,  with 
their  singing.    They  sing  beautifully. 

"  This  is  at  the  'quarter;'  but  let  us  go  to  the  church,  one  mile 
off.  We  find  it  crowded ;  and  wThile  explaining  to  them  that  '  it  is  well 
with  the  righteous  and  ill  with  the  wicked,'  some  weep,  others  rejoice 
in  love.    The  weeping  ones  join  society. 

"  At  the  next,  several  appointments  are  associated  together  ;  they 
have  a  large  house  of  worship,  are  pretty  well  instructed,  and  have 
preaching  frequently.  No  catechising  done  this  time.  Crowded 
house,  very  attentive.    God  is  with  us. 

"  Next  Sabbath,  at  11  a.  m.,  at  another  associated  appointment. 
No  little  ones  out  here.  Some  are  cut  to  the  heart,  and  cry 
for  mercy  till  the  congregation's  dismissed,  and  even  linger  about 
the  yard.  Three  o'clock  finds  us  at  another  plantation.  No  church 
built  here ;  so  we  must  preach  in  a  negro  house,  if  at  all.  The  little 
ones  have  seen  us,  and  here  they  come  for  the  catechism.    This  over, 


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read  out  our  text,  preach,  and  some  are  powerfully  convicted,  and  cry  : 
*  God  have  mercy  on  me,  a  sinner.'  Others  rejoice.  But  here  comes 
the  overseer,  and  says  '  Stop  that  noise !  Oh  !  how  important  that 
professing  masters  employ  pious  overseers  !  for  he  can  do  more  harm 
by  a  word,  frequently,  than  the  m  ssionary  can  do  good  by  a  sermon. 

"But  we  leave  this  place,  and  by  nightfall  areata  plantation 
where  we  must  preach  in  the  overseer's  kitchen.  Too  late  for  catechis- 
ing to-night.  The  overseer  is  opposed  to  anything  like  religious  ex- 
citement. We  preach,  call  for  mourners,  God  is  with  us.  But  he 
holds  his  peace.  Meeting  over,  we  repair  to  his  hospitable  house.  He 
has  much  to  say  about  religious  meetings,  etc.  Says  he  abhors  any- 
thing like  a  noise,  etc. ,  notwithstanding  he  is  a  missionary  Baptist. 
We  tell  him  the  Bible  says  they  shout  like  thunder  in  heaven;  but  he 
has  never  seen  any  such  passage,  and  thinks  religion  is  a  quiet  some- 
thing.   We  read  it  to  him  from  19th  of  Revelations. 

"Next  Sabbath,  find  a  good  house  built  by  the  owner,  who  is  a 
Methodist  himself,  and  his  overseer,  too.  Good  many  here  to  cate- 
chise. Large  membership,  and  some  very  consistent  Christians.  At 
3  p.  m.  we  find  a  new  church,  erected  by  the  owner.  Religious  over- 
seer here.  We  preach,  call  for  mourners  ;  the  altar  crowded  with  weep- 
ing sinners  and  rejoicing  Christians.  We  dismiss,  and  each  member 
must  shake  hands  with  the  missionary.  We  unhitch  Dobbin  from  the 
limb  of  a  hickory  tree,  and  jog  off  home,  singing  : 

'  Jesus,  I  my  cross  have  taken, 

All  to  leave,  and  follow  thee ; 
Naked,  poor,  despised,  forsaken, 

Thou  from  hence  my  all  shall  be. 

'  I  have  called  thee  Abba,  Father  j 

I  have  set  my  heart  on  thee, 
Storms  may  howl  and  clouds  may  gather, 

All  must  work  for  good  to  me.' 

Missionary. 

[From  the  Memphis  Advocate,  Sept.  19.] 
PROTRACTED  MEETING  FOR  COLORED  PEOPLE. 

Brother  Cobb — I  have  just  closed  a  meeting  for  the  colored  peo- 
ple at  Smith's  Chapel,  on  the  Princeton  Circuit,  at  which  between  thir- 
ty or  forty  were  converted  and  fifty-one  joined  the  Church.  The  South- 
ern Church  professes  to  have  a  gieat  regard  for  the  welfare  of  the  slaves, 
and  yet  how  seldom  do  we  see  a  revival  notice  written  with  the  design  ex- 
pressly of  calling  the  attention  of  the  Church  to  what  God  is  doing  for 
this  class  of  our  fellow-beings.  If  they  are  mentioned,  it  is  only  inci- 
dentally.   The  meeting  mentioned  above  was  one  of  great  interest, 


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convictions  deep  and  pungent,  and  conversions  powerful.  It  would 
have  done  you  good  to  have  been  there.  I  noticed  that  in  almost 
every  instance  when  they  professed  religion,  they  went  with  all  speed 
to  their  masters  and  mistresses,  who  were  in  the  back  part  of  the  house, 
to  tell  them  ••what  a  dear  Saviour  they  had  found."  And  then  how 
interesting  to  see  the  owners  of  servants  passing  among  them  at  the 
mourners'  bench,  encouraging  them  to  look  to  Jesus,  the  friend  of  sin- 
ners. By  the  way.  these  protracted  meetings  are  the  very  things  for 
the  negroes.  If  they  are  important  to  the  interests  of  the  Church 
among  whites,  they  are  just  as  necessary  to  the  conversion  of  black 
people.  The  only  objection  that  can  be  urged  against  them,  is  one 
that  any  religious  man  ought  to  be  ashamed  to  mention, — that  is.  the 
time  that  is  lost  out  of  the  field  in  attending  meeting.  What  an  ob- 
jection for  a  professed  Christian  to  make!  The  Methodist  is  unworthy 
of  the  name  who  begrudges  to  his  servants  a  few  days  in  succession  to 
attend  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel.  The  meeting  which  has  just  closed 
commenced  on  Friday  morning,  and  closed  on  Tuesday  evening.  No 
meetings  were  held  at  night.  The  servants  went  home  and  returned 
soon  in  the  morning,  and  might  be  heard  all  about  in  the  woods  call- 
ing on  the  name  of  the  Lord.  The  whites  who  attended  the  meeting 
were  all  made  better  by  being  there. 

The  Southern  Church  has  an  important  work  to  do  in  this  depart- 
ment, and  many  of  her  ministers  are  neglecting  to  gather  stars  in  this 
department  of  the  work  that  would  shine  in  the  day  of  the  Lord  Jesus. 
Powerful  efforts  are  sometimes  made  to  get  up  a  revival  of  religion  in 
places  where  the  people  are  almost  preached  to  death;  when  half  the 
time  spent  with  the  blacks  and  one  third  the  effort  in  preaching  would 
result  in  the  conversion  of  a  score  or  two  of  souls.  I  wish  you  would 
write  an  editorial  on  this  subject,  and  impress  on  the  owners  of  servants 
and  on  our  preachers  the  importance  of  holding  two  or  three  days' 
meetings  for  the  colored  people.  By  these  means  I  am  satisfied  many 
who  attend  and  hear  preaching  occasionally  and  go  away  careless,  would 
be  brought  to  think  and  pray  to  that  great  and  good  Being  who  came 
into  the  world  to  save  sinners.  I  shall  feel  that  I  have  not  lived  for  no- 
thing, if  I  can  get  you  to  call  the  attention  of  the  owners  of  servants 
to  the  importance  of  protracted  meetings  for  their  special  benefit. 

Tulip,  Aug.  23,  1855.  A.  Hunter. 

[From  the  New- Orleans  Advocate,  Oct.  20.] 
THE  COLORED   CHURCHES   IX  XEW-ORLEAXS. 

The  three  colored  churches  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  South,  in  New- 
Orleans — worshiping  in  chapels  called  respectively,  Wesley,  Soule, 
and  Winans — last  week  presented  their  local  preachers  (colored)  with 
a  suit,  out  and  out.  including  boots  and  hats  !  Their  names  are  Henry 

Green,  Anthony  Ross,  and  Scott  Chinn:  and  this  substantial  compli- 

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ment,  we  understand,  was  conferred  for  their  "  fidelity  in  filling  their 
appointments  on  Sundays."  It  was  "tastily"  done,  by  a  committee 
of  themselves,  at  one  of  our  best  clothing-stores,  and  the  bill  paid, 
amounting  to  #  100. 

The  Preachers,  with  most  of  the  members,  are  slaves.  One  of 
them  drives  a  dray  on  week-days,  another  drives  nails  and  shoves  a 
plane,  and  the  other  is  a  porter  in  a  wholesale  coffee-store.  They  can 
read  and  though  colored,  preach  a  fair  sermon. 

These  churches  number  about  1200  communicants.  They  are  in 
connection  with  the  Louisiana  Conference,  which  appoints  them  a  white 
pastor,  under  whose  supervision  a  wholesome  dicipline  is  maintained. 
He  also  preaches  for  then  once  on  Sabbath,  usually  afternoon,  and  ad- 
misters  the  Sacraments  * 

The  congregations  meet  thrice  on  Sabbath — at  sunrise  for  prayer- 
meeting,  and  at  11  and  3^  for  preaching.  Sabbath-schools,  on  the  oral 
system,  are  held  at  9  A.  M.  The  churches  are  large  and  orderly,  and 
enjoy  the  good  will  and  protection  of  the  city  authorities.  They  are 
spiritually  prosperous,  also,  and  do  much  good. 

THE  COLORED  PEOPLE  IN  CHARLESTON. 

Dr.  McFerrin,  of  the  Nashville  Advocate]  gives  an  account  of  his 
visit  to  Charleston,  and  speaks  thus  of  the  colored  church-members : 

"With  all  these  churches  there  are  connected  many  colored  mem- 
bers. Indeed  there  are  between  five  and  six  thousand  colored  com- 
municants in  connection  with  the  four  Methodist  churches.  They  are 
orderly  and  pious,  and  many  of  them  very  intelligent.  They  worship 
in  the  same  congregations  with  the  whites,  occupying  the  spacious  gal- 
leries, which  are  set  apart  for  their  exclusive  use.  No  man  can  see 
these  large  crowds  of  colored  people  coming  into  the  house  of  God, 
well  clad,  and  many  of  them  with  their  Bible  and  hymn-books  in  their 
hands,  without  exclaming,  'What  hath  God  wrought!'  The  Sabbath 
we  were  there  was  communion-day  with  the  colored  brethren.  Morn- 
ing and  afternoon  were  both  devoted  to  this  service,  after  sermon. 
Hundreds  at  each  hour  were  at  their  place  around  the  table  of  our  Lord, 
'showing  his  death  till  he  come.'  To  witness  these,  and  to  mark  the 
condition  of  the  slave  population  in  Charleston,  and  then  read  the  hor- 
rid narratives  detailed  by  correspondents  of  Northern  religious  news- 
papers, is  enough  to  shake  confidence  in  the  integrity  of  many  who 
conduct  the  religious  journals  of  the  times." 

"We  had  several  pleasant  interviews  with  Rev.  H.  A.  C.Walker, 
presiding  elder  of  the  Charleston  District.  He  has  an  interesting  field, 
embracing  several  important  missions  on  the  rice  plantations  in  the 

*The  Rev.  H.  N.  McTyeire,  Editor  of  the  N.  0,  Advocate,  is  pastor  this 
year. — Ed.  Annals, 


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vicinity  of  the  city.  Several  other  ministerial  brethren  we  had  the 
privilege  of  seeing,  and  were  impressed  with  the  importance  of  the 
work  not  only  in  the  refined  cities  of  the  South,  but  among  the  slaves 
on  the  sea-shore  and  in  the  swamps." 

Funeral  of  a  Colored  Woman.'— A  Mobile  paper  gives  the 
following  account  of  the  funeral  of  the  wife  of  Edmund  Douglass,  a 
missionary  to  Liberia,  whom  ill  health  had  driven  back  to  this  country  : 
"We  witnessed  a  spectacle,  on  Monday  last,  which  was  a  most  beau- 
tiful illustration  of  Southern  slavery,  and  which  it  had  been  well  for 
the  revilers  of  our  '■peculiar  institution '  to  have  seen.  It  was  the  sol- 
emn and  imposing  funeral  pagent  of  the  wife  of  Edmund  Douglass,  a 
colored  preacher  of  this  city.  Some  four  years  ago,  Edmund  was 
sent  out  as  a  missionary  to  Liberia,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Ameri- 
can Colonization  Society,  and  in  connection  with  the  missionary  enter- 
prise of  the  M.  E.  Church.  He  labored  faithfully  and  successfully 
there  as  a  minister,  until  the  ill  health  of  himself  and  family  compell- 
ed them. to  return.  In  February  last  he  came  back,  and  received  a 
cordial  greeting  from  the  people  among  whom  he  had  lived  for  many 
years,  and  whose  confidence  and  respect  he  had  long  shared.  Ed- 
mund has  ever  been  held  in  high  esteem  as  a  man  of  piety  and  pru- 
dence, and  we  were  glad  to  welcome  him  back  to  the  scene  of  his  former 
labors,  but  pained  to  find  him  wasted  by  the  fever  peculiar  to  the  cli- 
mate of  his  missionary  toils.  His  wife  had  suffered  even  more  severly, 
and  after  lingering  for  several  months,  was  called  from  suffering  to 
reward.  Her  corpse  was  followed  by  an  immense  procession  of  those 
who  flocked  to  do  honor  to  one  who  had  fallen  a  martyr  to  the  noble 
enterprise  of  missions.  There  were  nineteen  carriages  in  the  train, 
making  it  larger  by  far  than  is  usual  among  the  funerals  of  our  white 
population.  It  was  a  tribute  well  bestowed,  because  deserved,  and 
we  were  rejoiced  to  see  it.  It  was  an  evidence  of  the  estimate  placed 
on  fidelity  among  the  colored  people  in  our  midst,  and  in  this  respect, 
was  not  an  exception  to  a  rule  that  is  general  in  its  application  in  the 
South.  Although  the  concourse  that  attended  this  funeral  was  larger 
than  is  usual  among  colored  persons,  yet  we  have  witnessed  many 
processions  connected  with  the  burial  of  their  dead  that  rebuked  the 
slanders  so  maliciously  propagated  against  us,  in  reference  to  our 
course  toward  our  negroes.  Our  neighbors  North,  who  are  so  indus- 
trious as  under-ground  railroad  agents,  have  an  abundance  of  lip-phi- 
lanthropy ;  can  talk  most  Christianly  of  their  sympathy  for  the  down 
trodden  children  of  Ham,  and  profess  large  affection  for  them ;  yet, 
when  it  comes  to  the  true  test  of  such  philanthropy  and  sympathy, 
they  are  found  '  wanting.'  We  would  be  glad  if  the  more  honest 
among  them  could  see  our  churches  for  the  negro  population — the 
facilities  for  culture  in  matters  of  religion  afforded  them  in  our  city — 
listen  to  the  songs  of  praise  and  thanksgiving  which  go  up  to  high 
heaven  from  their  sanctuaries  and  home-alters — observe  the  respect 


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awarded  those  of  them  who  are  worthy  to  receive  it,  and  the  happi- 
ness and  contentment  they  enjoy  under  all  this.  It  would  subdue 
much  of  that  bitterness  whereby  we  are  assailed  by  persons  '  who 
know  not  what  they  do.'  As  to  others,  who  are  influenced  by  selfish 
considerations,  who  follow  in  the  wake  of  abolitionism  only  to  secure 
the  'loaves  and  fishes,'  and  who,  in  the  absence ot  the  personal  profits 
accruing  from  the  concern,  would  feel  but  little  interest  for  the  black 
man :  as  for  them,  we  have  no  hope  that  they  would  be  '  pursuaded 
though  one  were  to  rise  from  the  dead,'  and  rebuke  their  thieving  pro- 
pensities." 

[Extracts  from  Tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Missionary  Society.} 

MISSIONS  AMONG  THE  PEOPLE  OF  COLOR. 


To  the  Southern  portion  of  the  Methodist  Church  seems  specially 
committed  the  great  and  important  work  of  preaching  the  gospel  to 
the  colored  slave  population  of  our  country.  Such  has  been  the 
course  of  our  devoted,  self-denying  and  laborious  ministers  from  the 
very  first  establishment  of  Methodism  in  the  South.  But  the  glory  of 
founding  the  missions  to  the  colored  people,  belongs  to  one  whose 
recent  departure  from  us  has  so  much  saddened  the  Church  and  the 
country.  Bishop  Capers,  of  precious  memory,  was,  under  God,  the 
honored  instrument  in  opening  this  interesting  and  important  field  for 
missionary  labor  fully  to  the  Church.  Indeed,  he  was  emphatically 
the  friend  of  his  race.  The  white,  black,  and  red  man  alike  shared 
in  his  labors  and  enjoyed  the  benefit  of  his  ministry. 

Increased  confidence  is  everywhere  manifested  towards  these  mis- 
sions, and  constantly  increasing  facilities  afforded  our  missionaries  by 
those  who  are  most  directly  interested  as  the  owners  of  the  slaves.  Every 
year  the  field  is  enlarging.  From  every  direction  the  cry  is  heard, 
"Come  over  and  help  us."  To  this  work  then,  while,  as  a  Church 
we  feel  that  we  are  committed  and  stand  pledged,  let  us  prove  our 
conviction  of  its  importance  by  our  unwearied  efforts  and  labors.  We 
would  most  earnestly  call  upon  all  those  Conferences,  heretofore  hav- 
ing failed  to  send  reports,  to  forward  for  the  next  report  a  correct  ac- 
count of  the  colored  missions  within  their  bounds. 

The  able  editor  of  the  New  Orleans  Christian  Advocate,  on  this 
subject,  in  review  of  the  missionary  operations  of  the  Louisiana  Con- 
ference, says  : 


ANNALS  OF  SOUTHERN  METHODISM. 


397 


The  missions  to  the  slaves  continue  to  be  the  chief  item,  in  this 
department.  More  plantations  are  opened  than  can  be  occupied.  The 
planters,  in  many  instances,  contribute  liberally  to  their  support.  Sev- 
eral drafts  upon  their  commission  merchants  in  New  Orleans  for  $50 
and  $100  were  among  the  treasurer's  receipts. 

In  view  of  the  impossibility  of  supplying  preaching  to  the  planta- 
tions separately,  and  for  the  stability  and  success  of  the  work,  the  Con- 
ference continues  to  urge  the  building  of  chapels  upon  the  roadside, 
convenient  to  the  church-going  members  of  the  several  adjoining  plan- 
tations, both  white  and  black.  By  such  an  arrangement  only  can  this 
field  be  cultivated  and  conserved  in  its  fruits.  Labor  bestowed  other- 
wise, may  occasionally  be  successful,  but  is  liable  to  fluctuations.  Two 
gentlemen  near  Bastrop,  Major  E.  K.  W.  Ross,  and  Wm,  Faulk,  Esq., 
in  pursuance  of  the  recommendation  of  the  Conference,  erected,  during 
the  last  year  a  missionary  chapel,  at  the  cost  of  $1000.  on  the  high- 
way between  their  plantations,  for  the  benefit  of  their  servants  and 
families,  and  the  surrounding  neighborhood.  Well  done.  May  we 
record  many  such  buildings,  the  year  to  come.  Then  our  missionaries 
compass  the  work  and  preach  the  Gospel  and  maintain  discipline,  and 
the  Church,  organized  and  located,  will  grow.  In  this  connection  the 
action  of  the  late  General  Conference  was  discussed  and  commended, 
which  is — 

"  1.  That  in  order  to  the  domestic  improvement  and  social  and 
moral  elevation  of  the  colored  people  among  us,  we  earnestly  urge  up- 
on masters  the  duty  of  removing  from  them,  as  far  as  practicable,  all 
temptations  to  licentiousness  and  impurity,  and  of  the  enforcement  of 
the  obligations  of  the  marriage  relation. 

"  2.  That  this  Conference  enjoin  upon  all  our  ministers  to  en- 
force upon  our  colored  members,  in  the  strongest  manner,  the  duties 
of  domestic  purity  and  connubial  fidelity,  and  to  pay  particular  atten- 
tion to  the  mariages  they  contract." 

Much  has  been  laid  out  and  much  already  accomplished.  Our 
brethren,  lay  and  clerical,  need  not  go  far  to  inquire  for  duty.  Every 
one  can  do  something.  The  field  is  great  and  white  unto  the  harvest. 
Let  us  be  up  and  doing. 

I.  St.  Louis  Conference. 

In  this  Conference  there  are,  in  connection  with  the  church,  a 
membership  of  1002  colored  persons.  They  have  only  in  one  or  two 
instances,  separate  charges  from  the  whites.  One  in  St.  Louis,  with 
75  members,  one  church,  and  100  children  in  Sabbath  school.  Another 
in  Lexington,  with  200  members,  1  church,  and  a  fine  Sabbath  school. 

II.  Holston  Conference. 

In  this  Conference,  as  in  the  St.  Louis  and  many  other  Western 


39« 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


Conferences,  the  colored  people  mostly  worship  together  with  the 
whites,  in  the  same  houses  and  at  the  same  hours.  There  is  in  this 
Conference,  one  colored  mission,  Knoxville  and  Muddy  Creek :  mem- 
bers, 402;  children  instructed,  100. 

in.    Tennessee  Conference. 

This  is  one  of  our  most  efficient  Conferences.  Within  its  bounds 
are  seven  missions  to  the  people  of  color.  They  are,  as  heretofore, 
resolved  upon  increased  effort  in  behalf  of  these  missions,  and  pledge 
themselves  to  a  more  thorough  prosecution  of  the  work. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  subject  of  missions  sub- 
mit the  following  report : 

There  are  under  the  supervision  of  this  Conference,  three  missions 
in  destitute  sections,  and  seven  among  the  colored  population. 

The  Sycamore  mission,  in  the  bounds  of  Lebanon  district,  was 
served  the  past  year  by  Brother  W.  Randle,  who  reports  243  members, 
50  additions  to  the  Church,  8  appointments,  and  80  persons  baptized. 
There  is  an  increasing  interest  on  the  subject  of  practical  piety;  and 
in  view  of  its  numerical  strength  and  moral  position,  compared  with 
the  past,  it  may  soon  aspire  to  the  rank  of  a  circuit.  It  has  paid 
towards  its  support  $61.30. 

Centreville  mission,  during  tbe  past  year,  was  under  the  pastoral 
care  of  Brother  J.  N.  Allen.  There  are  in  the  bounds  of  this  work, 
12  appointments.     No  other  statistics  reported. 

Frankfort  mission,  in  the  bounds  of  Tuscumbia  District,  is  reported 
as  being  in  a  prosperous  condition.  There  are  192  members,  10  ap- 
pointments, 73  additions  to  the  church,  44  conversions,  2  received  in 
full  connection,  2  baptized,  with  access  to  four  or  five  hundred  per- 
sons. This  mission  was  served  by  Brother  J.  D.  Barbee,  and  paid 
toward  its  support  $50. 

From  Linden  mission  we  have  no  report. 

The  Nashville  colored  mission  was  under  the  pastoral  supervision 
of  Brother  E.  Carr,  and  affords  cheering  indications  of  spiritual  health. 
In  connection  with  this  charge,  there  are  two  churches  in  the  corpor- 
ate limits  of  the  city,  and  three  in  the  country,  having  an  aggregate 
membership  of  636;  there  are  two  Sabbath  schools,  with  a  library  at- 
tached to  each;  160  children  under  catechetical  instruction;  $55.15 
collected  for  the  purchase  of  books,  and  a  net  increase  of  30  members. 
A  general  revival  interest  has  pervaded  the  charge  during  the  year. 
The  mission  has  paid  $78.65. 

The  Sumner  and  Lebanon  African  mission,  in  the  bounds  of  the 
Lebanon  district,  was  served  the  past  year  by  Brother  W.  H.  Johnson, 
who  reports  841  members,  18  appointments,  12  baptized,  and  has  ac- 
cess to  about  2000  persons. 


ANNALS  OF  SOUTHERN  METHODISM. 


399 


Stone  River  African  mission  was  under  the  care  of  Brother  Wra. 
M.  Shaw.  The  patrons  of  this  mission  manifest  an  increasing  desire 
for  the  promulgation  of  the  Word  of  Life  among  the  colored  popula- 
tion, and  desire  its  continuance.  There  are  18  appointments,  322 
members,  and  during  the  past  year  50  souls  have  been  converted,  and 
63  received  on  probation.  It  has  paid  towards  its  support  $185,  and 
affords  access  to  2000  persons. 

Huntsville  and  Bell  Factory  colored  mission,  in  the  bounds  of  the 
Huntsville  district,  was  served  the  past  year  by  Brother  W.  R.  J. 
Husbands.  There  are  2  appointments,  119  members,  and  from  300 
to  400  to  whom  the  Gospel  is  regularly  dispensed.  During  the  past 
year  4  have  been  added  to  the  church,  3  converted,  and  16  baptized. 
It  has  paid  $100  towards  its  support. 

Richmond  African  mission,  embraced  in  the  Pulaski  district,  has 
5  appointments  and  325  members  ;  100  have  been  received  on  proba- 
tion, 75  have  been  converted. 

Limestone  African  mission.  Brother  W.  P.  Warren  was  appointed 
to  this  work  the  past  year.  There  are  15  appointments,  225  members, 
500  children  catechised,  39  of  whom  were  converted,  52  accessions, 
9  baptisms,  and  $200  paid  towards  its  support. 

Franklin  African  mission,  in  the  bounds  of  the  Tuscumbia  district, 
embraces  16  appointments,  100  members,  155  children  under  catechet- 
ical instruction.     Brother  A.  J.  B.  Foster  was  appointed  to  this  mission. 


Missions  and  Missionaries. 


Nashville,  E.  Carr  '  

Lebanon  &  Sumner,  W.  H.  Johnson 

Stone  River,  W.  M.  Shaw  

Huntsville,  W.  R.  J-  Husbands.... 

Richland   325 

Limestone.  W.  P.  Warren   225 

Franklin,  A.  j.  B.  Foster     100 


CM. 

626 
841 
322 
119 


Chs. 
5 


Whole  number   2568  5 

IV.  Virginia  Conferrnce. 
Missions  and  Missionaries.      C.  M.  Chs. 

Union,  W.  H.  Barnes   344 

Bate  Street.  Stephen  W.  Jones..  775 
Portsmouth,  (to  be  supplied,)...  507 

Princess  Ann.  A.  Stewart,   275 

Roanoke,  G.  W.  Tringer  

Buchanan,  F.  S.  Mitchell  


S.  S.     Col.  Chil. 

2  160 
360 


i55 
1275 


s.s. 


Whole  number. 


1 901 


150 


400 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


V.  Arkansas  Conference. 

Missions  and  Missionaries.      CM.  Chs.  S.S.  Child' n. 

Red  River   220  ...  ...   

Helena                                       80  ...  ...  ...... 

Princeton   60  ...  ...   

Napoleon   ...  ...   

Jasper   ...  ..   

Richland   ...  ...   


Whole  number   360 


VI.  Memphis  Conference. 


Missions  and  Missionaries.  C  M. 

Hernando,  W.  R.  Dickey   572 

Memphis,  (to  be  supplied)   500 

Marshall,  W.  R.  Dickey   311 

Holly  Springs,  (to  be  supplied)  432 

Chulahoma,  (to  be  supplied)   177 

Sommerville,  (to  be  supplied)...  125 

Randolph,  (to  be  supplied)   91 

Lagrange,  J.  W.  Walkup   260 

Jackson,  A.  W.  Jones   59 

Aberdeen,  (to  be  supplied)   161 

Prairie,  J.  Young   664 

Pontotoc...'   181 


Whole  number   3533 


Chs. 
9 


S.S. 


Child' 11. 
1500 

1500 


23 


200 
500 

3700 


VII.  Mississippi  Conference. 


Missions  and  Missionaries.      C  M. 

Coles  Creek,  H.  M.  Booth   732 

Camel,  C.  R.  Godfrey   200 

Springfield,  (to  be  supplied)   334 

Wilkinson,  ,   1020 

Jackson,  W.  R.  Millraps   251 

Feliciana,  ,   130 

Warren,  J.  Serm  and  J.F.Clark  58 

Vicksburg,  ,   254 

Rocky  Spring,  (to  be  supplied)  460 

Bear  Creek,  (to  be  supplied)  ,. 

Rankin,  (to  be  supplied)   11 1 

Pearl  River,  G.  D.  Wade   159 


Chs. 


Child' n. 


ANNALS  OF  SOUTHERN  METHODISM. 


401 


Missions  and  Missionaries.      C  M. 

Jasper,  (to  be  supplied)   

Aurite.  S.  R.  Hvde   247 

Black  Fork,  J.  M.  Pugh  

Vernon,  J.  W.  Adams   95 

Midway,  J.  S.  Harris  

Mt.  Willis,  (to  be  supplied)    185 

Canton,  H.  D.  Berry    230 

Big  Bl*k,F.  M.  Feathersborough  

Honey  Island,  (to  be  supplied).  106 

Sharon,  ,   428 

Rolling  Fork.    295 

Whole  number  . ..  5325 


C/is. 


Child''n. 


*5° 


35° 


A  III.   North  Carolina  Conference. 


Missions  a?id  Missionaries.  CM. 


00 
121 


Cape  Fear.  G.  W.  Farrabee   365 

Xewbern,  T.  P.  Ricaud    11 

Beaufort,  (to  be  supplied)  , 

Bladen,  (to  be  supplied)   947 

Halifax,  J.  Goodman   73 

Raleigh,  James  Reid   240 


Whole  number. 


Chs. 


Child-'n. 


IX.  East  Texas  Conference. 

Missions  and  Missionaries .  CM.  Chs.  Child 'n. 

Harrison,  P.  W.  Hobbs   340  ...   

Clarksville,  E.  F.  Thuring......  14  ...   

San  Augustine  '.  54  ...  ...... 

Whole  number   408  ...   

X.  South  Carolina  Conference. 

We  give  below  the  able  report  from  the  Missionary  Society  of  this 
Conference.  It  will  be  seen  that,  as  ever,  this  Conference  is  most 
zealously  engaged  in  the  great  mission  work. 

The  Board  of  Managers  of  the  S.  C.  Conference  Missionary  So- 
ciety beg  to  present  the  following  as  their  report  for  the  year  1854  : 
Twenty-six  years  ago,  the  South  Carolina  Conference  began  a  system 


402 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


of  regular  ecclesiastical  operations  among  the  plantation  negroes  of  the 
low-country,  by  establishing  two  missions,  lying  one  of  them  south  of 
Ashley  river,  and  the  other  on  Santee  and  Pee  Dee  rivers.  Bishop 
M'Kendree,  of  revered  memory,  appointed  from  among  the  ministers 
of  the  Conference,  two  missionaries  for  this  work — then  an  untried 
experiment.  During  the  first  year,  but  $300  were  raised  throughout 
the  Conference,  for  the  cause  of  missions.  The  labors  of  these  pioneer 
missionaries,  during  the  same  period,  resulted  in  the  gathering  of  417 
church  members.  One  of  these  good  men  died  in  September,  of 
billious  fever,  taken  from  exposure  m  the  swamps  of  his  field  of  opera- 
tions. The  very  outset  of  the  enterprise  cost  the  life  of  a  missionary. 
But  this  sacrifice  furnished  proof  that  the  heroic  spirit  of  the  ancient 
faith  was  not  yet  extinct  in  the  Church  ;  and  that  Methodist  preachers 
knew  how  to  die  at  their  posts,  though  these  might  lie  among  the  rice- 
fields  and  negro  quarters  Nearly  a  generation  has  passed  away  since 
that  day,  and  it  is  an  interesting  matter  of  inquiry,  how  far  the  small 
beginning,  just  mentioned,  has  advanced  in  a  quarter  of  a  century ; 
what  practical  results  have  grown  out  of  it;  what  aspect  the  field  now 
wears ;  and  what  we  may  safely  count  upon  for  the  future. 

That  there  has  been  a  large  development,  the  statistics  which  the 
Society  has  published  year  by  year,  will  fully  prove.  In  1833,  two 
additional  missionary  stations  were  established.  In  1834  they  num- 
bered six;  in  1835,  eight;  in  1836,  nine;  in  1837,  ten;  and  ten  years 
afterwards,  namely,  in  1847,  there  were  17  missions,  served  by  25 
efficient  preachers  of  the  Conference.  At  present  there  are  26  mis- 
sionary stations,  on  which  are  employed  32  ministers,  who  are  sup- 
ported by  the  Society.  The  number  of  church  members  is  11,546, 
including  1175  whites.  The  missionary  revenue  has  risen  from  $300 
to  $25,000.  These  are  the  material  results,  so  far  as  statistics  are  con- 
cerned. They  call  for  devout  acknowledgements  to  God,  who  has 
put  honor  upon  this  department  of  our  work,  and  given  us  abundant 
favor  in  the  sight  of  the  community  in  carrying  on  a  line  of  operations 
confessedly  difficult  and  delicate. 

If  we  look  a  little  beyond  mere  statistics,  several  important  re- 
sults will  fix  our  attention  :  first,  we  are  warranted  in  affirming:  that 
public  opinion  in  South  Carolina  is  decidedly  in  favor  of  the  religious 
instruction  of  the  negroes,  both  as  a  dictate  of  duty  and  a  matter  of 
policy.  In  slave  holding  communities,  public  opinion,  in  all  that  con- 
cerns the  established. relation  of  master  and  servant,  must  be  regarded 
as  an  element  of  highest  potency.  That  the  religious  sentiment  of  the 
country  should  be  directed,  clearly  and  strongly,  in  favor  of  furnish- 
ing the  colored  population,  particularly  the  plantation  negroes,  with 
the  means  of  hearing  the  "Gospel  of  their  salvation,"  and  of  learning 
their  duty  to  God,  and  their  accountability  in  a  future  life,  is  a  cheer- 
ing evidence  that  the  labors  of  this  Society — the  pioneer  in  direct  and 
well-sustained  missionary  efforts  among  the  blacks,   have  not  been 


ANNALS  OF  SOUTHERN  METHODISM. 


fruitless.  The  case  might  have  been  otherwise.  Had  slaveholders  in 
the  South  been  the  merciless  despots  which  Northern  fanatics  of  high 
and  low  degree,  unite  in  representing  them  to  be — had  they  sternly 
bidden  away  from  their  plantations  the  approach  of  the  mis- 
sionaries, and  closed  up  all  access  to  their  people — had  they  justified 
the  wretched  and  false  calumnies,  which  it  is  the  fashion  of  the  North- 
ern American  press  to  heap  upon  them,  by  showing  that  they  either 
hated  or  feared  the  spread  of  religious  influence  among  their  slaves, 
and  set  their  faces  against  all  efforts  made  for  their  instruction  in  the 
knowledge  of  salvation  by  faith  in  Jesus  Christ,  your  society  would 
have  been  compelled,  years  ago,  to  abandon,  in  hopeless  dispair,  a 
field  which  now  flourishes  and  brings  forth  fruit  to  the  glory  of  God. 
but  far  different  has  been  the  actual  result.  Your  preachers  have  been 
welcomed;  chapels  have  been  built ;  liberal  contributions  have  been 
furnished  year  by  year  to  your  funds  by  the  planters  :  a  deep  interest 
has  been  awakened  on  the  subject;  master  and  servant  worship  to- 
gether; the  spirit  of  Christian  light  and  love  has  reached  upon  the 
one,  while  it  has  directly  benefited  the  other  ;  and  in  proportion  to  the 
spread  of  religious  truth  and  influence  among  the  blacks,  is  the  satis- 
faction felt  by  thousands  of  masters.  Are  we  wrong  in  considering 
this  as  one  of  the  most  cheering  aspects  of  the  whole  subject?  Sec- 
ond. The  influence  of  Christianity  upon  the  negro  population,  served 
by  the  missionaries  of  this  Society,  demands  our  notice.  The  Gospel 
is  a  message  intended  for  all  men.  It  takes  up  in  its  grand  .generali- 
zations, the  bond  as  well  as  the  free.  Its  offer  of  salvation  is  meant  to 
be  irrespective  of  all  outward  conditions.  That  it  shoi  Id  be  preached 
to  all  classes  of  men  is  the  distinct  and  clearly-revealed  will  of  God, 
and  therefore  matter  of  duty  and  obligation  to  the  Church.  Now,  if 
nothing  more  had  been  accomplished  than  the  meeting  of  this  solemn 
responsibility,  that  would  have  been  doing  much.  Success  is  with 
God;  duty  is  for  us.  And  so,  to,  it  were  matter  of  special  thankful- 
ness with  every  right-minded  master,  that  in  the  peculiar  relation  sus- 
tained by  him  to  his  slaves,  it  had  been  in  his  power  to  welcome  and 
aid  the  Christian  minister  in  preaching  Jesus  and  the  Resurrection  to 
his  dependents,  even  though  no  visible  fruit  of  holiness  appeared  as 
the  result.  But  beyond  all  this,  it  is  confidently  believed  that  Chris- 
tian influence  has  made  itself  felt  in  the  conscience,  convers  ition,  and 
life  of  thou  ands  of  the  blacks.  A  vast  deal  of  ignorance  has  been  in 
the  way,  on  the  part  of  the  old  negroes ;  many  superstitious  notions, 
many  fixed  habits  of  immorality,  have  opposed  barriers  to  the  entrance 
of  God's  word  to  the  inner  man  ;  the  improvement  on  the  part  of  the 
younger  generation,  has  not  been  as  extensive  as  their  opportunities  of 
instruction.  Where  indeed,  shall  we  go  to  find,  as  yet,  the  universal 
sway  of  Christianity ;  and  where  is  that  community  in  which  it  has 
been  allowed  to  cure  all  the  evils  of  man's  nature?  While,  however, 
we  do  not  claim  that  any  very  extraordinary  success  in  the  conversion 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


of  the  blacks  has  followed  the  ministrations  of  your  missionaries,  we 
yet  confidently  believe  that  in  a  great  number  of  instances,  and  on  all 
the  missionary  stations,  the  force  of  Christian  truth,  and  the  power  of 
Christian  motives,  and  the  renewing  influences  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
have  been  felt.  It  is  obvious  that  much  of  the  instruction  given  in 
the  ministrations  of  the  missionaries  must,  of  necessity,  deal  in  the 
first  principles  of  Christianity  ;  must  be  to  a  large  extent  adapted  to  an 
humble  grade  of  intellect  and  a  limited  extent  of  information ;  and 
must  make  its  impression  by  constant  and  patient  reiteration.  This  is 
precisely  what  is  doing  all  the  time.  No  romance  surrounds  such  a 
field  of  labor;  it  lacks  all  the  elements  which  stir  the  enthusiasm  of 
lofty  minds  ;  it  is  in  the  highest  degree  a  work  of  f  uth,  demanding  the 
patience  of  hope,  and  the  labor  of  love.  Your  missionaries  are  occas- 
ionally cheered  by  some  death-bed  scene,  in  some  lowly  cabin  of  a 
negro-quarter.  Instead  of  the  stupid  indifference  of  a  semi-brutal 
nature,  or  the  frantic  moanings  of  a  terrified  superstition,  they  witness 
the  calm  confidence  of  a  faith  which  leans  on  the  bosom  of  Jesus — 
the  Man  of  sorrow — the  Son  of  God ;  and  trust  his  merits  for  salva- 
tion in  a  crisis  which  baffles  the  proudest  reason,  and  prostrates  the 
loftiest  imagination.  But  thirdly,  it  is  worthy  of  notice  that  the  mis- 
sionary work,  as  it  is  carried  on  in  South  Carolina,  embracing,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  regular  preaching  of  divine  truth,  the  constant  catechet- 
ical instruction  of  the  young  negroes.  This  is  uniformly  done  orally. 
These  "  little  children"  are  brought  to  Christ.  Is  it  saying  too  much 
to  affirm  that  of  many  such  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven  ?  Christion  nur- 
ture thus  grows  with  their  growth.  Correct  ideas  of  God,  of  duty,  of 
the  relations  of  time  and  eternity,  of  human  accountability — the 
foundation  principles  of  Christian  character  and  life,  are  laid  in 
the  early  years  of  these  catechumens.  All  true  and  trustworthy  mo- 
rality, in  all  classes  of  society,  and  particularly  in  the  class  now  specially 
referred  to,  springs  from  these  principles  incorporated  into  the  inner 
life.  We  begin  with  the  nascent  growth  of  the  intellect  ;  the  system 
has  demonstrated  the  entire  practicability  of  the  moral  improvement 
of  the  slave.  The  lessons  imprinted  on  the  mind  of  childhood  may 
be  neglected,  and  their  authority  spurned  in  after  life,  as  in  the  case 
of  others,  in  different  circumstances ;  but  they  can  never  be  forgotten. 
They  cling  to  the  memory  ;  they  haunt  the  conscience  ;  they  whisper 
in  the  still  small  voice;  they  work  valuable  restraints;  they  furnish 
salutary  directions ;  they  inspire  hopes  connected  with  the  soul's  best 
interests  ;  they  form  a  life-long  testimony  for  God  and  goodness,  and 
against  sin  and  its  fearful  retributions  in  the  life  to  come. 

Now,  it  would  be  singular,  indeed,  if  this  implantation  of  moral 
elements  and  forces,  fitted  to  act  directly  upon  the  formation  of  char- 
acter and  to  mould  the  moral  nature,  should  lead  to  no  observable 
good  results  upon  the  general  deportment  and  every-day  conduct  of  the 
negro  plantation.     It  is  granted  that  to  look  for  moral  results  in  the 


ANNALS  OF  SOUTHERN  METHODISM.  405 


absence  of  moral  causes — for  honesty,  fidelity,  industry,  sobriety, 
kindliness,  and  self-restraint,  where  no  moral  instruction  has  been  im- 
parted would  be  as  absurd  as  to  expect  to  reap  where  we  have  not 
sown.  But  we  are  not  proceeding  on  the  basis  of  any  such  absurdity. 
We  do  not  sever  the  tree  from  the  root,  and  then  look  for  the  bloom 
and  fragrance  of  spring,  and  the  fruits  of  summer.  We  give  the  mor- 
al nurture,  correct  the  rising  vices  of  these  children,  train  their  hopes 
and  fears  by  the  solemn  consideration  of  a  hereafter ;  and  we  have  a 
right  to  expect  results  salutary  to  the  individual  and  the  entire  planta- 
tion community. 

Success,  to  a  large  degree,  has  crowned  these  exertions.  The 
testimony  of  masters  and  missionaries  goes  to  show  that  a  wholesome 
effect  has  been  produced  upon  the  character  of  the  negro  population 
generally.  A  change  for  the  better  is  visible  everywhere  when  the 
present  generation  is  contrasted  with  the  past  •  and  in  how  many 
cases  the  Gospel  has  proved  the  power  of  God  to  salvation,  and  pre- 
sented before  the  throne  the  spirits  of  these  children  of  Ham  redeem- 
ed and  washed  by  "  the  blood  of  sprinkling,"  and  fitted  for  an  abode 
in  heaven,  the  revelations  of  the  last  day  will  disclose.  Results  such 
as  these,  lie,  of  course,  beyond  the  track  of  moral  observation ;  but 
if  your  missionaries  have  indeed  been  instrumental  in  developing  and 
directing  aright  the  sentiment  of  religion,  the  capability  of  under- 
standing and  knowing  God  so  as  to  fear  him  ;  of  guiding  to  peace  and 
virtue,  and  at  last  to  heaven,  any  number  of  these  docile  and  lowly, 
but  yet  immortal  beings,  for  whom  Christ  died,  their  achievements  de- 
serve to  be  reckoned  among  the  noblest  triumphs  of  missionary  patience 
and  zeal ;  none  the  less  important  that  they  lie  at  home,  nor  the  less 
noteworthy  in  contrast  with  the  turbulent,  malign,  and  desolating  fren- 
zy at  the  North ;  which,  making  the  civil  and  social  relations  of  this 
class  of  our  population  the  pretext,  has  carried  politics  into  the  pulpit, 
and  is  now  pushing  the  miners  and  sappers  to  the  very  foundations  of 
the  Federal  Union. 

It  affords  the  Board  of  Managers  pleasure  to  call  attention  to  the 
fact,  that  at  the  instance  of  the  late  General  Conference,  the  college  of 
bishops,  in  their  distribution  of  episcopal  visitations,  has  made  pro- 
vision to  embrace  hereafter,  these  missions  to  the  blacks  in  their  regu- 
lar visitations.  Bishop  Capers,  it  is  understood,  will  make  a  tour 
through  them  next  spring:  Such  an  arrangement  will  be  regarded  as 
eminently  due  to  the  importance  of  this  department  of  our  ecclesiasti- 
cal work,  and  will,,  we  doubt  not,  be  alike  agreeable  to  our  honorable 
patrons  and  their  dependents. 

The  Board  having  frequently  heretofore  referred  to  foreign  mis- 
sions in  their  annual  reports,  take  the  liberty  at  the  present  time  to 
confine  the  attention  of  the  Missionary  Society  to  the  subject  of  the 
home  work  ;  concluding  the  present  report  with  a  brief  statistical  view 
of  the  several  fields  of  labor  under  the  immediate  charge  of  the  Society. 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


1.  The  Wateree  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  Revs.  S.  W. 
and  R.  T.  Capers,  who  report  37  white  and  872  colored  members,  and 
390  children  catechised. 

2.  The  Landsford  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev. 
L.  A.  Johnson,  who  reports  4  preaching  places,  87  white,  205  colored 
members. 

3.  The  Savannah  River  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by 
Revs.  J.  D.  W.  Crook  and  Jacob  S.  Conner,  who  report  15  planta- 
tions served,  9  preaching  places,  6  white,  and  496  colored  members. 

4.  The  Ashepoo  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  Rev.  P.  G. 
Bowman,  who  reports  17  plantations  served,  341  church  members, 
and  150  children  catechised. 

5.  The  Congaree  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev. 
N.  Talley,  who  reports  17  plantations  served,  7  preaching  places,  n 
white  and  267  colored  members,  and  280  children  catechised. 

6.  The  Pon  Pon  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev. 
W.  C.  Kirkland,  who  reports  n  plantations  served,  592  church  mem- 
bers, and  182  children  catechised. 

7.  Upper  Santee  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  Revs.  A. 
P.  Avant  and  S.  Owens,  who  report  28  plantations  served,  8  preach- 
ing places,  53  white  and  757  colored  members,  and  250  children 
catechised. 

8.  The  Santee  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  M. 
Eaddy,  who  reports  16  preaching  places,  728  members  of  the  church, 
and  339  children  catechised. 

9.  The  Sampit  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Mitchell,  who  reports  5  preaching  places,  179  church  mem- 
bers, and  200  children  catechised. 

10.  The  Graniteville  and  Aiken  mission  was  served  the  past  year 
by  Rev.  C.  McLeod,  who  reports  108  white  and  64  colored  members. 
There  is  a  Sabbath  school  on  this  mission  (white)  of  1  superintendent, 
10  teachers,  and  75  children. 

11.  The  Black  River  and  Pee  Dee  mission  was  served  the  past 
year  by  Revs.  J.  L.  Shuford  and  P.  A.  Ogburn,  who  report  10  planta- 
tions served,  10  preaching  places,  100  white  and  1420  colored  mem- 
bers, and  358  children  catechised. 

12.  The  Black  Mingo  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the 
Rev.  Jas.  Parker,  who  reports  21  plantations  served,  7  preaching 
places,  214  white  and  261  colored  members,  and  450  children  cate- 
chised. 


ANNALS  OF   SOUTHERN  METHODISM. 


407 


13.  The  Waccamaw  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the 
Revs.  M.  L.  Banks  and  William  Carson,  who  report  16  plantations 
served,  5  preaching  places.  41  white  and  636  colored  members,  and 
503  children  catechised. 

14.  The  Society  Hill  Mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the 
Rev.  J.  P.  Hughes,  who  reports  15  plantations  served.  5  preaching 
places.  5  white  and  143  colored  members,  and  230  children  catechised. 

15.  The  Cheraw  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev. 

F.  Rush,  who  reports  23  plantations  served,  6  preaching  places.  242 
church  members,  and  226  children  catechised. 

16.  Liberty  Chapel  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the 
Rev.  A.  P.  Martin,  who  reports  5  preaching  places.  44  white  and  157 
colored  members,  and  125  children  catechised. 

17.  The  South  Mountain  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by 
the  Rev.  B.  G.  Jones,  who  reports  248  white  and  3  colored  members. 
There  are  3  Sunday  schools,  3  superintendents,  8  teachers,  70  children, 
and  45  volumes  in  the  library.     (This  mission  is  to  the  whites.) 

18.  The  Beaufort  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Revs. 

G.  W.  Moore  and  C.  O.  Lamotte,  who  report  24  plantations  served, 
6  preaching  places,  20  white  and  330  colored  members,  and  550  chil- 
dren catechised. 

19.  The  Combahee  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the 
Rev.  J.  R.  Coburn.  who  reports  19  plantations  served,  8  preaching 
places.  443  church  members,  and  305  children  catechised. 

20.  The  Round  O  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev. 
P.  A.  M.  Williams,  who  reported  13  plantations  served,  and  216 
church  members,  and  163  children  catechised.  The  Board  do  not 
recommend  the  continuance  of  this  mission. 

21.  The  Edisto  and  Johossee  mission  was  served  the  past  year 
by  the  Rev.  Charles  Wilson,  who  reports  12  plantations  served,  7 
preaching  places.  678  church  members,  and  150  children  catechised. 

22.  Tne  Cooper  River  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the 
Rev.  A.  Erwin.  who  reports  9  plantations  served,  6  preaching  places-, 
640  church  members,  and  160  children  catechised. 

23.  The  Long,  Town  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the 
Rev.  John  A.  Porter,  who  reports  3  preaching  places,  58  white  and 
152  colored  members.  There  is  on  this  mission  a  Sunday  school 
(white)  of  1  superintendent  and  40  children. 

24.  The  Jehossee  mission  was  served  the  past  year^  by  the  Rev. 
A,  H.  Harmon,  who  reports  11  preaching  places,  103  white  and  3 


408 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


colored  members.  There  are  2  Sabbath  schools,  2  superintendents,  8 
teachers,  and  40  children. 

25.  The  Oakatie  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev. 
A.  J.  Green,  who  reports  24  white  and  217  colored  members. 

26.  The  St.  Andrew's  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the 
Rev.  A.  R.  Danner,  who  reports  15  plantations  served,  5  preaching 
places,  16  white  and  330  colored  members,  and  75  children  catechised. 

The  missions  are  all  reported  to  be  in  a  sound  and  prosperous 
condition. 

The  Landsford  and  Long  Town  missions  have  been  merged  into 
one,  and  the  mission  called  Dutchman's  Creek. 

The  Board  respectfully  recommend  the  formation  of  two  new 
missions  :  one  to  be  called  St.  George's  and  St.  Paul's,  and  the  other 
to  be  called  Tiger  River  mission  ;  both  for  the  benefit  of  the  colored 
people. 


Missions  and  Missionaries. 


CM. 


496 


Wateree,  S.  W.  and  R.  T.  Capers...  872 

Landsford,  L.  A.  Johnson   205 

Savannah  River,  J.  D.  W.  Crook 

and  T.  S.  Connor  

Ashepoo,  P.  G.  Bowman   341 

Congaree,  N.  Talley   267 

Pon  Pon,  W.  C.  Kirkland   592 

Upper  Santee,  M.  Eaddy   757 

Sampit,  T.  Mitchell   179 

Black  River  and  Pee  Dee,  J.  L.  ] 

Shuford  and  D.  A.  Ogburn  j  420 

Black  Mingo,  J.  Parker   260 

Waccamaw,  M.  L.  Banks,  W.  Carson  636 

Society  Hill,  J.  P.  Hughes   143 

Cheraw,  F.  Rush   242 

Liberty,  A.  P.  Martin   157 

Beaufort,  G.W. Moore, CO. Lamotte  330 

Combahee,  J.  R.  Coburn..   443 

Round  O,  P.  A.  M.  Williams   216 

Edisto,  C.  Wilson   678 

Cooper  River,  A.  Erwin   640 

Long  Town,  J.  A.  Porter   152 

Oakatie,  A.  J.  Green   117 

St.  Andrew's,  A.  R.  Danner   330 

St.  George's,  A.  Nettles  

Tiger  River,  W.  Smith  


IV.  M. 

37 
87 


Whole  number  9573 


53 


100 
214 

5 

41 
20 


3° 
24 

16 


616 


Chs. 


Child' n 
390 


240 

J5° 
280 
182 
250 
200 

358 

45° 
5°3 
230 
226 
125 
55o 
305 
163 

*5° 
160 
40 

75 


4977 


1 


MT.  ZION  A.  M.  E.  CHURCH,  CHARLESTON,  S.  C. 

Rev.  I.  S.  Lee,  Pastor. 


NEW  EMANUEL  A.  M.  E.  CHURCH,  CHARLESTON,  S.  C. 
.  Rev.  Bruce  H.  Williams,  Pastor. 


ANNALS  OF  SOUTHERN  METHODISM.  409 


XI.  Alabama  Conference. 


Missions  and  Missionaries.      C.  M. 


W.M. 


Mobile, 


800 
5^ 


Areola,  A.  McBride,  J.M.Crane 

Dayton,  J.  Ellis   250 

Plum  Creek,  E.  Calloway   151 

Greensboro,  J.  Dubois   110 

Prairie  Creek,  J.  C.  Huckabee.  534 

Columbus,  L.  J.  Schoolar   250 

Yorkville,  W.  E.  Cameron   139 

Ocmulgee,  J.  W.  Holston   800 

Caloma,  J.  A.  Spence   152 

Montgomery,  C.  S.  Hart   200 

Big  Sw'p,  D.  Skinner,  D.  Heriong 
Andrew,  W.  M.  Motley  ........ 

North-Uchee,  F.  Y.  Wardlaw... 

Chambers,  W.  N.  Sears  

Chattahouchie,  J.  Williamson... 

Chunnenuggee,  A.  Taton   376 

Enon,  M.  Padgett   136 

Chipola,  J.  P.  Lockey   250 

Black  Bend,  • — ,   168 

Otho,  A.  Grantham   105 


284 
729 
760 
400 
402 


Chs. 


Whole  number   7578 


ChildK> 


3*9 
242 
60 


400 
200 
150 

160 
278 

300 
916 
360 

97 
107 

35° 
300 


4220 


XII.   Florida  Conference. 

W.M. 


Missions  and  Missionaries.  C.  M. 

St.  Ilia,  J.  J.  Richards   370 

Leon,  J.  B.  Elliott   230 

Baker,  Dr.  Roberts   150 

Aucilla,  R.  L.  Reeves   192 

Suwanee,  —  ,   63 

South  Gadsden   54 


Whole  number   io59 


Chs. 


Child' 'n. 
200 

100 
500 


800 


XIII.  Louisiana  Conference. 

Missions  and  Missionaries.  C.  M.       W.  M. 

New  Orleans,  ,   1232 

Prestons,  ,   215 

Lafourche,  — - —   429 


Chs. 


Child1  n. 


aa 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


Baton  Rouge,  T.  H.  Foster   140 

Rapides,  (to  be  supplied)          ..  170 

Natchitoches,  ,   227 

Bastrop,  G.  A.  Evans   240 

Madison,  (to  be  supplied)   185 

Monroe,  (to  be  supplied)   75 

Caddo,  (to  be  supplied)   336 

Jackson,  (to  be  supplied)   88 

St.  Landry,  (to  be  supplied)   103 

W.&Pattersonv'le,  N.  A. Gravers  398 


Whole  number   3838 


XIV.  Texas  Conference. 


Missions  and  Missionaries.  CM. 

Galveston,  P.  Moiling   75 

Houston,  J.  E.  Ferguson   113 

Union  Chapel,  (to  be  supplied)   

Oyster  Creek,  D.  W.  Fly   136 

Brazoria,  G.  H.  Cox   150 

Old  Cany,  T.  Myers   47 

Egypt,  G.  S.  Gatewood   23 

Caldwell,  J.  Durliss   52 

Washington,  (to  be  supplied)...  61 

Brazos,  T.  Woolridge  

Bastrop,  J.  G.  John   73 

Richmond,  J.  W.  Cooley   78 

San  Felipe,  A.  M.  Box   150 


W.M. 


Chs. 
1 
1 


Child' n. 


Whole  number   848  ...  2   

XV.  Georgia  Conference. 

The  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Georgia  Conference  Missionary 
Society  submit,  the  following  as  their  Report  for  the  year  1854: 

During  the  past  year  the  Society  has  extended  its  jurisdiction  and 
patronage  over  a  mission-field  embracing  48  missions,  supplied  with  50 
faithful  men.  The  following  reports  of  missionaries  will  exhibit  the 
present  condition  of  the  field. 

Savannah  City  mission  has  been  supplied  the  past  year  by  the  Rev. 
C.  P.  Cooper,  who  reports  that  his  labors  have  been  in  connection  with 
the  regular  pastorate  ;  he  therefore  has  no  statistics.  The  missionary 
has  been  greatly  embarrassed  by  the  prevalence  of  the  yellow  fever. 
The  field  is  inviting,  and  fruit  has  already  been  gathered.  The  con- 
tinuance of  the  mission  is  earnestly  desired. 


ANNALS  OF   SOUTHERN  METHODISM. 


411 


Andrew  Chapel  colored  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the 
Rev.  J.  E.  Godfrey,  who  reports  436  members — $350  raised  for  cur- 
rent expenses.  This  mission  also  suffered  from  the  prevailing  epidem- 
ic, but  is  reported  as  prosperous. 

Chatham  mission  has  been  under  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  Rev. 
Edwin  White,  who  reports  84  members,  1  Sabbath  School  and  15  pu- 
pils— $60  raised  for  the  support  of  the  mission. 

Scriven  colored  mission  is  reported  as  prosperous,  with  a  member- 
ship of  353.    Its  continuance  is  desired. 

Burke  colored  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  Al- 
exander A.  Everett,  who  reports  409  members,  142  children  catechised 
and  25  accessions  during  the  year. 

Fairhaven  colored  mission,  located  in  Burke  county,  was  served 
the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  Alexander  Gordon,  who  reports  9  appoint- 
ments, 155  members,  and  160  children  catechized.  $186  paid  by  the 
patrons,  who  desire  its  continuance. 

Jefferson  colored  mission  has  been  supplied  by  the  Rev.  William 
D.  Bussy,  who  reports  7  appointments,  298  members,  40  catechumens, 
$33  missionary  money  raised,  and  74  accessions. 

Augusta  City  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  J.  O. 
A.  Clarke,  who  reports  2  preaching  places,  3  Sabbath  Schools,  and  an 
inviting  field  for  missionary  labor. 

Augusta  colored  charge  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  R. 
J.  Harwell,  who  reports  596  members,  25  accessions  during  the  year, 
.$9.15  raised  for  missionary  purposes. 

Columbia  colored  mission  sends  no  report. 

Hancock  colored  mission  has  been  supplied  by  the  Rev.  Levin  E. 
Culver,  who  reports  10  appointments,  549  memters,  80  catechumens, 
$300  raised  for  its  support.    The  mission  is  in  a  flourishing  condition. 

Athens  colored  charge  has  been  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev. 
John  H.  Grogan,  who  reports  143  members,  1  Sabbath  school,  75  cate- 
chumens. $43.15  raised  for  missionary  purposes.  The  prospect  is  en- 
couraging. 

Factory  mission  sends  no  report. 

Kingston  colored  mission  sends  no  report. 

Greene  colored  mission  sends  no  report. 

Oglethorpe  colored  mission  sends  no  report. 

Broad  River  colored  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev. 
Henry  Cranford,  who  reports  11  appointments,  213  members,  132  cat- 
echumens. $183  contributed  by  patrons  who  unanimously  desire  its 
continuance. 

Ellijay  mission  was  supplied  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  William  G. 
Allen,  who^reports  19  appointments,  779  members,  14  Sabbath  schools, 
381  pupils,  $168.20  missionary  money  raised.    The  mission  is  said  to- 
be  prosperous. 


412 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


Murphy  mission  was  supplied  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Chambers,  who  reports  20  appointments,  585  members,  9  Sabbath 
schools,  320  pupils,  $144. 70  raised  for  its  support.  The  mission  is 
said  to  be  improving. 

Blairsville  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  E.  L. 
Stephens,  who  reports  14  appointments,  535  members,  $146.65  raised 
for  the  support  of  the  mission,  56  accessions  during  the  year. 

State  Line  mission  embraces  portions  of  Georgia,  Tennessee,  and 
North  Carolina.  Rev.  T.  B.  Harbin,  missionary,  reports  17  appoint- 
ments, 507  members,  4  Sabbath  schools,  130  pupils,  $96  raised  for 
missionary  purposes. 

Clayton  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  William  H. 
Thomas,  who  reports  11  appointments,  265  members,  2  Sabbath  schools, 
$40  missionary  money  raised.     The  field. is  important  and  promising. 

Iron  Works  and  Etowah  mission  sent  no  report. 

Dallas  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  John  Strick- 
land, who  reports  512  members,  6  Sabbath  schools,  120  pupils,  mis- 
sionary collection,  $144.76 

Dade  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Re^.  J.  W.  Brady, 
who  reports  14  appointments,  428  members,  4  Sabbath  schools,  250 
scholars,  75  accessions  during  the  year. 

Troup  colored  mission  reports  8  appointments,  406  members,  106 
accessions  during  the  year. 

Merriwether  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  Robert 
Stripling,  who  reports  4  appointments,  and  a  membership  of  450.  The 
mission  has  prospered  during  the  year ;  68  received  on  trial. 

Carrolton  mission  sends  no  report. 

Macon  colored  charge  was  supplied  the  past  year  by  the  P.  E. 
There  are  reported  273  members,  3  Sabbath  schools,  and  about  $100 
raised. 

Bethel  colored  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  F.  L. 
Brantly,  who  reports  6  Sabbath  appointments,  and  about  2500  colored 
persons  preached  to.  The  continuance  of  the  mission  is  earnestly 
desired. 

Eatonton  colored  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  T. 
H.  Jordan,  from  whom  we  have  no  report. 
Culloden  colored  mission.    No  report. 
Knoxville  colored  mission.    No  report. 
Fort  Valley  colored  mission.    No  report. 
Ocmulgee  colored  mission.    No  report. 

Columbus  colored  charge  was  served  the  past  year  by  Rev.  Wil- 
liam D.  Shee,  who  reports  727  members,  1  Sabbath-school,  212  child- 
ren catechised.    The  mission  supports  itself  and  is  prosperous. 

Columbus  Factory  mission  was  supplied  the  past  year  by  Rev.  W. 
Brooks,  who  reports  246  members,  2  Sabbath-schools,  204  pupils. 


ANNALS  OF  SOUTHERN  METHODISM. 


413 


.$350  paid  to  the  support  of  the  missionary.  169  accessions  during  the 
year. 

Columbus  City  mission  is  reported  as  an  important  field  of  labor; 
a  flourishing  Sabbath-school  has  been  formed,  and  a  church  is  soon  to 
be  built. 

Talbot  colored  mission  sends  no  report. 

Upson  colored  mission  was  supplied  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  Abel 
Ansley,  who  reports  5  preaching  places,  131  members,  42  catechised, 
56  accessions  during  the  year. 

Harris  colored  mission  was  supplied  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  J. 
P.  Dickinson,  who  reports  7  appointments,  400  members,  150  cate- 
chumens, $10  missionary  money  raised. 

Chattahooche  colored  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the 
Rev.  J.  T.  Turner,  who  reports  12  congregations  served,  360  mem- 
bers, 250  children  catechised,  $195.25  contributed,  60  accessions  dur- 
ing the  year. 

Randolph  colored  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev. 
T.  R.  Stuart,  who  reports  5  appointments,  100  members,  50  catechu- 
mens, $35  raised  for  his  support.     The  people  desire  its  continuance. 

Sumpter  and  Lee  colored  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the 
Rev.  William  M.  Watts,  who  reports  12  appointments,  102  members, 
48  accessions  during  the  year,  49  catechumens,  $60  raised  for  mission- 
ary purposes. 

Worth  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  A.  J.  Deav- 
ors,  who  reports  19  appointments,  64  members,  16  added  to  the  church 
during  the  year. 

Darien  and  Mcintosh  mission  sends  no  report. 

Emmanuel  mission  was  served  the  past  year  by  the  Rev.  F.  W. 
Flanders,  who  reports  155  members,  $43.42  missionary  money  raised, 
1 1  accessions  during  the  year. 

Bullock  and  Bryan  mission  was  served  last  year  by  the  Rev.  W.  B. 
McHan,  who  reports  90  members,  2  Sabbath-schools,  2  classes  catechis- 
ed. $112.25  raised  for  support  of  missionary,  20  added  to  the  church 
during  the  year. 

The  Boird  of  Managers  recommend  that  the  following  missions 
be  converted  into  circuits  :  Ellijay  mission,  Murphy  mission,  Carrolton 
mission. 

The  Board  of  Managers  also  recommend  the  discontinuance  of 
the  following  missions,  namely,  Iron  Works  and  Etowah  mission,  Up- 
son colored  mission',  Randolph  colored  mission. 

The  Board  still  further  recommend  that  the  Oglethorpe  colored 
mission  be  merged  into  the  Oglethorpe  circuit. 

Missions  and  Missiona?'ies.  C.  M.       IV.  M.        Chs,  Child "n 

Andrew  Chapel,  J.  E.  Godfrey          436         ...  ...   

Scriven   84         ...         ...  15 


414 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


Burke,  A.  Everett   409 

Fairhaven,  A.  Gordon   155 

Jefferson,  W.  D.  Bussy   298 

Augusta,  R.  J.  Harwell  596 

Columbia  

Hancock,  J.  E.  Culver   549 

Athens,  J.  H.  Grogan.....   143 

Kingston,  no  report   455 

Greene,  "   

Oglethorpe,  "   

Broad  River,  H.  Cranford   213 

Troup   406 

Merriwether,  R.  Stripling   450 

Macon    273 

Bethel,  F.  S.  Brantly    400 

Eatonton  

Culloden    

Knoxville  

Fort  Valley   275 

Ocmulgee  

Upson,  A.  Ansley   131 

Harris,  J.  P.  Dickinson   400 

Chattahoochee,  J.  T.  Turner.   360 

Randolph,  T.  R.  Stuart   100 

Sumpter  &  Lee,  W.  M.  Watts   102 

Whole  number...   6035 


MISSIONS  AMONG  THE  PEOPLE  OF  00L0E. 

Conferences.  Missions. 

St.  Louis   2  . 

Holston   1  . 

Tennessee   7  . 

Virginia   6  . 

Arkansas   6  . 

Memphis   12  . 

Mississippi   23  . 

North-Carolina    ....  6  . 

East-Texas   3  . 

South-Carolina    ....  24  . 

Alabama                        .  21  . 

Florida   6  . 

Louisiana   13  . 

Texas   13  . 

Georgia   27  . 

Total,   170  . 


Miseries. 

C.  M. 

CJis. 

Sih'rs. 

2  .  . 

275  • 

.  '  2  .  . 

200 

402  . 

.  1 

100 

'.          6  .  . 

2568  . 

•   5  •  • 

.  1275. 

5  .  . 

1901  . 

.  1 

150 

3  .  . 

360  . 

5  •  • 

3533  • 

•  23  .  . 

•  3700 

12  .  . 

5325  • 

•   3  •  • 

350 

4  .  . 

2881  . 

2  .  . 

408  . 

.  .     29  .  . 

9573  • 

•  4977 

21  .  . 

7578  • 

•   3  •  • 

4220 

4  .  . 

1052  . 

•   3  •  • 

700 

4  .  . 

3838  • 

•  743 

11  .  .  . 

848  . 

.    2  .  . 

.  .     15  .  .  . 

6035  • 

.  1468 

.  .   124  .  . 

46,577  • 

•  43  •  • 

•  17,883 

ANNALS  OF  SOUTHERN  METHODISM. 


415 


GENERAL  RECAPITULATION  OF  OHUROH  MEMBERSHIP. 


1. 
2. 
3- 
4- 
5- 
6. 

7- 
8. 

9- 
10. 
11. 
12. 

13- 
14. 

15. 
16. 

17- 
18. 
19. 
20. 
21. 
22. 


CONFERENCES. 


Kentucky  .... 
Louisville  .... 
Missouri  .... 
St.  Louis  .... 
Tennessee    .   .  . 

Holston  

Memphis  .... 
Mississippi  .  .  . 
Louisiana  ..... 

Virginia  

Western  Virginia. 
North-Carolina .  . 
Georgia   166 


"3  H 


76 
80 

75 
82 
162 

9i 
146 
102 

47 
150 

40 
105 


South-Carolina  . 
Alabama.  .  .  . 
Florida  .... 

Texas  

Eastern  Texas  . 
Arkansas  .  .  . 
Wachita.  .  .  . 
Pacific  .... 
Indian  Mission 


130 
158 

47 
70 
61 
49 
45 
32 
28 


Total  in  1854-5 
Total   in  1853-4 


1942 
1803 


Increase 


jo 


T5  C£ 

ft  -5 


II 


224 
203 
IO3 
180 

366 

354 
385 
170 

77 
195 

5i 
184 

527 
232 

473 
73 
114 

153 
121 
126 
14 
34 


CD  ty 


18,218 
20,68l 

13,943 
15,222 

33,705 
39,565 
30,735 
15,108 

6,398 
32^49 
6,989 

30,243 
50,320 

34,621 

39,273 
6,626 
6,406 
IO,  115 
9,143 
7,339 
839 
73 


504359428,511 
424328415,297 


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ST  <t 
ft  p. 


6,092 
4,008 
1,458 
1,200 
7,640 
4,031 
7,164 
IO,729 

5^35 
6,294 
232 
12,07 
22,552 
45,26l 

!9,775 
4,381 
i,855 
M 

833 
i,975 


164,584 
154,264 


13,214  10,320 


re  -I  ° 
!5 


268| 
.  . 
200 


24,618 
24,982 
15,582 
16,958 
41,879 
44,252 
38,438 
26, 1 16 
1 1,761 
39,592 

7,3i5 
42,613 

73,59o 
80,258 

59,684 
11,136 

8,448 
11,824 
10, 150 

9,487 


3289!  3,734 


Incr 

Dec 

fD 
P 

n> 
s» 

C/2 

fD 

CD 

I70 

90I 

3757 

3691 


603,303 
579,525 


66  23,778 


1419 

763 
1698 
328 
1687 
1037 
268 
265 
1727 
2408 
4397j 
3433| 
3i7| 
355 
1132 

•  763 


23,992 


44 


214 


[The  Kansas  Mission  Annual  Conference,  provided  for  by  the  last  General 
Conference,  not  being  yet  organized,  the  Kansas  Mission  District  is  embraced  in 
the  St.  Louis  Conference.  The  transferred  preachers  are  reckoned  with  those  of 
the  Conferences  to  which  they  now  belong.] 


Died. 

Mar.  26,  1831 
May    9,  1849 
1847 

Feb.   3,  1873 
Aug.  22,  1874 

July    1,  1887 

Dec.  20,  1884 
Jan.  18,  1887 

Apl.  18,  1863 
Jan.  30,  1875 

July  18,  1872 

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ter  giving  Li- 
cense. 

Elder  Cherter  . 
Geo.  Galbreth. 

J.W.  Hood  .  . 

B'p  J.W.  Hood 

Where  Licensed 
to  Preach. 

New  York.  .   .  . 
New  York.  .   .  . 
Philadalphia,  Pa. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Delaware     .   .  . 
Massachusetts  .  . 

Syracuse,  N.  Y  . 
Harrisburg,  Pa  . 
Allegheny, Pa  .  . 

Cumberl'd  Co  N  C 

Wilkes  Co.,  N.  C. 

When  Lic'd 
to  Preach. 

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Where  Converted. 

New  York  City  . 
Craven  Co.,  N.  C. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Middletown,  Pa  . 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Smyrna,  Del  .  . 

Harrisburg,  Pa  . 
Harrisburg,  Pa  . 

Cumberl'd  Co  NC 
Pennsylvania  .  . 

Wilkes  Co.,  N.  C. 

When 
Converted. 

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Place  of  Birth. 

Newburg,  N.  Y  .   .  . 
Craven  Co.,  N.  C   .  . 
Queen  Ann  Co.,  Md  . 
Lancaster  Co.  Pa  .  . 

Phildelphia,  Pa  .  .  . 

Acco  Mac  Co.,  Md  .  . 
Smyrna,  Del  .  . 
West  Bridgewater,  Mass 

North  Carolina  .   .  . 
Baltimore,   Md    .   .  . 
Davidson  Co.,  Tenn  . 
Berkley  Co.,  W.  Va  . 
Wrightville,  Pa  .   .  . 
Kenton  tp  ChesterCoPa 

Cumberland  Co.,  N.  C. 
Wilkes  Co.,  N.  C    .  . 

Date  of  Birth. 

— 

1795 

Feb.    4,  1777 
Aug.  23,  1775 
Mar.   4,  1799 

Oct     ^.  182^ 

Aug.  26,  1790 
1819 

1818 

Mar.   8,  1825 
May  30,  1 83 1 
Apr.  18,  1818 
June  15,  1832 
1842 

Dec.    3,  1849 

Name. 

James  Varrick   .  . 
Christopher  Rush  . 
W7illiam  Miller  .  . 
George  Galbreth 
W.  H.  Bishop  .  . 
J.  J.  Clinton   .   .  . 
G.  A.  Spywood  .  . 
J.   Simmons    .   .  . 
Solomon  T.  Scott  . 
S.  D.  Tolbert  ,  .  . 
Peter  Ross  .... 
J.   Toppin  .... 
J.  D.  Brooks  .   .  . 
J.   W.   Loguen  .  . 
J.  J.  Moore  .   .  . 
S.  T.  Jones  .... 
J.  W.   Hood  .   .  . 
J.  P.  Thompson  .  . 
T.  H.  Lomox  .   .  . 
W7.  H.  Hillery  .  . 
Cisro  R.  Harris  .  . 
C.  Calvin  Petty,A.B 

President. 

Prof.  A.  St.  George  Richardson,  B.  A. 
Rev.  J.  H.  Welch,  D.  D  

Rev.  I.  M.  Burgan,  D.  D  .  .   .   .   .  . 

Prof.  John  R.  Hawkins  

Prof.  A.  D.  Delany,  A.  B  

Rev.  B.  A.  J.  Nixon,  A.  M  

Rev.  H.  Bunts  .  

Prof.  John  A.  Kirk,  A.  B  

Rev.  E.  A.  Hubbard  (see  letter).    .  . 

Prof.  A.  J.  Greene  

Prof.  E.  R.  Vaughan,  A.  B  

Rev.  W.  B.  Johnson,  B.  S  

Rev.  S.  T.  Mitchell,  LL.  D  

Prof.  J.  W.  Morris,  A.  M.,  LL.  B  .  . 

Debt  

$8500  00 

7000  00 

3084  54 
1400  00 

100  00 
200  00 

643  5° 
900  00 

9764  00 
2700  00 

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$  4,500  00 
12,000  00 

50,000  00 
7, 000  00 

3,500  00 

1.500  00 

1,200  00 
500  00 

250  00 
1,500  00 
1,500  00 
1,500  00 

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20,000  00 

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Location. 

Atlanta,  Ga  .  .   .   .  . 
Jacksonville,  Fla.  .  , 
New  Orleans,  La   .  . 
Waco,  Texas  .... 
Kittrell,  N.  C  .   .   .  . 
Little  Rock,  Ark   .  . 
Wyandotte,  Kan    .  . 
Shelbyville,  Tenn  .  . 
Port-au-Prince,  Hayti. 
Mcintosh,  Ga  .... 
Cuthbert,  Ga  .... 
Muscogee,  I.  T  .   .  . 
Memphis,  Tenn  .   .  . 
Cartersville,  Ga  .   .  . 
Stephens, Ark  .... 

Selma,  Ala  

Delhi,  La  

Sierro  Leone  .... 

Africa  

Africa  

Wilberforce,  O  .   .  . 
Columbia,  S.  C  .   .  . 
Natchez.  Miss  .... 

Names. 

Morris  Brown  College  . 
Divinity  High  School  . 
St.  James  Academy  .  . 
Paul  Quinn  College  .  . 
Kittrell  School  .... 
Bethel  Institute  .... 
Quindaro  College  .   .  . 
Turner  Institute  .... 
Mossell  School  .... 
Brunswick  School  .   .  . 
Payne  High  School  .  . 
Indian  Mission  School  . 
Slater  Institute  .... 
Dickerson  Institute  .  . 
Shorter  Institute  .   .  . 
Payne  Institute  .... 
Wayman  School  .... 

Zion  Institute  

Scarcies  School  .... 
Mission  School  .... 
Trinidad  School  .... 
Wilberforce  University  . 
Allen  University    .   .  . 
Ward  Academy  .... 

OBSERVATION   IN  SOUTH  CAROLINA. 


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OBSERVATIONS  IN  SOUTH  CAROLINA, 


BY   REV.    W.    H.  HEARN. 

Early  in  the  month  of  April,  1883,  having  fully  made  up  my 
mind  to  obey  the  call  to  preach  the  gospel  of  Christ,  I  resigned  the 
position  of  Postal  Clerk  in  the  U.  S.  Railway  Mail  Service,  against  the 
dictates  of  my  Presiding  Bishop  and  dear  friend,  Wm.  Fisher  Dicker- 
son,  and  my  family's  implorations,  was  transferred  from  the  North 
Georgia  Conference  to  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  and  stationed 
at  Aiken,  South  Carolina. 

The  outlook  was  at  first  gloomy,  but  friends  soon  rose  up  and 
rallied  to  my  support.  Among  these  were  Messrs.  E.  P.  Stoney, 
Gen.  P.  R.  Rivers,  E.  J.  Dickerson,  Attorney,  S.  J.  Dickerson,  A. 
H.  Young,  H.  Watkins,  and  numerous  other  white  friends.  We  laid 
our  plans  at  once  for  the  building  of  a  parsonage  of  six  rooms,  which 
was  completed  and  paid  for  at  the  expiration  of  our  term  of  two  years. 
The  membership  increased  nearly  a  hundred,  conference  collections 
more  than  doubled,  but  at  the  end  of  two  years  Bishop  Shorter,  who 
had  been  assigned  to  the  7  th  Episcopal  District,  thought  best  to  send 
us  to  Charleston,  S.  C,  at  which  place  we  were  given  charge  of  Mt. 
Zion  A.  M.  E.  church. 

This  church  was  greatly  indebted  and  demoralized  by  the  action 
of  Rev.  E.  Winston  Taylor,  who  afterwards  divided  the  people  at 
Aiken,  where  he  succeeded  us,  carrying  a  portion  of  the  people  to  the 
M.  E.  church,  and  afterwards  left  that  connection  for  the  A.  M.  E. 
Zion  church.  But  here,  as  before,  God  raised  up  friends  for  us  in  the 
persons  of  Messrs.  William  D.  Wilkerson,  J.  F.  Russell,  J.  B.  Motte, 
John  G.  Alson,  John  Manuel  Wilson,  J.  Smith,  and  others  like  them, 
members  of  the  Official  Board,  we  soon  succeeded  in  awakening  an  in- 
terest and  enthusiasm  that  put  new  life  and  inspiration  in  the  people. 
We  went  to  work  bravely,  and  success  crowned  our  efforts.  Nor 
were  the  immediate  members  of  our  church  our  support  and  helpers 
alone,  but  outside  we  were  most  liberally  assisted  by  such  men  as  Dr. 
William  D.  Crum,   Dr.  A.  C.    McClennand,  Hollings  Thompson, 


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Henry  Hearn  and  many  more  of  both  races.  Our  associates  in  the 
ministry  received  us  warmly  and  always  lent  the  helping  hand,  as  did 
the  Democratic  Press,  who  willingly  gave  place  to  any  and  all  of  our 
movements. 

Here  we  spent'  nearly  four  years.  Cyclones  and  earthquakes 
gave  us  an  experience  never  before  witnessed,  nor  since,  and  that  can 
never  be  erased  from  our  memory.  Yet  the  people  had  a  mind  to 
work,  and  we  raised  the  money  to  liquidate  debts  incurred  by  the 
cyclone  and  earthquake — from  both  of  which  the  church  suffered  great- 
ly. We  were  enabled  to  place  in  Mt.  Zion  an  excellent  pipe  organ, 
costing  nearly  $2000.  Our  Conference  claims  trebled,  membership 
rose  from  five  hundred  to  seven  hundred,  congregation  or  general  at- 
tendance from  three  hundred  to  more  than  a  thousand.  At  the  close 
of  our  work  there  we  had  raised  in  round  numbers  $18,000.  During 
our  stay  in  Charleston  of  three  years  and  six  months,  we  were  associa- 
ted in  the  ministry  at  the  M.  E.  Church  with  Rev.  H.  Cardozo,  who  died, 
Rev.  Wm.  H.  Lawrence,  Rev.  Joshua  Wilson,  Rev.       A..  Brown, 

E.  C.  Brown,  J.  W.  White  and  B.  F.  Witherspoon.  In  our  own 
church  Revs.  L.  R.  Nichols,  B.  H.  Williams,  P.  H.  Johnson,  J.  E. 
Hayne,  M.  B.  Salter,  P.  W.  Jefferson,  J.  F.  Dart,  S.  F.  Flegler,  C. 

F.  North,  S.  W.  Bellamy,  and  many  others.  Other  sister  churches, 
Revs.  Geo.  C.  Rowe,  Elias  Gardner  Holman,  J.  L.  Dart,  J.  A.  Rob- 
inson, and  in  the  Conference  were  many  men  of  sterling  worth  to  the 
connection.  Our  connection  with  the  educational  work  of  South  Car- 
olina can  never  be  forgotton.  Allen  University,  not  only  had  our  ser- 
vice as  trustee,  but  the  services  ot  Mrs.  Heard  as  teacher.  There  is 
no  place  more  deserving  of  commendation  than  this  school  and  its 
work. 

We  should  also  have  mentioned  the  educational  work  at  Aiken. 
The  Schofield  Normal  School  has  done,  and  is  doing  a  work  that  is 
telling  for  the  race.  The  York  street  School,  taught  by  our  friend 
Rev.  W.  R.  Coles,  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  deserves  more  than  a 
passing  notice. 

After  attending  the  General  Conference  at  Indianapolis,  we  con- 
cluded to  leave  the  South  and  come  North  where  we  might  receive  the 
benefits  offered  by  it.  Yet  our  opinion  is  that  South  Carolina  and 
other  Southern  States  is  the  theatre  wherein  African  Methodism  can 
most  successfully  play  her  part. 


SKETCH  FROM  THE  ORANGEBURG  DISTRICT. 


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SKETCH  PROM  THE  ORANGEBURG  DISTRICT. 


BY  REV.    C.    PIERCE  NELSON.    D.  D. 

Rev.  C.  P.  Nelson,  D.  D.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  is  Presiding 
Elder  of  the  Orangeburg  District.  A.  M.  E.  Church,  the  Secretary  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Allen  University.  Professor  of  Homiletics  in 
Allen  University,  and  Editor  of  the  ••Palmetto  Gleaner."'  a  weekly 
paper  published  in  Columbia,  S.  C. 

I  was  born  in  Fairfield,  S.  C,  on  the  2d  day  of  November,  1851. 
Converted  in  my  twelfth  year,  immediately  after  the  death  of  my 
mother,  in  1863.    Joined  the  Church  in  1868.     Entered  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church  in  December,  187 1,  and  was  licensed  a  local  preacher  in 
Bethel  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Rev.  Wm.  D.  Harris,  pastor,  Rev.  Abram 
Weston,  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Columbia  District,  in  1872.     On  the 
1 6th  of  January  of  that  same  year  1  entered  the  ministry  of  the  A.  M. 
E.  Church,  at  the  session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference,  sitting  in 
Sumter,  S.  C,  the  Rt.  Rev.  John  M.  Brown,  D.  D.,  D.  C.  L.,  pre- 
sided.   Since  then  I  have  been  actively  engaged  in  the  work,  filling 
the  following  appointments  up  to  this  date. 
In  1872,  appointed  to  the  Anderson  and  Williamstown  Circuit. 
In  1873.  appointed  to  the  Ridgway  Mission. 
In  1.874-5,  appointed  to  the  Union  Circuit. 
In  1876,  appointed  to  the  Graniteville  Circuit. 
In  1877-78,  appointed  to  the  Manning  Circuit. 
In  1879,  appointed  to  the  Cokesbury  Circuit. 
In  1880,  appointed  to  the  Ninety  Six  Circuit. 
In  1881-2,  appointed  to  the  Greenwood  Circuit. 
In  1883-4-5,  appointed  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Orangeburg  District. 
In  1886-7,  appointed  to  the  Newberry  Station. 
In  1888,  January  to  August  6,  appointed  to  the  Prosperity  Circuit. 
In  1888,  from  Aug.  6,  1889-90,  reappointed  Presiding  Elder  of  the 
Orangeburg  District,  my  present  charge. 

The  district  is  beautifully  located  in  one  of  the  richest  cotton  belts 
of  the  State,  and  takes  in  the  counties  of  Orangeburg,  Edgefield  and  the 
lower  part  of  Lexington, 


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The  following  figures  show  what  was  collected  last  year,  which 
report  was  the  best  ever  made  since  the  organization.  No.  of  full 
members,  3688;  probationers,  1600;  Sunday  schools,  45  ;  pupils, 
4509;  churches,  41,  valued  at  $19,211;  parsonages,  15,  valued  at 
$3000;  ministers,  24;  teachers  and  officers,  230;  local  preachers,  56; 
exhorters,  24.  Finance — The  amount  raised  for  the  support  of  the 
gospel  and  charitable  purposes:  Contingent,  $15.25;  Dollar  Money, 
$607;  Pastor's  salary,  $5266;  Presiding  Elder's  salary,  $1200;  Build- 
ing and  repairs,  $1861  :  Missionary,  $86;  Children's  Day,  $87.93; 
Endowment  Day,  $116.77;  Charitable  purposes,  $264;  Special  pur- 
poses, $277.35  5  tne  grand  total  for  all  purposes,  $11,240. 

This  is  my  second  term  in  the  district,  but  the  warm  receptions, 
hearty  welcome  and  happy  meetings  [from  the  people  towards  me, 
would  look  to  a  stranger  as  though  it  was  my  first  year.  Peace  and 
harmony  prevails  throughont  the  bonds  of  our  beloved  Zion,  and  the 
future  points  to  a  brighter  day. 

Honors  conferred  upon  me  by  the  people  and  Conference. — In 
1874  I  was  elected  School  Commissioner  of  Union  County,  but  was 
counted  out  by  the  Democrats.  In  1880-81  I  was  elected  and  served 
as  Recording  Secretary  of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference.  In 
1884  to  1888  was  elected  to  the  General  Conference,  and  elected 
Recording  Secretary  of  that  body  each  time.  In  1883-84-85-88-89-90 
was  elected  and  served  as  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Allen 
University,  which  position  I  now  hold.  In  1889-90  was  elected  to  fill 
the  chair  of  Professor  of  Homiletics  and  Pastoral  Theology.  In  1889 
was  elected  one  of  the  delegates  to  the  Inter-Denominational  World 
Sunday  School  Convention  from  the  United  States,  which  was  held 
in  London,  England,  July  4,  5  and  6,  1889,  and  in  1890  elected  Pres- 
ident and  Editor  of  the  Palmetto  Gleaner  Publishing  Company,  a 
weekly  paper  published  at  Columbia,  S.  C. 

Having  briefly  given  my  short  career  in  the  Church,  I  beg  to  say 
that  if  I  am  anything  at  all,  I  owe  it  all  to  the  Church  of  the  living  God. 

My  early  training  and  chances  for  an  education  were  somewhat 
limited;  the  early  death'of  my  parents  darkened  my  future  course. 
Though  a  slave,  yet  God  provided  substitutes  in  the  persons  of  Mrs. 
Harriet  Steele  and  Mrs.  James  B.  McCants,  of  Winnsboro.  Mrs. 
Steele,  who  has  long  since  joined  the  innumerable  throng,  was  a  pious 


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Methodist  lady.  To  these  good  women  I  am  indebted  for  my 
early  training  and  education.  It  was  through  the  kindness  of  Mrs. 
Steele  I  was  taught  the  alphabet  and  by  Mrs.  McCants  to  read. 
After  that  good  foundation  I  entered  the  public  school  of  Winnsboro, 
then  taught  by  Miss  Phinny.  Here  I  was  taught  the  rudiments  of  an 
education,  and  from  there  I  came  to  Columbia  in  1867,  (where  I  have 
made  my  adopted  home  ever  since.)  On  arriving  in  Columbia  I  was 
employed  at  the  South  Carolina  College  ( now  University )  by  one  of 
the  Professors,  Gen'l.  E.  P.  Alexander.  Here  again  I  pursued  my 
studies  for  one  year.  I  made  arrangements  to  go  to  Biddle  Institute, 
Charlotte,  N.  C,  and  in  April  1870,  I  went  and  was  duly  received, 
but  was  not  there  long  until  that  dread  disease  of  the  e)  es,  the  jaundice 
set  in,  when  I  had  to  abandon  my  fondest  hope  of  a  finished  education. 
Having  been  advised  to  return  to  my  native  State,  in  187 1  I  taught 
the  public  schools  at  Ebenezer,  York  County,  South  Carolina,  near 
the  town  of  Rock  Hill.  In  1872  I  taught  in  the  counties  of  Oco- 
nee and  Anderson.  In  1873  in  tne  county  of  Fairfield.  In  1874-5 
in  the  county  of  Union.  While  at  Winnsboro  I  studied  under  Rev. 
W.  Richardson  at  Calvary  Institute.  At  Cokesbury  I  studied  under 
Prof.  J.  W.  Morris  at  Payne  Institute.  In  1884-5  studied  Hebrew 
under  Prof  Goldsmith,  of  Columbia  S.  C.  I  have  prepared  myself  for 
a  duty  of  life  as  best  I  could.  My  life  has  been  spent  thus  far  in 
school  teaching  and  preaching. 

The  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  Wilberforce  University  in  June,  1890. 


SKETCH  PROM  THE  MANNING-  DISTRICT. 


BY   REV.   WILLIAM  D.  CHAPPELL. 

God  has  worked  a  change  in  the  affairs  of  men  and  has  wonder- 
fully wrought  again'st  the  pages  of  time,  that  change  which  brought 
liberty  to  more  than  three  millions  of  human  beings,  who  prior  to  now, 
wandered  in  the  darkness  under  the  accursed  chain  of  thralldom.*  I 
am  glad  to  say,  and  with  tears  of  joy,  announce  by  the  pen  of  a  Negro 
historian  to  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Ham  who  are  yet  to  be  born, 


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that  in  1863  God  brought  to  this  Nation  that  liberty  which  makes  it 
possible  for  me  to  sit  and  write  to-day,  as  it  were,  to  the  generations 
following. 

The  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  South  Carolina  has  passed  through  the 
brief  period  of  twenty-five  years  under  the  auspices  of  the  Negro,  and 
in  this  brief  period  she  has  out-grown  all  of  her  contemporaries,  and 
has  almost  the  entire  Negro  population  of  this  State.  I  am  a  member 
of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  Joined  in  1873;  converted  in  1875;  joined 
the  traveling  connection  in  1881,  and  have  served  the  following 
charges:  Pine  Grove  Mission,  1882;  Lexington  Circuit,  1883-84; 
Rock  Hill  Circuit,  1885-86-87;  Pendleton  Station,  1888-89.  Ap- 
pointed Presiding  Elder  by  Bishop  Arnett  in  1889,  December  9,  which 
position  I  now  fill. 

During  the  first  six  years  of  my  ministerial  life  I  attended  the 
Allen  University,  which  school  I  graduated  from  in  1887, — was  that 
same  year  elected  to  the  General  Conference,  and  in  1889  was  elected 
trustee  of  the  institution  from  which  I  graduated  in  1887,  and  am  now 
superintendent  of  the  building  and  grounds. 

This  University  is  located  in  the  city  of  Columbia,  with  a  fine 
faculty  consisting  of  Prof.  J.  W.  Morris,  A.  M.,  LL.  B.,  President; 
Prof.  T.  A.  Saxon,  A.  B.,  LL.  B.,  Dean  of  Law  Department;  Prof. 
A.  J.  Jamison,  A.  B.,  LL.  B.,  Prof.  Henry  Y.  Arnett,  A.  B.,  with 
Dr.  J.  E.  Hayne,  Dean  of  Theology.  This  University  was  founded 
in  1 88 1  by  Bishop  Dickerson,  under  the  auspices  of  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church ;  it  flourished  under  its  illustrious  founder,  Bishop  William  F. 
Dickerson,  from  1881  to  1885.  Under  Bishop  James  A.  Shorter  the 
interest  seemed  to  have  abated  and  the  University  went  down,  and  for 
four  years  it  had  its  darkest  days,  but  in  1888  Bishop  Benj.  W.  Arnett 
was  exalted  to  the  bench  and  assigned  to  South  Carolina  and  Florida. 
He  immediately  set  to  work  at  the  educational  interest  of  the  people, 
and  in  one  year  the  threatening  clouds  were  chased  to  the  hill  of  ob- 
livion, and  the  University  again  flourished  with  her  doors  open  to  re- 
ceive the  young  ladies  and  gentlemen  who  desired  to  be  educated. 

Bishop  Arnett  is  a  great  lover  of  education,  and  did  all  he  could 
to  exalt  men  of  thought  and  understanding.  All  of  the  work  accom- 
plis'hed  up  to  this  date  in  South  Carolina  is  due  to  the  organization  of 
the  A.  M.  E.  Church,  which  has  been  and  is  the  stone  upon  which 
the  educational  interest  of  the  Negro  is  built. 


MORRIS  BROWN  A.  M.  E.  CHURCH,  CHARLESTON,  S.  C. 
Rev.  Moses  B.  Salter,  D.  D.,  Pastor. 


PARSONAGE,  MORRIS  BROWN  CHURCH, 
Charleston,  S.  C. 


A   LETTER  TO  THE   CHRISTIAN  RECORDER. 


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The  Annual  Conference  in  South  Carolina  was  early  divided  into 
Presiding  Elder  Districts,  each  district  having  from  three  to  five  thous- 
and members,  which  continued  for  a  few  years,  but  the  Bishops  find- 
ing that  these  districts  were  too  large  to  be  well  worked,  they  were 
subdivided,  giving  each  Presiding  Elder  about  three  thousand  mem- 
bers. The  districts  at  present  rank  about  as  the  Manning  District, 
over  which  I  have  the  honor  to  preside.  I  have  39  churches  valued 
at  $12,890;  ii  parsonages  valued  at  $1650;  17  traveling  preachers, 
42  local  preachers  and  16  exhorters.  Thus  it  may  be  seen  that  God 
has  greatly  prospered  the  growth  of  the  Church,  and  may  it  continue  to 
grow  until  she  may  shed  her  hallowed  influence  all  over  this  broad  land. 


A  LETTER  TO  THE  CHRISTIAN  RECORDER, 


BY  REV.    R.    H.  CAIN. 

Charleston,  May  16,  1865. 

Mr.  Editor  : — Two  thousand  five  hundred  years  ago,  the  inspired 
prophet,  Isaiah,  lifted  up  his  voice  and  warned  a  rebellious  people  of 
the  coming  judgments  of  an  offended  God,  upon  those  nations  who 
had  so  wickedly  violated  every  principle  of  justice,  that  they  called 
down  upon  themselves  a  fearful  retribution. 

"  Come  down,  and  sit  in  the  dust,  O  virgin  daughter  of  Babylon, 
sit  on  the  ground  :  there  is  no  throne,  O  daughter  of  the  Chaldeans  ; 
for  thou  shalt  no  more  be  called  tender  and  delicate.  Take  the  mill- 
stones, and  grind  meal :  uncover  thy  locks,  make  bare  the  leg,  uncover 
the  thigh,  pass  over  the  rivers.  Thy  nakedness  shall  be  uncovered, 
yea,  thy  shame  shall  be  seen :  I  will  take  vengence,  and  I  will  not 
meet  thee  as  a  man." — Is.  47  :  1-3.  Such  were  the  denunciations 
against  Babylon.  Such  has  been  literally  fulfilled  in  the  South.  God 
has  truly  made  the  nakedness  and  shame  of  the  South  complete. 
Never  were  a  people  so  completely  subdu.d,  conquered,  and  disheart- 
ened, as  the  proud  Southerners  of  this  city  and  country,  But  it  was 
necessary  for  the  good  of  the  whole  land  ;  for  the  best  interests  of  hu- 
manity. Here  was  the  great  mart — the  citadel  of  wrong  and  robbery. 
Here  for  fifty  years  the  most  cruel  barbarities  were  inflicted  on  an  un- 

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offending  race.  Here  has  been  offered  more  bloody  sacrifices  to  the 
Moloch  of  slavery  than  in  any  other  spot  on  this  continent.  And  here 
are  the  marks  of  a  terrible,  retribution.  No  city  visited  by  the  horrors 
of  war,  has  suffered  as  fearfully  as  Charleston.  Here  stately  palaces 
are  in  ruins ;  the  dwellings  of  the  proud  an  1  defiant  man-stealers  are 
but  heaps  of  desolation.  The  city  is  a  monument  of  God's  indigna- 
tion and  an  evidence  of  his  righteous  judgments.  But  from  these  re- 
sults, the  liberty  of  the  oppressed  is  secured  forever.  The  day  of  re- 
demption draweth  near  to  them,  and  amid  the  death-dealing  blows  of 
the  warrior,  and  the  discomfiture  of  the  oppressor,  the  slave  is  re- 
deemed, and  a  new  era  dawns  upon  him  and  his.  He  enters  into  the 
realization  of  the  prophet's  proclamation  :  "Arise,  shine :  for  thy  light 
is  come,  and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  has  risen  upon  thee."  He  who  would 
realize  how  much  this  is  fulfilled  must  go  among,  this  redeemed  peo- 
ple; enter  their  humble  homesteads ;  sit  down  with  them,  and  listen 
to  their  stories  of  wrong  and  songs  of  rejoicing ;  must  gain  their  confi- 
dence, and  then  they  will  pour  out  their  souis,  and  we  can  read  their 
woes,  and  understand  they  joy. 

But  I  must  note  the  circumstances  as  they  have  occurred.  Hilton 
Head  is  on  an  island.  I  landed  there  on  the  evening  of  the  nth  of 
May.  Friday  morning  I  visited  Mitchelville.  Mr.  Merchison,  who 
governs  this  place,  is  a  man  of  rather  prepossessing  appearance,  pleas- 
ant address,  large  benevolence,  and  strongly  marked  character.  Three 
thousand  souls  compose  the  subjects  of  his  government,  and  seem 
impressed  with  the  magnitude  of  his  labors.  There  are  thousands  of 
freemen  here,  who  are  anxious  to  work  for.  a  living,  and  many  of 
them  are  working  farms  on  their  own  account.  Savannah  is  situated 
on  a  hill,  and  is  a  healthy  place.  Beautiful  shade  trees  line  all  the 
streets.  We  found  Rev.  James  Lynch  at  Bro.  Charles  Bradwell's 
house.  We  made  the  acquaintance  of  a  large  number  of  brethren  of 
our  church.  They  are  very  intelligent,  enterprising  and  worthy  gen- 
tlemen. I  have  never  met  a  more  open-hearted,  noble  people,  full  of 
Christian  zeal.  The  Baptists  are  also  numerous  here ;  in  fact  they  are 
the  leading  denomination.  They  have  in  all  their  churches  organs 
and  choirs,  whose  vocal  powers  none  may  be  ashamed  of.  There  is  a 
union  between  them  and  the  Methodists,  which  is  commended  by  a 
true  Christian  fellowship.  In  this  city  the  colored  citizens  have  taken 
a  forward  step  beyond  any  others  I  know  of.    They  have  organized 


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an  Educational  Association,  and  have  under  their  immediate  care  five 
hundred  children,  and  employing  fifteen  colored  men  and  women  as 
teachers,  directing  and  raising  every  dollar  of  the  money  themselves. 
They  have  raised  over  one  thousand  dollars,  and  pay  teachers  from 
fifteen  to  thirty  dollars  per  month. 

Comparing  these  with  other  cities  which  have  been  redeemed  from 
slavery,  there  do  not  appear  any  to  surpass  them  in  enterprise  in  the 
department  of  intellectual  development.  We  attended  a  love  feast 
Sunday  morning,  May  7,  at  5  o'clock.  Found  a  large  congregation 
assembled,  and  it  was  a  love  feast  indeed.  Such  faith  and  confidence 
in  God,  such  keen  comprehension  of  God's  purposes,  I  have  never  be- 
fore witnessed  or  heard  of.  At  3^  p.  m.  Rev.  R.  H.  Cain  preached 
to  a  large  audience  of  very  intelligent  people,  a  number  of  U.  S.  sol- 
diers were  present,  and  communed,  it  being  the  sacramental  occasion  ; 
the  Lo.  d  was  propitious,  and  there  was  a  season  of  rejoicing.  The 
same  gentleman  preached  in  the  morning  in  the  Baptist  church,  of 

which  Rev.  Cox  is  pastor,  and  at  night  for  Rev.  another 

Baptist.  These  brethren  are  noble  specimens  of  Christians.  But 
more  of  Savannah  at  another  time. 

Tuesday  comes  and  we  must  hasten  to  Charleston  to  attend  Con- 
ference. Bros.  Lynch,  Charles  Bradwell,  Taylor,  Murphy,  Hill,  Tay- 
lor and  Bently,  all  members  and  social  preachers,  are  to  accompany 
us,  that  they  may  be  among  the  first  to  write  their  names  upon  the 
history  in  the  formation  of  the  new  Confeience  ;  taking  the  steamer 
for  Hilton  Head,  then  we  took  steamer  for  the  city  of  treason  ;  after  a 
hard  night's  rest  on  the  d.eck  of  the  Nessels,  we  found  our  good  steamer 
off  the  harbor  of  Charleston,  and  soon  after  we  had  passed  Sumter, 
cast  lines  at  the  deck. 

The  Charlestonians  are  famous  for  their  politeness  and  hospitality. 
We  had  hardly  reached  the  wharf  before  we  were  greeted  with  great 
kindness  by  them.  Bro.  Washington,  who  was  on  board  the  boat,' 
took  us  all  to  his  house,  and  made  us  welcome.  Three  days  spent 
strolling  through  the  city,  and  distributing  letters  to  friends,  and  wait- 
ing for  the  arrival  of  Bishop  Payne  and  the  brethren  with  him,  made  ■ 
up  the  time. 

On  Saturday  morning  we  hailed  with  delight  the  Bishop's  arrival, 
with  Bros.  J.  A.  Handy,  J.  A.  Johnston,  T.  G.  Stewart  and  Lynch. 
Sunday,  bright  and  lovely  dawns,  and  we  severally,  having  received 


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appointments  for  the  different  churches,  repaired  to  them,  and  preached 
the  gospel  to  our  brethren  in  this  city  for  the  first  time. 

In  the  Bethel  church  Bro.  Stewart  preached  a  very  interesting 
sermon,  after  which  R.  H.  Cain,  of  Brooklyn,  had  the  hardihood  to 
administer  the  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  to  his  brethren — inde- 
pendent to  any  laws  of  South  Carolina,  to  the  contrary.  The  people 
were  astonished,  for  they  had  never  seen  it  in  this  wise  before. 
Never  had  a  Negro  dared  to  do  a  deed  -so  glaringly  defiant  to  the  rules 
of  the  chivalry  before.  But  there  it  was;  no  mistake.  A  bona  fide 
Negro — woolly  headed,  thick  lips,  black.  South  Carolina  has  been 
grossly  insulted,  and,  no  doubt,  will  secede  from  the  black  Union. 
But  the  white  brother  who  was  dealing  out  secession  gospel  in  the  new 
Bethel,  on  the  same  ground,  when  he  learned  that  the  gentleman  from 
Africa  was  actually  giving  his  brethren  sacrament,  refused  to  appear, 
as  he  had  intended  to  do,  after  he  had  dispensed  salvation  to  the  white 
children  of  the  Heavenly  King.  Large  numbers  of  the  members, 
knowing  that  this  horse  doctor,  (for  that  is  his  profession,)  was  going 
to  administer  it,  would  not  come  to  the  church ;  but  those  that  were 
there  rejoiced  in  the  God  of  their  salvation,  and  praised  him  that  he 
had  sent  one  of  their  own  race  to  administer  the  holy  ordinance. 

Bishop  Payne  preached  in  Zion  church  at  1 1  o'clock.  The  house 
was  densely  crowded,  and  he  was  received  by  his  former  friends  with 
great  joy. 

It  was  announced  in  the  various  churches  that  Conference  would 
open  Monday  morning  at  10  o'clock,  and  at  the  appointed  time  the 
people  gathered  in  large  numbers.  Conference  opened  with  a  glorious 
prospect  before  us.  James  Redpath  was  present,  and  addressed  the 
Conference  in  a  most  happy  manner.  Conference  was  fully  organized 
and  proceeded  to  business.  Rev.  Mr.  Lewis,  missionary  of  the  M. 
E.  Church,  was  introduced,  and  made  a  lengthy  speech,  depreciating 
the  efforts  we  were  making  to  establish  our  connection  here,  (a  note  of 
congratulation  having  previously  been  handed  in,)  and  both  were  re- 
plied to  by  Bishop  Payne  in  the  kindest  manner.  At  i  o'clock  we  ad- 
journed to  meet  Tuesday  at  9  o'clock. 

The  work  to  be  done  here  is  great,  but  more  anon.  Pardon  the 
length  of  this. 


THE  AZOR. 


THE  AZOE. 


BY  REV.    J.    E.  HAYNE,  D.  D. 

The  following  is  a  brief  sketch  of  the  history  of  the  Azor  movement 
in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

The  Liberian  Exodus  Joint  Stock  Steamship  Company  was  organ- 
ized Oct.  15,  1877,  and  was  chartered  in  1878.  The  election  in  1876 
in  the  State  of  South  Carolina  was  carried  by  the  shedding  of  so  much 
Negro  blood  that  the  people  of  that  race  tried  to  better  their  condition 
by  leaving  the  United  States,  since  the  general  government  afforded 
them  no  protection  of  life,  lien,  or  property.  Hence  the  exodus  move- 
ment in  South  Carolina. 

Thousands  of  people  were  interested  in  the  movement,  and  did 
what  they  could  to  make  it  a  success,  but  through  some  grave  blunder 
of  the  president  of  the  company  it  failed,  and  it  is  much  to  the  regret 
of  thousands  of  Negroes  to-day.  It  was  during  this  exodus  movement 
that  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  was  established  in  Liberia, 
West  Coast  of  Africa.  Bishop  John  M.  Brown,  D.  D,,  and  Rev.  A. 
T.  Carr  organized  in  Morris  Brown  A.  M.  E.  church,  Charleston,  S.  C, 
the  first  African  Methodist  Episcopal  in  Liberia ;  Rev.  S.  F.  Flegler 
was  appointed  pastor,  and  Bro.  Clemon  Irons  was  made  leader.  The 
membership  of  that  church  consisted  of  quite  a  goodly  number  of  faith- 
ful souls. 

The  Azor  sailed  from  Charleston  harbor  on  a  Sunday  morning 
freighted  with  hundreds  of  souls  bound  for  the  fatherland.  The  church 
in  question  was  on  board  of  this  historic  ship.  Thousands  of  people 
witnessed  the  departure  of  the  vessel. 

The  following  persons  were  the  officers  of  the  company  ;  Rev. 
B.  F.  Porter,  President  ;  Maj.  M.  R.  Deiany,  Vice  President  ;  Rev. 
H.  N.  Bony,  Secretary;  Hor.  W.  H.  Thompson,  Treasurer.  Direc- 
tors :    F.  A.  Pugh,  Geo.  Curtis,  J.  C.  Nesbit  and  Rev.  J.  E.  Hayne. 

The  following  is  a  form  of  the  certificate  of  stock  issued  to  stock- 
holders. 


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E  LIBERIA  EXODUS  JOINT  STOCK  STEAMSHIP 
No.  553. 

This  is  to  Certify  that  Molly  Tyler  is  entitled  to  One  (1) 
Share  of  Ten  Dollars  each,  in  the  Capital  Stock  of  the  Liberia 
exodus  joint  stock  steamship  company;  transferable  only 
on  the  books  of  the  Company,  in  person,  or  by  Attorney,  on  the 
surrender  of  said  Certificate  :  and-  that  the  sum  of  Five  Dollars 
has  been  duly  paid  on  account  of  said  Stock  with  receipt  for  bal- 
ance on  reverse  :  each  Share  entitles  to  one  passage  from  Charles- 
ton, S.  C,  to  the  Republic  of  Liberia,  and  thereafter  will  be 
good  only  for  dividends. 

Witness  the  seal  of  the  Company  and  Signature  of 
^r-r^J    the  President  and  Treasurer  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  this 

1  st  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1878. 
Wm.  H.  Thompson,  B.  F.  Porter, 

Treasurer.  President. 


WELCOME  ADDEESS. 


BY  REV.   J.    H.    WELSH,   D.    D.  . 

Bishop  and  Members  of  the  Committee  of  the  Quarto- Centennial  Exercises 
and  Dear  Friends  : 

We  have  met  here  to  begin  the  celebration  of  a  very  important 
event,  the  introduction  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in 
these  Southern  States.  It  has  been  a  time  honored  custom  for  all  pro- 
gressive and  thoughtful  people  to  celebrate  important  events  in  their 
history  and  development.  The  American  people  celebrated  the  One 
Hundredth  Anniversary  of  American  Independence,  July  4,  1876. 
The  American  people  celebated  the  One  Hundredth  Aniversary  of  the 
surrender  of  Cornwallis  at  Yorktown  in  1883.  The  One  Hundredth 
Anniversary  of  the  Adoption  of  the  Constitution  of  these  United 
States  was  celebrated  Sept.  25,  1887.  The  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  celebrated  its  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  in  1839.  So  we 
consider  it  timely,  and  indeed  eminently  fitting,  that  we  should  turn 


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aside  from  our  ordinary  course  of  affairs,  and  mark  the  beginning  of 
our  work,  our  gradual  growth,  and  take  note  of  our  present  status. 

We  meet  here  to-night  as  the  representatives  of  a  great  and  grand 
organization,  an  organization  that  has  made  phenominal  strides  in  the 
last  three  decades  and  has  wielded  a  potential  influence  along  all  lines 
of  our  race  development.  We  come  here  as  the  representatives  of  an 
organization  whose  work  has  been  so  stead)*,  powerful,  and  effective, 
and  whose  moral,  religious,  social  and  intellectual  forces  have  been  so 
skillfully  and  diligently  utilized,  that  it  has  made  itself  strongly  felt  on 
both  sides  of  the  blue  waters  of  the  Atlantic.  We  are  well  within 
bounds  when  we  state  that  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
which  took  its  form  away  back  in  the  dark  days,  has  done  more  towards 
race  elevation,  race  development,  and  race  independence  :  has  done 
more  to  give  the  negro  his  true  place,  to  demonstrate  his  capacity  of 
self-government,  and  his  ability  to  make  laws  and  wisely  execute  them  : 
has  done  more  to  make  him  feel  like  a  full-grown,  rounded  out  and 
finished  man.  than  any  other  organization  of  Afro-American  Christians 
on  the  American  Continent.  We  meet  here  as  a  Christian  body  to 
retrospect  the  past,  and  indeed  it  gives  us  inexpressible  pleasure  to 
look  over  the  vast  field  we  have  traveled  in  these  twenty-five  years, 
amid  great  obstacles  and  observe  with  profound  delight  the  good  and 
grand  results  that  have  occurred  from  our  faithful  and  untiring  labors. 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  18th  century  there  lived  a  man  in  the  city 
of  Brotherly  Love,  who  knew  what  it  was  to  be  a  man  in  the  truest 
sense,  and  he  had  a  burning  desire  to  enjoy  his  religious  freedom ;  so 
that  in  1786,  when  the  pastor  and  members  of  St.  George's  church 
built  a  gallery  especially  for  the  colored  people,  his  religious  nature  re- 
volted;  then  he  and  other  devoted  and  thoughtful  men,  feeling  the 
chafings  of  these  indignities  and  religious  outrages,  turned  their  atten- 
tions toward  securing  a  place  where  they  could  worship  God  under 
their  own  vine  and  fig  tree,  without  fear  and  molestation.  This  Christ- 
ian hero  was  the  illustrious  and  immortal  Allen.  Together  with  a  strong 
force  of  able,  devoted,  courageous  and  illustrious  helpers,  this  new  or- 
ganization, formed  in  1787  by  Richard  Allen,  continued  to  increase, 
notwithstanding  the  great  hindrances  with  which  it  met.  so  that  in 
1794,  a  period  of  seven  years,  the  faithful  and  courageous  few  had 
reached  the  number  of  sixty-six  members.  They,  though  separated 
from  the  immediate  membership  of  St.  George's  Church,  yet  continued 


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under  the  care  and  supervision  of  the  above  named  Church  until  1815, 
when  the  discrimination  shown  was  so  apparent,  that  it  finally  became 
intolerable  and  necessitated  a  final  an  unconditional  separation.  At 
this  juncture  they  cast  around  for  a  location  to  erect  the  standard  of 
the  greatest,  grandest,  most  potential  and  influential  institution  ever 
established  and  manned  by  the  colored  man.  So  they  decided  upon 
the  sacred  and  ever  memorable  spot  where  Big  Bethel  church  now 
stands,  corner  6th  and  Lombard  streets,  Philadelphia,  Penn.  This 
site  then  fixed  upon  and  purchased  had  on  it  a  blacksmith's  shop,  and 
in  this  uninviting  place,  with  the  open  bible  resting  on  the  blacksmith's 
anvil,  Allen  stood  and  preached  the  living  word,  as  an  African  Meth- 
odist preacher  ;  and  where  stood  seventy-five  years  ago  the  black- 
smith's shop,  stands  to-day  one  of  the  finest  and  most  beautiful  church 
edifices  in  our  broad  connection,  with  a  spire  reaching  high  up  in  the 
heavens  reflecting  the  golden  rays  of  the  king  of  day. 

April  9,  1 81 6,  a  general  convention  was  held  in  Philadelphia  with 
delegates  from  Baltimore,  Philadelphia  and  Wilmington,  Delaware. 
At  this  convention  they  organized  and  put  in  operation  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church,  of  which  we  are  honored  to  be  members,  with  Rt.  Rev. 
Richard  Allen  as  its  first  Bishop,  and  the  first  colored  Bishop  ordained 
in  the  United  States  of  America.  From  18 16,  when  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church  took  its  present  organic  form,  until  to-day,  this  Church  has 
been  saying  :  upward  and  onward,  and  do  all  the  good  you  can,  in  all 
the  ways  you  can,  to  all  the  people  you  can,  as  long  as  you  can,  and 
with  the  inspiration  caught  from  the  fathers  who  built  well  and  better 
than  they  knew.  We  have  moved  on  with  an  almost  incalculable 
velocity.  Yes,  with  judicious,  far-seeing,  discreet,  pendent  and  race- 
loving  leaders,  this  Church  has  made  marked  progress  along  all  lines 
of  Christian  intellectual  and  financial  development. 

The  growth  and  spread  of  this  Church  was  greatly  retarded  during 
the  by-gone  days,  by  that,  the  most  baneful  of  all  evils,  slavery,  but 
when  the  strong  arm  of  God  interposed,  and  the  immortal  Lincoln,  im- 
pelled by  a  holy  power  and  influence,  issued  his  proclamation  which  set 
at  liberty  four  millions  of  human  beings,  then  the  A.  M.  E.  Church 
followed  with  almost  eagle  swiftness  the  proclamation  which  freed  the 
body,  and  said  :  "I  am  looking  for  my  people  to  offer  them  a  pure 
gospel  which  will  free  the  soul."  So  that  to-day  our  Church  organ- 
ized in  1816  by  Richard  Allen  with  but  a  handful,  so  to  speak,  has 


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over  five  hundred  thousand  members,  and  stretches  from  rock-bound 
New  England,  on  the  East,  to  the  placid  waters  of  the  Pacific,  on  the 
West,  and  stands  in  the  golden  gate  ;  from  the  snow-capped  moun- 
tains and  silvery  lakes,  on  the  North,  to  the  gulf  stream,  on  the  South. 
It  dots  the  islands  of  the  sea,  and  stands  with  unfurled  banners  upon 
the  continent  of  Africa,  offering  the  gospel  to  her  sable  sons  and. 
daughters. 

You  come  to  this,  the  metropolis  of  the  State  of  Florida,  to  cele- 
brate the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  our  Church  in 
the  South.  You  have  come,  sirs,  to  overlook  the  territory  that  has 
been  cleared  up.  and  the  work  that  has  been  done  by  the  genius,  push 
and  Christian  devotion  of  this  Church  since  1865,  when  Bishop  Daniel 
A.  Payne,  D.  D.,  LL.  D..  with  an  able  corps  01  ministers,  organized 
the  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  the  city  of  Charleston,  S.  C.  Notable  among 
the  ministers  that  were  present  with  our  venerable  prelate,  and  who 
have  distinguished  themselves  in  the  Church  and  in  the  country,  were 
the  Revs.  James  Lynch.  Theo.  G.  Steward,  las.  H.  A.  Johnson, 
Chas.  L.  Bradweil.  John  Graham.  W.  G.  Stewart  and  Dr.  James  A. 
Handy,  the  two  latter  being  present  here  with  us  to-night.  You  have 
come,  distinguished  Prelate  and  Rev.  Colleagues,  to  tell  what  was  our 
beginning  in  this  State  and  other  parts  of  the  Sunny  South,  and  what 
progress  has  been  made,  especially  in  this  State,  since  the  introduction 
of  our  Church.  You  have  come  to  tell  the  good  people  of  this  city 
and  State  what  progress  has  been  made  in  building  churches,  saving 
souls  and  erecting  and  sustaining  schools  :  what  progress  has  been 
made  by  the  Church  in  elevating  the  race  morally,  religiously,  intel- 
lectually socially  and  financially.  You  have  come  to  tell  our  friends 
and  fellow  citizens  what  an  important  factor  we  are  becoming  in  help- 
ing to  solve  the  race  problem,  now  so  constantly  before  the  American 
people.  And  now,  as  the  pastor  of  this  church,  the  representative  of 
its  members,  friends  and  citizens  of  Jacksonville,  I  extend  to  you  a 
hearty  greeting,  and  most  cordially  welcome  you  to  our  city  and  our 
homes,  and  assure  you  that  we  are  highly  pleased  to  have  you  in  our 
midst,  and  that  we  will  do  all  in  our  power  to  make  your  stay  in  our 
city  pleasant  and  agreeable  Accept,  if  you  please,  this  cordial  wel- 
come to  our  city,  our  church  and  our  homes. 


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MEMORIAL  ADDRESS. 


BY   REV.    J.    E.    HAYNE,    D.  D. 


The  address  of  Rev.  J.  E.  Hayne,  D.  D.,  before  the  ladies  of  Cain  Memorial 
Association,  at  the  unveiling  of  the  Tablet  erected  to  the  memory  of  Bishop 
R.  H.  Cain,  D,  D.,  in  Morris  Brown  A.  M.  E.  church,  Charleston,  S.  C. 


Ladies,  Gentlemen  and  Friends : — Seldom  are  we  called  together 
to  celebrate  such  an  occasion  as  this.  It  is  certainly  for  the  first  time 
in  the  history  of  African  Methodism  in  South  Carolina.  I  am  aware 
of  the  fact  that  a  grand  monument  has  been  raised  in  memory  of  the 
Sainted  A.  T.  Carr,  a  few  months  ago,  but  let  us  remember  that  that 
was  the  work  of  the  ministers  of  the  two  Conferences — South  Carolina 
and  Columbia — while  this  work  is  by  our  'noble  women  of  the  race.  To 
say  that  I  am  proud  of  the  act  is  to  use  a  term  inadequate  to  the  task 
accomplished. 

I  am  not  here  to  speak  of  the  mighty  deed  of  a  John  C.  Calhoun ; 
the  constitutional  ability  of  a  Thomas  Jefferson  ;  the  oratorical  powers 
of  a  Robert  Y.  Hayne  ;  the  executive  ability  of  an  Abraham  Lincoln  ; 
and  the  over-shadowing  of  wisdom  of  a  James  G.  Blaine. 

The  burden  of  my  laconic  address  concerns  the  life  work  of  the 
late  Bishop  R.  H.  Cain,  D.  D.,  as  a  statesman.  This  excellent  man 
entered  politics  in  1868,  twenty-two  years  ago,  when  he  was  in  the 
prime  of  life.  In  the  Constitutional  Convention  in  this  State  in  1868, 
he  was  the  only  Negro  whose  statesmanship  qualities  were  marked 
with  a  brilliancy  and  correctness  that  gave  him  a  standing,  which  at- 
tended him  all  through  his  political  career  here. 

As  a  statesman  he  was  versed  in  the  arts  of  government,  hence 
his  great  exploits  in  the  Senate  of  South  Carolina.  He  knew  the 
public  wants  of  the  entire  people  of  the  State,  and  he  did  what  lieth  in 
his  power  to  secure  them  by  appropriate  legislation.  He  knew  the 
difference  between  a  weak  man  intellectually  and  one  who  was  a  giant 
in  intellect. 

With  this  information  he  was  able  to  defend  his  weak  brother  in 
black  against  the  intellectual  force  of  his  white  brother.    In  debating 


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this  question  he  was  the  Demosthenes  of  the  day.  His  eloquence  was 
without  a  rival.  It  is  the  characteristic  of  great  statesmen  to  be  com- 
prehensive, liberal  and  broad  in  all  governmental  affairs  that  effect  the 
citizens.  •  Such  was  the  statesmanship  of  the  late  R.  H.  Cain. 

He  looked  well  to  the  interest  of  his  race.  With  him  their  cause 
was  first  and  last.  Had  his  advice  been  taken  and  followed  the  politi- 
cal and  material  condition  of  the  Negro  in  this  State  would  be  different 
from  what  it  is  to-day. 

His  own  people,  and  many  of  our  brothers  in  white,  were  so  well 
pleased  with  his  conduct  in  politics  that  they  elected  him  twice  to  Con- 
gress— once  in  1872  and  again  in  1876.  No  man,  white  or  black,  has 
done  more  for  the  Negro,  by  way  of  teaching  and  directing  him,  than 
R.  H.  Cain.  He  inspired  both  old  and  young  to  do  what  lieth  in  their 
power  to  rise  to  the  dignity  of  worthy  citizens  and  men  of  business  and 
wealth.  Many  of  the  youths  in  this  State  who  have  risen  to  eminence 
must  date  their  starting  point  from  the  first  impulse  they  received  from 
the  man  whom  we  honor  to-night.  The  association  that  raise  this 
Tablet  in  memory  of  the  sleeping  prelate,  has  done  a  work  that  will 
endure  longer  than  the  granite  hills  of  America. 

In  this  work  you  have  the  laudation  of  every  patriotic  people  all 
over  the  civilized  world.  You  merit  the  praise  of  the  connection  of 
which  this  noble  man  was  an  integral  part.  In  this  event  you  have 
spoken  your  sentiments  of  kindness  which  will  ever  rail  forth  the 
praises  of  a  devoted  wile,  but  now  a  widow. 

Praise  be  to  you,  ladies  !  and  greater  praise  to  your  untiring  pres- 
ident, Airs.  L.  B.  Conyers.  Praise  to  this  congregation,  and  the 
friends  that  aided  in  this  laudable  work.' 


RISE  AND  PROGRESS  OP  OUR  EDUCATIONAL  WORK  IN  PLORIDA. 


BV  M.  'M.    .MOORE,   B.    D. ,   JACKSONVILLE,  FLA. 

Man  was  made  in  the  image  of  God,  with  moral  essence,  with  in- 
tellectual capacity  and  susceptibility.  He  was  the  crowning  glory  of 
creation,  and  the  mighty  wonder  of  the  material,  the  intellectual  and 
the  moral  world.     And  although  he  has  been  mutilated  and  deformed 


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by  sin,  yet  he  has  through  educational  development  taken  astronomi- 
cal flights,  and  has  climbed  to  the  star  spangled  bosom  of  the  heavens ; 
he  has  also  harnessed  the  forked  lightning  to  his  chariot,  and  examined 
the  great  magnitude  of  the  sun ;  investigated  the  moon,  the  proud 
queen  of  the  night,  and  watched  the  stars  in  their  hasty  march,  telling 
unborn  generations  that  the  sun  is  silent  in  its  perpetual  and  antic- 
ipated revolution,  and  that  miliions  of  worlds  march  around  its  fiery 
magnitude. 

In  all  ages  of  the  world  the  founders  of  all  institutions,  whether 
they  be  civil  institutions  to  better  the  condition  of  their  fellow  men 
and  protect  society,  or  religious  institutions  to  save  the  immortal  soul, 
they  have  founded  and  built  them  upon  the  all  powerful  and  eternal 
rock  of  education.  The  sainted  Richard  Allen,  the  founder  of  the 
greatest  Negro  organization  and  institution  in  the  world,  saw  as  with 
prophetic  eye  the  necessity  of  an  educated  ministry,  and  although  with 
meager  chances  to  solve  the  problems  in  the  text  books  of  his  time, 
yet  organized  a  school  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  to  educate 
the  mind  to  think,  the  heart  to  pray  and  the  hand  to  work.  Rt.  Rev. 
Daniel  A.  Payne,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  born  in  the  city  of  Charleston,  S.  C, 
caught  the  inspiration  of  the  immortal  Richard  Allen  possibly  more  ef- 
fectually than  any  of  the  older  successors,  and  made  the  African  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church  one  of  the  mighty  wonders  among  the  educa- 
tional institutions  of  this  country. 

When  the  owners  of  Wilberforce  University  desired  to  sell  that 
institution,  the  leading  men  went  to  Bishop  Payne  and  desired  that  he 
(Payne)  should  purchase  the  property;  not  because  they  had  any 
special  love  for  the  A.  M.  E.  Church,  but  because  they  had  unlimited 
confidence  in  Daniel  A.  Payne  as  an  educator  and  in  his  capacity  and 
honesty  to  pay  for  what  he  had  purchased.  Wilberforce  was  bought  as 
property  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church,  and  is  the  first  college  owned  by 
Afro-Americans  in  this  country.  Wilberforce,  with  her  massive  build- 
ings and  beautiful  grounds,  with  her  intellectual  forces  and  icy  waters, 
is  to  the  Negroes  of  the  United  States  what  Oxford  is  to  England, 
what  "  Buena  Vista"  is  to  the  Frenchmen,  and  "  Mars  Hill"  was  to 
the  Grecians. 

The  intellectual  aspiration  of  the  fathers  did  not  stop  with  the 
purchase  of  Wilberforce,  which  stands  to-day  among  the  smiling  hills 
of  Ohio,  but  as  soon  as  the  civil  war  had  ended,  the  heroes  of  the 


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437 


Church  commenced  at  once  their  conquest  in  the  Southland,  and  new 
schools  sprung  up  with  the  church  like  living  fountains  in  a  dry  land  ; 
thus  side  by  side,  as  they  built  churches  for  the  purpose  of  saving 
souls,  they  also  built  and  founded  schools  to  save  and  expand  the 
mind  and  intellect.  The  A.  M.  E.  Church  has  always  raised  up  her 
hand  against  ignorance  and  labored  for  the  furtherance  of  educational 
development.  Cato.  a  Roman  senator  and  soldier,  had  such  strong 
and  patriotic  love  for  his  country,  that  he  would  conclude  all  of  his 
orations  in  the  Roman  Senate  by  repeating,  "  Carthago  est  delenda,'* 
for  the  success  of  Rome.  Carthage  must  be  destroyed.  The  cry  of  the 
A.  M.  E.  Church  has  been,  and  is  now.  that  for  the  success  of  the 
race,  church  ignorance  must  be  destroyed,  and  its  concomitants  must 
be  dethroned.  The  immortal  Allen  started  this  cry  in  the  city  of  Phil- 
adelphia, on  that  historic  and  memorable  Sabbath,  when  he  made  the 
defiant  anvil  his  pulpit,  opened  his  bible,  God's  Magna  Charta  of 
heaven,  and  preached,  "  God  hath  made  of  one  blood  all  nations  to 
dwell  upon  the  face  of  all  the  earth. "  It  is  said  that  in  the  first  Gen- 
eral Conference  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church,  and  during  the  same  day 
that  Richard  Allen  was  elected  to  the  Bishoprick,  resolutions  were 
passed  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  an  institution  of  learning.  It 
can  be  readily  seen  that  the  great  need  of  Christian  education  is  not  a 
new  thing  with  this  Church,  but  it  is  co-equal  with  the  organization  of 
the  Church,  and  is  the  very  bed  rock  upon  which  her  future  depends. 

In  the  year  1866,  before  the  sounding  of  the  cannon  had  quite 
died  away  upon  Virginia's  heights,  Rev.  Charles  H  Pearce  was  sent 
to  Florida  by  Bishop  D.  A.  Payne  to  organize  and  raise  the  "  banner  " 
of  African  Methodism  in  the  "  Land  of  Flowers."  He  (Pearce)  came 
inspired  with  the  necessity  of  an  educated  ministry,  and  soon  as  he 
had  made  the  way  possible  for  the  Church,  he  commenced  to  collect 
money  and  materials  to  build  a  school,  in  order  that  he  may  better  the 
condition  of  the  newly  emancipated  people,  and  to  prepare  young 
men  to  preach  the  word  of  God  with  an  intelligent  mind.  After  much 
discussion  by  the  committee  appointed  to  select  a  suitable  site  or  loca- 
tion. Live  Oak.  Fla.,  was  agreed  upon  as  the  most  suitable  place  for 
the  new  enterprise,  and  ten  acres  of  land  within  the  incorporate  limits 
of  the  town  was  donated  to  the  committee  for  the  seat  of  the  college. 
The  people  of  Florida,  both  white  and  colored,  rejoiced  to  know  that 
the  State  would  be  blessed  with  an  institution  of  learning  for  her  col- 


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ored  citizens  so  early  after  the  clouds  of  the  war  had  passed  away. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Pearce  was  appointed  by  the  Conference,  solicit- 
ing agent  for  the  school,  with  contract  to  retain  1 6-100  of  all  he  col- 
lected for  his  time  and  expenses.  In  one  on  liis  speeches  delivered  in 
the  city  of  Tallahassee,  so  greatly  did  he  picture  the  need  of  this  school 
to  his  hearers,  that  Gen.  M.  S.  Littlefield,  the  railroad  magnate  of 
Florida,  came  forward  and  gave  twenty  thousand  dollars  in  State  script 
and  railroad  bonds.  Hon.  Simeon  B.  Conaver,  Treasurer  of  the  State, 
gave  a  fine  pair  of  mules  and  a'wagon.  Lieutenant-General  Wm.  H. 
Gleason  gave  640  acres  of  land  in  Valusia  county,  Flat,  and  other 
men  gave  smaller  amounts  to  the  school. 

The  school  was  chartered  by  the  Legislature  in  January,  1872, 
and  named  Brown  Theological  Institute.  The  erection  of  the  build- 
ing commenced  in  October  of  the  same  year.  In  1873,  May  the  16th, 
the  framing  and  raising  were  completed  and  the  corner-stone  was  laid 
with  Church  and  Masonic  ceremonies.  The  building  was  finely  planned 
and  would  have  been  the  grandest  of  its  kind  in  the  State  of  Florida. 
Owing  to  the  scarcity  of  money  the  work  could  not  be  pushed.  In 
1874  the  name  of  the  school  was  changed  to  Brown  University.  Bish- 
op T.  M.  D.  Ward,  D.  D.,  who  succeeded  Bishop  John  M.  Brown  in 
the  Florida  Conference  took  charge  of  the  school  work  according  to 
the  charter,  and  appointed  a  white  man,  Dr.  Sidney,  as  traveling 
agent  for  the  school ;  to  collect  money  and  superintend  the  work.  He 
collected  more  than  three  thousand  dollars  from  the  people  as  his  re- 
ceipts showed.  He  failed  to  pay  the  carpenters ;  used  the  money  for 
self-aggrandisment  and  ran  away  ;  but  for  his  dishonest  deed  to  the 
people  who  had  just  been  made  free,  he  was  overtaken  in  a  storm, 
and  the  Great  God  of  the  Heavens  strangled  him  to  death  beneath 
the  maddened  waters  of  the  Atlantic,  to  await  the  judgment  trumpet 
of  the  arch  angel.  The  people  became  disheartened  and  refused  to 
give  any  more  money  toward  the  building ;  the  carpenters  sued  the 
Board  of  Trustees  and  obtained  judgment  in  the  court  ;  the  building 
and  land  was  sold  to  the  highest  bidder,  the  lumber  and  other  material 
was  disposed  of,  and  thus  ended  Brown  Theological  Institute  and 
Brown  University.  It  was  said  that  the  twenty  thousand  dollars  given 
by  Gen.  M.  S.  Littlefield  was  destroyed  during  the  conflagration  of 
Rev.  C.  H.  Pearce's  residence  in  Tallahassee,  Fla. 

From  1874  to  1883  we  had  no  school;  everything  was  seemingly 


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very  still  ;  but  the  fire  that  was  kindled  had  not  entirely  been  extin- 
guished. It  was  given  a  little  fuel  in  1878  and  1879  D>"  Rev.  J.  J. 
Sawyer,  who  agitated  and  attempted  the  building  of  a  Conference  High 
School,  in  Palatka.  Fla..  but  his  project  died  borning.  So  much  for 
the  rise  of  our  educational  work  in  Florida  under  what  may  be  called 
the  old  or  Charles  H.  Pearce  dispensation. 

From  1875  to  1883  may  be  considered  as  an  intermission  of  theo- 
retical speculation,  for  nothing  practicable  or  tangible  was  done  for 
the  Church  from  an  educational  standpoint.  The  passing  of  resolu- 
tions in  every  Conference  were  many.  School  houses  were  built  upon 
paper,  which  amounted  to  nothing  but  air  castles. 

In  1883  the  immortal  Rev.  W.  \V.  Sampson  appeared  as  a  flying 
meteor  111  the  educational  firmament  of  our  State,  and  stirred  up  the 
ministers  and  people  from  the  Atlantic  Ocean  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico, 
and  from  the  smiling  waters  of  the  St.  John's  River  on  the  East  to 
the  stagnable  waters  of  the  Perdeda  on  the  West,  upon  the  subject  of 
education.  Rev.  YV.  W.  Sampson  succeeded  in  starting  a  little  school 
in  Jacksonville,  with  Rev.  John  R.  Scott.  A.  B.,  as  principal.  This 
little  school  was  known  as  the  East  Florida  Conference  High  School. 
In  1884  Bishop  A.  W.  Wayman,  D.  D.,  and  the  Florida  Conference 
appointed  Rev.  M.  M.  Moore,  W.  A.  Bird  and  E.  W.  Johnson  to 
form  a  treaty  with  the  members  of  the  East  Florida  Annual  Conference, 
upon  the  basis  of  establishing  a  high  school,  to  be  supported  by  the 
two  Conferences  in  the  State  of  Florida.  The  plan  for  the  new  school 
was  agreed  upon  by  the  two  Florida  Conferences,  and  the  whole  edu- 
cational work  was  placed  under  the  superintendency  of  the  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Preston  P.oss.  B.  D..  the  illustrious  founder  of  the  Florida  Scien- 
tific and  Divinity  High  School.  The  school  building  was  built  by  the 
members  and  friends  of  the  Mt.Zion  A.  M.  E.  Chapel.  Jacksonville,  Fla. . 
with  tacit  understanding  that  the  trustees  of  the  school  would  rent  the 
building  for  school  purposes  at  $50  per  month,  and  as  soon  as  possible 
purchase  the  said  building  for  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Connec- 
tion in  the  State  of  Florida.  The  consummation  of  the  agreement  was 
carried  into  effect  by  Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett.  D.  D..  and  the  trustees  of 
said  school  in  the  year  1889,  anc*  now  the  connection  owns  the  Divinity- 
High  School  and  property,  one  of  the  finest  brick  structures  in  the 
State  of  Florida. 

The  two  Conferences  of  Florida,  with  all  of  the  members  and 


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friends  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  Florida  owe  praises  to  the  name, 
and  should  cherish  the  memory  of  the  sainted  William  Preston  Ross, for 
the  founding  of  the  Divinity  High  School.  And  while  the  Rev.  W. 
P.  Ross  sleeps  to-day  beneath  the  soil  of  the  "  Land  of  Flowers,"  gen- 
erations unborn  will  go  out  from  the  divine  and  moral  influence  of  the 
Divinity  High  School  to  praise  his  name. 

Brown  University  was  chartered  by  and  through  the  influence  of 
Rev.  Charles  H.  Pearce.  The  trustees  were :  Bishop  John  M. 
Brown,  C.  H.  Pearce,  W.  M.  Bradwell,  John  R.  Scott,  Sr.,  W.  W. 
Sampson,  W.  G.  Stewart,  Robert  Meacham,  J.  H.  Armstrong,  Cubit 
Wilson,  T.  T.  Thompson,  G.  W.  Witherspoon,  M.  J.  Johnson  and 
Richard  Brigadier. 

The  Divinity  High  School  was  chartered  through  the  influence  of 
M.  M.  Moore,  W.  A.  Bird  and  E.  W:  Johnson.  The  present  trustees 
are  Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett,  M.  M.  Moore,  T.  W.  Long,  S.  H.  Coleman, 
P.  G.  Gowens,  G.  W.  Witherspoon,  W.  A.  Bird,  E.  W.  Johnson  and 
A.  J.  Johnson.  The  school  is  now  in  a  flourishing  condition  under 
the  management  of  Prof.  B.  W.  Arnett,  Jr.,  as  President,  and  is  des- 
tined to  be  the  leading  school  in  the  State  of  Florida. 

A  PIONEEK  WOMAN. 


Mrs.  E.  C.  Smith  nee  Day,  in  October,  1866,  when  a  very  young 
woman,  came  to  the  State  of  Florida.  Born  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
her  early  education  was  well  cared  for,  entering  school  at  the  age  of 
3^  years.  Having  finished  the  common  branches  at  13  years  of  age, 
she  pursued  the  Supplementary  Course,  and  was  a  graduate  of  the 
Normal  class  of  '66,  under  Prof.  Charles  L.  Reason,  New  York  City. 
She  came  South  in  care  of  Rev.  C.  H.  Pearce.  Her  mission,  like 
others  mentioned,  was  to  teach  the  freedmen,  and  do  with  her  might 
whatever  her  hands  found  to  do.  She  was  seriously  impressed  that 
the  work  of  teaching  both  Sabbath  and  day  schools  was  her  calling. 
With  the  assistance  of  Rev.  C.  H.  Pearce  she  organized  the  A.  M.  E. 
Sabbath  school  at  Tallahassee,  Fla.,  where  she  labored  incessantly  for 
more  than  twenty  years  for  the  advancement  of  the  Redeemer's  cause. 
She  is  now  at  Jacksonville,  pursuing  the  same  work  at  the  Divinity 


METROPOLITAN  A.  M.  E.  CHURCH,  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 
Rev.  J.  W.  Beckett,  D.  D.,  Pastor. 


NEW  BETHEL  A.  M.  E.  CHURCH,  PHILADELPPIIA,  PA. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Heard,  Pastor. 
Built  on  the  first  ground  purchased  for  a  Colored  Church^in  America. 
Old  Bethel  Church  Dedicated  by  Bishop  Asbury  in  1793. 


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High  School.  Space  forbids  our  rehearsing  the  many  incidents  in  her 
life's  experience  as  a  pioneer  worker  during  the  dark  days  of  African 
Methodism  in  the  State  of  Florida.  They  are  so  thrilling  and  numer- 
ous that  they  would  fill  volumes.  To  say  that  she  is  an  earnest,  inde- 
fatigable Christian  worker  is  the  smallest  meed  we  can  offer  her.  God 
has  wonderfully  blessed  her  efforts,  and  may  she  continue  to  be  as 
faithful  in  the  future  as  she  has  been  in  the  past,  and  live  under  the 
sunshine  of  God's  countenance  until  called  to  her  sure  reward. 


BOOKS  BISHOP  B,  W.  AKNETT  HAS  COMPILED  AM)  EDITED. 


Year, 
1881 


Budget. 
Budget. 


Title, 


Total  Pages 

No.  of  Vols.      Pages  in  Vol.   in  Editions. 

4,ooo   138   552>°°° 


  144   720,000 

1883  Budget                                6.000   196   1,176,000 

1884  Budget                                6.000   290   1,740.000 

1885-6... Budget                                6,000   392   2,352,000 

1887-8. ..Budget                              10,000......  644   6,440,000 


Total,  Budget   37,000  1,804. 

Life  of  Paul  Quinn   1,000   54. 

2,000   142, 


12. 


873  

874  Semi-Cent'l  Address — Gin 

876  G  e  n  e  r  a  1 C  o  n  f e  r  e  n  c  e  J  o  u  r  n  a  1  2,000, 

876  Cent'l  Address — Urbana...  1,500. 

880  General  Conference  Journal  2.000, 

883  Tawawa  Journal   1,000 

Biennial  Ad.  to  G.  O.  of  O.F.  t.ooo 


884. 
884. 
884 


Centennial  Address   2,000.. 

General  Conference  Journal  2 , 000 . . 

Wilberforce  Alnumal   1,000.., 

.Black  Laws  of  Ohio   2,000.., 

Jubilee  of  Freedom   1,000   100. 


240. 

80. 
320. 

40. 

36. 
40. 
440. 
64. 
40. 


889. 


Address  at  Claflin 


jo1 


40, 


54,000 
284,000 
480,000 
120,000 
640,000 
40,000 
36,000 
80,000 
880,000 
64,000 
80,000 
100,000 
140,000 


Total 


22,000  1,644 


2,998,000 
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Total  number  of  Publications, 

Grand  total  of  Volumes  

Grand  total  Pages  to  Volume . 
Grand  total  of  Pages  


3.448 
15,978,000 


19 

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THE  FINAL  TEIUMPH  01  CHRISTIANITY. 


BY  REV.    S.    H.  COLEMAN. 


Text — "  And  they  shall  come  from  the  East  and  from  the  West  and  from 
the  North  and  from  the  South  and  shall  sit  down  in  the  kingdom  of  God/' — 
Luke  xiii,  29. 

Memory  to-day  encircling  the  alter  of  history,  bearing  her  trophies 
from  the  conflicts  of  the  past,  points  with  prophetic  power  to  the  final 
triumph  in  the  not  far  distant  future.  In  creations  morn,  Chaos  reign- 
ed, but  the  great  Creator  breaking  the  deep  silence  of  the  eternal 
ages,  sent  forth  his  almighty  flat,  saying  :  "  Let  there  be  light  and  there 
was  light."  Forthwith  the  overshadowing  clouds  of  primeval  night, 
mantling  the  wide  extending  realms  of  the  universe,  melted  away  be- 
fore a  resistless  on-surging  flood  of  effulgent  light,  while  world  up- 
on world,  and  sun  upon  sun,  and  starred-system  upon  starred-system, 
in  myriad  multitudes  rise  with  the  majesty  of  heavens  uncreated  gran- 
dure  from  naught  to  their  appointed  spheres  through  the  star-isled  seas 
of  space,  and  as  the  firmament  glowed  with  living  saphires,  Jehovah 
looked  upon  creation's  resplendent  scene,  and  saw  that  it  was  good. 
But  when  God-like  man  in  native  dignity  clad,  stood  face  to  face  be- 
fore him,  upon  all  the  paths  of  sound,  the  echo  flew  through  the  camps 
of  heaven  that  the  finished  scene  of  creation  was  very  good.  Let  this 
in  some  degree,  type  the  out-gushing  song  of  exultant  triumph  that 
will  go  up  from  ransomed  humanity  when  it  shall  have  ascended  by  a 
toilsome  march  of  centuries  from  the  degradations  of  ignorance  and 
sin,  to  mental  culture,  and  on  to  the  etherial  realms  of  moral  purity. 

The  moral  and  mental  night  of  man  in  its  encircling  grasp  of 
four  thousand  years,  that  seemed  as  enduring  as  the  eternal  architect 
of  Egypt,  extends  from  the  time  the  great  Creator  veiled  the  glory  of 


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his  presence  from  the  primeval  pair,  down  to  the  coming  of  Christ, 
who  is  the  light  of  the  world. 

I  have  often  wondered  why  was  the  broken  and  shattered  shaft 
of  humanity  cast  out  upon  the  dark  storm-tossed  sea  of  drifting  years, 
with  nothing  to  guide  it  towards  its  final  goal  saving  the  erring  pilot  of 
darkened  reason,  feebly  instructed  by  dim  lessons  from  type  and 
shadow. 

Was  it  to  teach  man  that  the  vague  guesses  sent  forth  from  time 
to  time  from  the  frail  ark  of  human  reason,  like  Noah's  dove,  could 
bring  back  no  olive  branch  of  peace  from  the  fairy  land  of  light  and 
peace  ?  It  was  the  hope  of  the  soul  so  lifeless  and  distuned  that  it 
must  be  led  up  into  the  lightning-girt  and  thunder-reft  mountains  of 
symbolism,  there  to  view  in  tempered  light,  through  the  shadow  of 
prophecy,  the  refulgent  glory  of  the  coming  day.  Could  all  the  Na- 
tions that  flourished  during  this  period,  speak  from  their  monumental 
piles  of  perished  greatness,  their  eloquent  answer,  ringing  out  from 
the  deep  gull  of  oblivion,  in  the  very  emphasis  of  dispair,  from  a  laeen 
consciousness  of  utter  failure,  would  be,  that  darkened  reason,  unaid- 
ed, is  unable  to  rise  to  the  full  light  of  truth  and  knowledge.  "'The 
world  by  wisdom  knew  not  God."'  But  while  the  bark  of  humanity 
came  looming  over  the  rolling  seas  of  time,  rays  of  light  begin  to  stream 
up  in  corruscations  of  the  future.  The  long  line  of  holy  seers  pointed 
to  the  dawning  day,  and  with  the  enthusiam  of  inspiration,  portrayed 
the  glory  of  that  future ;  ' ;  and  I  will  bless  them  that  bless  Thee,  and 
will  curse  them  that  curse  Thee,  and  in  Thee  shall  all  families  of  the 
earth  be  blessed.  "  Xow  listen  while  Isaiah,  the  Evangelical  prophet, 
bears  testimony  :  "And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  last  day,  that  the 
mountain  of  the  Lord's  house  shall  be  established  in  the  top  of  the 
mountains,  and  shall  be  exalted  above  the  hills  :  and  all  nations  shall 
flow  unto  it.  And  many  people  shall  go  and  say,  come  ye,  and  let  us 
go  up  to  the  mountain  of  the  Lord,  to  the  house  of  the  God  of  Jacob; 
and  he  will  teach  us  of  his  ways,  and  we  will  walk  in  his  paths  :  for 
out  of  Zion  shall  go  forth  the  law,  and  the  word  of  the  Lord  from  Je- 
rusalem. And  they  shall  beat  their  swords  into  plow-shares,  and  their 
spears  into  pruning  hooks :  nation  shall  not  lift  up  sword  against  na- 
tion, neither  shall  they  learn  war  any  more."  "  And  in  that  day  there 
shall  be  a  root  of  Jesse,  which  shall  stand  for  an  ensign  of  the  people: 
to  it  shall  the  Gentiles  seek:  and  his  rest  shall  be  glorious."  From 


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these  and  many  other  passages  the  final  triumph  of  the  Christian 
Church  is  gloriously  set  forth.  The  giving  of  the  law  on  terror-clothed 
and  dark  cloud-capped  Sinai,  amid  fire  and  smoke,  lightning  and  thun- 
der, tempest  and  earthquake,  pointed  to  the  giving  of  Christ,  the  ful- 
fillment of  all  law  on  love-encircled  and  mercy-crowned  Calvary,  amid 
fear  and  rage,  darkness  and  despair,  the  weeping  of  angels,  and  the 
consternation  of  worlds.  The  pillow  of  fire  and  of  cloud  guiding  the 
ransomed  host  of  Ancient  Israel  through  barren  waste,  to  the  prom- 
ised Caanan,  symbolize  the  spirit  and  the  truth  guiding  the  great 
stream  of  human  life  through  its  mazy  vicissitudes  and  busy  scenes, 
to  the  bright  elysian  realms  of  purified  and  Christianized  humanity. 
When  in  vain,  upon  eagle  wings  of  thought,  human  genius  had  taken 
its  loftiest  flight,  when  Grecian  sages  had  elaborated  their  most  refined 
disquisitions  concerning  mind  and  matter,  and  still  rested  in  doubt, 
when  Homer  and  Orpheus,  and  all  the  striking  galaxy  ol  Ancient 
Bards,  had  swept  the  lyre  with  the  sweetest  melody  of  incomparable 
son^,  and  still  failed  to  lift  humanity  toward  the  skies,  then  He  who 
moves  in  a  mysterious  way  his  wonders  to  perform,  raised  up.  Christ 
as  God,  enshrined  in  humanity,  for  the  instrument  by  which  the  great 
conceptions  of  the  god-head  might  be  broken  in  comprehensible 
thoughts,  upon  the  mind  of  man.  The  coming  of  Christ  was  the 
dawning  of  a  brighter  day  •  the  shades  of  mystery  that  lingered  around 
the  pageant  scenes  of  the  past,  begin  to  melt  away;  the  heaving 
world  of  life  took  a  wide  step  forward;  life  was  invested  with  deep- 
er and  intenser  reality  ;  the  channel  of  thought  was  deepened  and 
widened ;  reason  was  strengthened  and  directed ;  new  ideas  and  prin- 
ciples was  startled  into  life  that  have  echoed  from  heart  to  heart,  from 
century  to  century,  and  that  shall  continue  to  sweep  the  earth  where- 
ever  humanity  lives,  with  irresistible  power  and  might,  and  grow  on 
forever ;  These  ideas  and  principles  germinally  planted  in  the  mind  of 
man  at  the  coming  of  the  worlds  great  Homo  Deus,  are  the  rays  of 
light  that  have  been  scattering  the  dark  shades  of  human  misery  and 
degredation ;  the  new  and  mightier  forces  that  have  been  contesting 
with  the  power  of  darkness  for  the  dominion  of  the  world.  And  they 
will  continue  to  subdue  and  overturn,  and  rebuild,  until  the  spirit  of 
truth,  the  spirit  of  love,  and  spirit  of  Christ,  will  reign  enthroned  on 
every  heart;  "for,  from  the  rising  of  the  sun,  even  unto  the  going 
down  of  the  same,  My  name  shall  be  great  among  the  Gentiles ;  for 


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My  name  shall  be  great  among  the  heathen,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts." 

Christianity  is  the  luring,  aggressive  embodiment  of  these  ideas 
and  principles :  in  its  initial  movements  it  pointed  to  the  end  of  the 
age  and  bade  humanity  strike  its  course  across  the  hitherto  unknown, 
but  not  ungoverned  waters  of  life,  towards  its  final  goal,  the  shining 
temple  of  heaven. 

St.  Paul  says,  press  towards  the  mark  for  the  prize  of  the  high 
calling  of  Christ.  For  eighteen  hundred  years,  the  shades  that  dim 
the  mental  vision,  and  darken  the  moral  sky  of  man,  has  been  slowly 
but  surely,  clearing  away  before  the  over-powering  light  of  Christianity; 
infidelity,  now  with  lofty  Gibbonic  bitterness,  and  again  with  cunning 
Humic  sophistry,  has  oft-times  assaulted  the  eternal  rock-built  Citadels  of 
the  Christian  faith,  but.  in  every  contest  it  has  met  with  inglorious  re- 
pulse, and  returned  with  defeat  engraved  upon  its  broken  and  dismantled 
shields.  For,  said  Christ,  upon  this  rock  I  will  build  my  church ;  and 
the  gates  of  hell  shall  not  prevail  against  it :  and  I  will  give  unto  thee 
the  keys  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven  :  and  whatsoever  thou  shalt  bind 
on  earth,  shall  be  bound  in  heaven ;  and  whatsoever  thou  shalt  loose 
on  earth,  shalt  be  loosed  in  heaven.'" 

To-day  the  Church  of  Christ,  which  is  the  Kingdom  of  God,  rises 
to  our  view  in  grander  proportions  than  all  the  grand  systems  of  the 
worlds  great  statesmen.  Like  a  lone  rock  in  mid  ocean,  that  contin- 
ued to  resist  the  heave  of  the  tide,  and  the  swelling  of  the  wave,  that 
church  planted  in  the  angry  gloom  of  frowning  nations,  stands  asthe 
mightiest  power  of  earth.  The  massive  and  immovable  foundation  of 
all  that  is  good  and  great  in  earthly  achievements  ;  the  prison  and  the 
scaffold,  the  bastile  and  the  rack,  the  gallows  and  the  gibbet,  the  courts 
of  princes  and  the  thrones  of  kings,  seas  of  blood  and  all  the  protean 
armed  powers,  and  frowning  majesty  of  the  regal  state  and  princely 
empire  have  alike  miserably  failed  to  stay  the  mighty  catacysm 
of  christian  progress;  praise  the  Lord  for  this  failure,  because  it  is 
wrong  contending  with  right,  error  with  truth,  oppression  with  liberty, 
weakness  with  strength,  man  with  God.  They  shall  come,  though  tar 
off  now  ;  as  far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west,  yea,  as  far  as  heaven 
is  from  hell.  They  shall  hear  the  good  tidings,  and  Christ  shall  incline 
their  hearts,  and  they  shall  come.  Oh,  ye  Ministers  of  the  New  Tes- 
tament, preach,  sing  and  pray,  for  they  shall  come.  The  cause  of 
Christianity,  which  is  the  cause  of  truth,  though  crushed  and  oppress- 


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ed  for  awhile,  gleaming  through  the  night  of  ages,  like  the  radiance 
of  light  through  the  tears  of  the  clouds,  will  rise  again,  orbed  in  a 
brighter  rainbow  of  effulgent  glory,  and  animated  with  restrengthened 
and  world-subduing  power;  for  the  eternal  years  of  God  are  here. 
The  majestic  stream  of  christian  munificence  rolling  like  the  fructify, 
ing  floods  of  the  Nile,  is  spreading  its  waves  of  influence  over 
the  nations  of  earth ;  wheresoever  it  goes  it  carries  with  it  art,  science, 
literature,  truth,  liberty,  and  every  essential  element  for  Christian 
evangelization;  for  no  good  thing  will  he  withheld  from  them  that 
walk  uprightly.  This  is  distinctively  the  era  of  thought,  the  age  of 
reason ;  education,  by  its  thousand  channels  of  varied  influences, 
moves  among  the  rude  humanities  of  the  world  with  softening  and  re- 
fining power.  The  morning  of  a  nobler  era  dawneth,  the  iconoclastic 
spirit  of  the  age  is  breaking  up  the  time-crushed  images  and  aristocrat- 
ic ideals  of  fettered  manhood ;  and  while  its  consciousness  in  its  heav- 
ing and  swelling,  down  deep  under  the  foundation  of  society, 
and  government,  in  the  inmost  heart  of  quickening  life,  begins  to  feel 
that  in  man,  as  man,  there  is  more  unmeasured  grandeur  and  towering 
greatness,  than  m  all  the  ranks  and  titles,  crowns  and  kings,  helms 
and  helmed  heads  of  the  world.  The  Divine  and  imperishable  inhab- 
itations of  morality  is  the  grand  generic  universal  principle  that  per- 
vades the  constitution  of  man,  tending  by  its  electric  influence  to  unite 
us  in  one  great  common  brotherhood.  ''Teaching  that  of  one  blood 
God  made  all  nations  of  men,  for  to  dwell  on  all  the  face  of  the  earth ; 
and  hath  determined  the  times  before  appointed,  and  the  bounds  of 
their  habitation ;  that  they  should  seek  the  Lord,  if  haply  they  might 
feel  after  him,  and  find  him,  though  he  be  not  far  from  every  one  of 
us." 

By  the  very  moral  beverage  in  Christ's  humiliation,  man  is  tend- 
ing toward  the  altitude  of  the  heavens.  Assimulation  to  the  great 
father-hood  of  humanity,  in  moral  and  intellectual  likeness,  means 
higher  thought,  grander  achievement  and  purer  life.  The  overthrow 
of  lifeless  systems  of  church  polity,  the  downfall  of  governments  based 
upon  wrong  principle,  the  mighty  resolution  caused  by  free  thought, 
now  shaking  the  nations  of  earth,  the  new  and  enlarged  conceptions 
of  man  without  prefix  of  affix,  the  wonderful  development  of  modern 
science  and  their  application  to  the  wants  of  life,  in  giving  man  a 
greater  mastery  over  nature  ;  these,  and  all  such  like  elements  are  the 


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result  of  the  practical  working  of  Christianity.  It  is  the  outward 
growth  of  an  inward  life  ;  it  is  a  breath  of  life  sweeping  over  an  ex- 
panded plain  of  death ;  it  is  the  influence  of  divine  truth  echoed  from 
heaven  to  earth,  leveling  up  the  dark  abysses  in  human  life  ;  it  is 
Christ,  the  light  of  the  world,  scattering  the  shades  of  night:  it  is 
God  re-creating  man  in  his  own  image,  investing  him  with  Divine 
habits  of  thought,  and  re-awakening  new  and  rapturous  melodies  m 
the  sanctuary  of  the  soul. 

But  when  we  turn  from  the  present  toward  the  future,  the  mind  is 
clothed  in  a  richer  appandage  of  expectation.  The  four  quarters  of 
the  universe  shall  contirbute  to  swell  the  multitudes  of  the  Kingdom 
of  God.  Through  the  light  of  revelation,  stretching  away  in  twilight 
splendor  to  the  very  evening  of  the  world,  we  are  enabled  to  cross  the 
ages  on  the  bridge  of  thought,  and  from  the  scenes  of  final  consum- 
mation, draw  lessons  from  our  present  instruction.  When  we  ascend 
the  mount  of  prophecy,  and  with  reverential  awe,  stand  and  gaze 
down  upon  the  long  line  of  coming  ages,  what  strange  scenes  and 
beautiful  visions  break  in  upon  the  mind.  We  see  an  open  Bible 
and  hear  the  exulting  songs  of  a  free  salvation  :  we  see  the  kingdom 
extending  until  within  its  pales  are  numbered  every  nation  of 
earth  :  we  hear  the  tramp  of  the  redeemed  from  every  cardinal  point 
of  the  compass,  swelling  upon  our  ears  like  the  murmur  of  the  ocean, 
or  the  near  rumbling  of  an  earthquake ;  for  Christ  shall  bring  many 
sons  to  God. 

If  we  mark  the  course  of  humanity  in  its  victorious  battle-fought 
march,  we  may  see  the  sword  and  the  shield  of  the  warrior,  the  palm 
branch  and  laurel  wreath  of  the  victor,  dishonored  in  the  dust  ;  we 
see  the  crown,  mitre,  and  sword,  broken  in  pieces :  we  see  the  battle 
fields  of  victorious  truth  and  Christianity ;  we  see  both  the  yawning 
charybdis  of  rationalism,  and  the  dread  scylla  of  ritualism  softly 
passed,  we  see  all  the  miserable  mud  huts  of  caste,  race,  and  sect, 
cast  out  of  the  church  of  Christ :  we  see  racial,  national,  and  denomi- 
national lines  annihilated.  If  we  look  still  further,  to  the  very  end  ot 
time,  we  behold  the  morning  dawn  of  a  day  refulgent  with  Gospel- 
light,  having  no  trace  of  cloud  or  shadow  on  the  broad  expanse  of 
infinite  years;  while  high  above  all,  robed  in  peaceful  triumph,  float- 
ing upon  ambient  zephyrs  of  heaven,  we  behold  the  banner  of  the 
cross ;  and  while  we  gaze,  wrapt  in  silent  awe,  we  see  old  Sol  come 


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driving  up  the  eastern  heaven  upon  his  pathway  of  light,  in  his  chariot 
of  fire ;  but  suddenly  as  he  scales  the  heavens,  unnoticed  by  busy 
men,  he  turns  his  face  away,  and  like  a  flying  shadow,  immediate 
darkness  falls  blinding  upon  the  earth ;  silent  and  dismayed  all  mor- 
tals stand ;  fear  and  trembling  seize  all,  and  up  to  heaven  they  look 
and  away  into  the  impenetrable  gloom  they  peer;  but  nothing  is  visi- 
ble ;  all  is  robed  in  the  sombre  garments  of  night ;  suddenly  an  angel, 
clad  in  vesture  of  flame,  walks  upon  the  black  heavens,  and  lights 
with  reflected  glory  the  pale  faces  below  ;  and  now  he  raises  his 
trump,  and  through  the  souls  of  living  and  dead,  his  awful  voice  pene- 
trates; and  lifting  his  hand  on  high,  he  swears  by  Him  who  liveth  for- 
ever, that  Time  shall  be  no  longer.  Stopped  in  her  accustomed  orbit, 
the  world  stands  still.  A  universal  crash  is  heard,  as  if  the  ribs  of 
nature  broke  and  all  her  dark  foundations  failed ;  deadly  pallor  rests 
upon  every  face  of  man,  and  fear  clutches  and  tortures  every  heart. 
All  is  still;  heavenward  every  eye  is  turned  in  blank  suspense;  over- 
head the  sound  of  horsemen  and  chariots  are  heard,  as  if  some  vast 
cavalcade  walked  in  stately  procession. 

Again  all  is  still ;  and  now  another  angel,  robed  as  the  first,  looks 
down  upon  the  affrighted  host,  and  sounds  the  trump  of  God,  "  arise 
ye  living,  awake  ye  dead,  for  lo,  the  God  of  Judgment  comes." 

"  Ye  heralds,  blow  your  trumpets  loud,  the  earth  must  know  her  doom, 
Go  spread  the  news  from  pole  to  pole,  behold  the  Judge  is  come." 

Obedient  to  his  call  the  living  stand  in  air,  and  from  their  broken 
coffins  awake  the  sleeping  dead ;  every  particle  of  human  dust,  where- 
ever  buried,  hidden,  sealed,  or  lost,  the  frame  once  animated  with 
an  immortal  soul,  the  Hindoo's  ashes  and  Egypt's  mummied  dead, 
is  reclaimed  and  made  anew. 

And  now  the. heavens  open,  and  in  the  light  of  a  burning  uni- 
verse the  secrets  of  all  hearts  are  revealed.  Through  the  portals  of 
light,  the  omnipotent  judge,  upon  his  flaming  chariot,  descends  and 
rolls  his  wheels  between  the  wicked  and  the  just ;  while  myriads  and 
millions,  in  infinite  number,  retinue  the  great  triumphal  march ;  now 
the  eternal  Monarch  pauses,  while  over  Him  1  ends  a  rainbow  arch,  on 
which  can  be  read  the  inscription  "  as  ye  have  sown  so  shall  ye  this 
day  reap;  "  from  right  to  left  the  arch-angel  spreads  the  book  of  God's 
remembrance,  on  whose  pages  every  eye  can  read  the  action  of  a 


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good  or  evil  life  ;  they  need  not  read,  however,  for  conscience  tells 
them  all  the  judgments  they  may  expect:  and  with  awful,  severe  maj- 
esty, the  once  persecuted  Son  of  Man  rises  to  pronounce  the  final 
sentence.  To  the  utmost  bounds  of  darkness  silence  reigns;  none 
breathe  nor  speak  ;  none  weep  ;  awe,  and  reverence,  and  terror  hold 
all  lips  motionless,  and  stifle  every  breath  ;  all  the  heavens  are  mute, 
and  every  being  is  still ;  all  eyes  are  fixed  upon  the  brow  once  pierced 
by  thorns,  and  see  now  the  eyes  flame  with  glory  that  once  wept  at  a 
human  tomb ;  and  now  the  dreadful  sentence  to  the  wicked  is  spoken, 
chilling  every  frame  and  withering  every  heart  and  soul,  "  depart  from 
me,  ye  cursed,  into  the  lake  of  perpetual  fire."  Then  rising  in  his 
wrath,  and  drawing  the  flaming  sword,  undrawn  before,  down  among 
the  dammed  he  plunges  the  burning  edge,  and  from  his  quiver  he 
empties  the  seven  ruinous  thunders  that  pierce  their  souls  with  fire. 
Away  to  the  left  they  fly,  pursued  and  tortured  by  the  evenging  bolts, 
until  on  the  brink  of  Erebus  they  stand  and  would  look  back,  but 
greater  wrath  behind  forbids.  And  God  makes  bare  his  avenging  arm, 
and  grasping  them  in  his  omnipotent  strength,  he  hurls  them  down, 
and  down  they  fall  and  ever  fall,  into  the  utter  darkness,  and  the  un- 
dying worm,  and  second  death  with  horrid  yells,  receive  their  falling 
prey ;  and  back  a  groan  returns,  as  if  all  the  pain,  sorrow,  suffering, 
misery  and  despair,  that  ever  was,  or  ever  shall  be,  from  first  to  last, 
in  eternity,  were  gathered  into  one  pang  of  utterance  in  all  the  bitter- 
ness of  woe. 

Then  to  the  righteous  he  turns  with  an  approving  smile,  and  radi- 
ant face  he  bids  "  come  ye  children  of  my  father,  enter  into  the  joy 
of  your  Lord.''"  Then  shall  begin  anew  the  song  of  redemption;  the 
triumphs  of  mercy  over  outraged  justice,  and  the  chime  of  angel's 
harps  and  songs  shall  be  ;"  lift  up  your  heads,  oh  ye  gates,  and  be  ye 
lifted  up,  ye  everlasting  doors,  and  let  Christianity,  battle-scarjed 
and  lightning-scathed,  in  its  toilsome  march  from  degredation, 
enter  with  the  golden  premium  of  a  pure  and  god-like  life  ;  then  will 
the  bursting  songs  of  triumph  from  all  the  ranks  and  files  of  ransomed 
humanity -resound  to  the  bending  heavens  in  grander  choral  peals  of 
joy  than  at  creations  dawn,  saying,  Hallelujah  !  Hallelujah  !  the  Lord 
God  Omnipotent  reigns."    Amen  and  Amen. 


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JOURNAL. 


QUARTO-CENTENARY  CELEBRATION  OF  THE  INTRODUCTION  OF 
AFRICAN  METHODISM  IN  THE  SOUTH,  MAY  15, 1865. 

quarto-centenary   conference,    mt.    zion   a.    m.    e.  church, 
jacksonville,  florida. 

Thursday,  May  22,  1890. 

The  Conference  assembled  at  7:30  p.  m.  at  the  above  named 
place,  Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett  in  the  chair.  Devotional  exercises  were 
conducted  by  Rev.  A.  B.  Dudley.  Singing  hymn,  page  710,  "Be- 
hold the  mountain  of  the  Lord,  etc." 

Bishop  Arnett  made  introductory  remarks,  in  the  course  of  which 
he  referred  to  the  labors  of  the  "  grandfather"  of  African  Methodism 
in  the  South,  in  the  person  of  Rev.  J.  A.  Handy,  D.  D.,  Financial 
Secretary,  who  was  present.  The  Bishop  announced  that  the  organ- 
ization of  the  Conference  was  in  order. 

On  motion  of  Rev.  J.  H.  Welch,  Bros.  A.  J.  Kershaw  and  E.W. 
Johnson  of  the  Florida  Conference,  and  Bros.  M.  M.  Moore  and  J. 
R.  Scott  of  the  East  Florida  Conference,  were  elected  Secretaries. 

Rev.  Bro.  Welch  then  in  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  Jacksonville, 
and  the  members  of  Mt.  Zion  Church,  delivered  the  Address  of  Wel- 
come, to  which  Rev.  Bro.  S.  H.  Coleman,  P.  E.,  responded  for  the 
Conference. 

The  presiding  Bishop  introduced  Rev.  John  R.  Scott,  who  read 
-a' paper  on-  '  The  Introduction  of  African  "Methodism  in  East  Florida." 

After  a  general  hand  shaking  while  "  And  are  we  yet  alive  "  was 
being  sung,  the  Conference  closed  to  meet- at  10  a.  m.  ,  Friday.  Ben- 
diction  by  Rev.  T.  T.  Gains. 

FRIDAY   MORNING,  MAY  23,  189O. 

The  Conference  convened,  Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett  presiding.  Sing- 
ing, "  Sow  in  the  morn  thy  seed,"  lined  by  Rev.  T.  T.  Gains  ;  pray- 
er by  the  same.    The  .Bishop  ordered  Bro.  A.  J.  Kershaw,  Secretary, 


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to  call  the  original  roll  of  the  first  A.  M.  E.  Conference  in  Florida  in 
1867,  which  was  done.  Then  the  roll  of  the  Florida  Conference  of 
1889  was  called.    Those  marked  f  were  present. 


OFFICERS. 

tB.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D  Presiding  Bishop 

fE.  W.  Johnson  Secretary 

B.  C.  Gibbs  Statistical  Secretary 

Thomas  Moorer  Recording  Secretary 

James  A.  Handy,  D.  D  Financial  Secretary 

MEMBERS. 

W.  G.  Stewert,  fH.  Call,  George  Anderson, 

W.  A.  Byrd,  John  Taylor,       .  Thomas  Moorer, 

fA.  J.  Kershaw,  A.  Attaway.  M.  A.  Trapp, 

F.  Lavette,  J.  H.  Gilbert,  Edward  Smith, 

Isaac  Buggs,  C.  F.  Brown,  A.  Hammonds, 

B.  C.  Gibbs,  fE.  W.  Johnson,  Peter  Crooms, 

I.  S.  Stephenson,  A.  R.  Handsbery,  G.  H.  Washington, 

W.  H.  Humphries,  J.  T.  Marks,  M.  J.  Jones, 

S.  L.  Lewis,  J.  E.  Roberts,  W.  H.  Starks, 

T.  A.  Williams,  T.  W.  Dawkins,  K.  P.  Neals, 

N.  W.  Edward,  N.  W.  Bagley,  Samuel  Frazer, 

C.  H.  C.  Dabney,  Nearo  Eavans,  A.  B.  Barton, 
N.  R.  Randolph.  Abner  Beacon,  R.  D.  Jordan, 

R.  A.  C.  Cook,  Geo.  Hadley,  G.  W.  Culpepper, 

A.  A.  McKeny,  Joseph  Edward,  S.  S.  Herdond, 

Geo.  W.  Mallary,  S.  M.  Gibbs,  E.  W.  Garry, 

Lewis  Johnson,  Benj.  Nathan,  Moses  M.  Roberts, 

Benj.  Williams,  Silas  Marshall,  H.  A.  Griffin. 

The  Secretary  of  the  East  Florida  Annual  Conference  then  called 
the  following  roll  of  the  East  Florida  Conference  of  189c 

OFFICERS. 

tB.  W.  Arnett  Presiding  Bishop 

fjohn  R.  Scott  Secretary 

|B.  W.  Wiley  Statistical  Secretary 

S.  H.  Hadley  Recording  Secretary 


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PRESIDING  ELDERS. 

fP.  B.  Braddock  Jacksonville  District 

fM.  M.  Moore  Gainesville  District 

fS.  H.  Coleman  Live  Oak  District 

T.  W.  Long  Enterprise  District 

EEDERS. 

fj.  H.  Welch,  fj.  E.  Lee,  jK.  B.  Brookins, 

tWilliam  Nobles,         f G.  B.  Hill,  f J.  H.  Dickerson, 

fRobert  Lewis,  fj.  J.  Sawyer,  S.  P.  Pettis, 

J.  W.  Randolph,  William  Jones,  fS.  T.  Tice, 

M.  G.  Price,  James  Edwards,  Jacob  Williams, 

fj.  R.  Robinson,         W.  C.  Hamilton,  J.  L.  Gray, 

f  J.  W.  Dukes,  N.  S.  Jenkins,  Amos  Thompson, 

Allen  Jones,  Lewis  Johnson,  T.  T.  Thompson, 

John  L.  Williams,         M.  A.  Stinks,  C.  L.  Clorie, 

P.  Johnson,  Y.  H.  Young,  J.  J.  Singleton, 

fP.  G.  Gowens,  S.  A.  Scott,  J.  A.  Quarterman, 

S.  H.  Bell,  jB.  W.  Wiley,  John  Speight, 

A.  Brown,  W.  B.  Killix,  fT.  T.  Gaines, 

A.  A.  Fleming,  R.  S.  Quarterman,  fD.  W.  Gillislee, 

Geo.  W.  Witherspoon,  L.  D.  Williams,  T.  J.  Williams, 

J.  S.  Coleman,  A.  L.  Smart,  jR.  Seabrooks, 

J.  H.  Spears,  Samuel  Morgan,  f  A.  B.  Dudley, 

A.  B.  Collins,  H.  F.  Chisholm,  S.  H.  Hadley, 

R.  W.  Chadwick,         R.  Spencer,  Jas.  Holmes, 

A.  W.  Walker,  Robert  Fennell,  B.  D.  Robinson, 

fjohn  Roseman,  John  Thomas,  W.  L.  Livingston, 

R.  R.  Monzon,  N.  C.  Livingston,  M.  S.  Weston, 

Calvin  Daniels. 

TRAVELING.  DEACONS. 

N.  J.  Williams,  J.  B.  Blackwell,  Peter  Jones, 

Moses  T.  B.  Thomas,  A.  B.  Osgood,  Geo.  J.  Stafford,  . 

T.  G.  Haynes,  J.  L.  Moore,  F.  L.  E.  Smith, 

D.  L.  Williams,  S.  F.  Smith,  Aaron  Campbell, 

fL.  K.  Jackson,  f Walker  T.  Thomas,  Jordan  D.  Hill, 

Alexander  Scott  Herbert  J.  Jones.  J.  J.  Newton, 

Sanders  Wilson,  fj-  w-  Dorrell,  J.  H.  Thomas. 


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LICENTIATES. 


R.  H.  Houston. 
L.  B.  Barnett. 
I.  L.  Simmons. 
Win.  D.  Certain, 
C.  C.  Hicks, 
J.  S.  Mobley, 
R.  W.  Williams, 
T.  N.  Clinton. 


A.  C.  Spivey, 
R.  B.  Brooks. 
Henry  Henry. 
John  Tillman, 
W.  S.  Brown. 
J.  J.  Smith. 
W.  B.  Bennett. 


M.  [.  Johnson. 


LOCAL  ELDERS. 


LOCAL  DEACONS. 


tWilliam  Cummings, 
King  Stockton, 
Thomas  Delanv, 
rWm.  M.  Xeedham. 
Robert  Walls, 
tHenry  LoycL 


R.  Brigadier 


F.  Brill. 
Landy  Tyler. 
John  Floyd. 
tA.  W.  Walker, 
H.  T.  Denson. 
R.  W.  Butler. 

SUPERANNUATED. 

Simon  Boggs, 


D.  P.  Dance. 
Adam  J.  Griffin. 
H.  L.  Sanders, 
S.  P.  Douglas, 
G.  W.  Williams, 
W.  A.  Walters. 

E.  B.  Stidum. 


Dennis  Woods. 


Owen  Jones, 
G.  W.  Hawkins, 
Prince  Fuller. 
J.  A.  Bryant. 
William  Nobles  (2). 


Robert  Epps. 


Then  followed  a  pioneer  itinerant  minister's  meeting.  Bro. 
Henry  White  (Call)  was  introduced  by  the  presiding  Bishop  as  one 
who  was  a  member  of  the  first  A.  M.  E.  Conference  organized  in 
this  State,  and  whose  early  career  as  a  pioneer  Methodist  preacher 
was  filled  with  many  hair-breadth  escapes  and  signal,  providential  de- 
liverances. 

Bro.  Call  having  ended  his  thrilling  experience,  the  Conference 
joined  enthusiastically  in  singing.  ••  Who  is  on  the  Lord's  side?" 

Bro.  Harry  Randall,  an  aged  layman,  who  joined  our  Church 
when  it  was  organized  in  this  State,  was  then  introduced  and  spoke. 

By  motion  the  Conference  agreed  to  take  a  recess,  during  which 
time  all  would  repair  to  Mr.  Davis's  photograph  gallery  and  have  their 
photographs  taken  in  a  group.  Singing,  "Up  into  thee  our  living 
Head,"  etc.     Benediction  by  Dr.  J.  A.  Handy. 


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AFTERNOON  SESSION,    3.30  O'CLOCK. 

The  Conference  reassembled  and  resumed  its  work,  Bishop  Arnett 
in  the  chair.  The  Bishop  introduced  Rev.  Bro.  J.  J.  Sawyer,  of  St. 
Augustine,  who  read  a  paper  entitled  "  Pioneer  Workmen." 

After  singing  "Am  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross,"  the  Bishop  intro- 
duced Sister  Mrs.  M.  E.  C.  Smith,  who  read  a  paper  entitled  "  Pioneer 
Women." 

Bro.  Sawyer  kindly  called  attention  to  Sister  Mrs.  Hadley,  of 
Monticello,  Fla.,  as  one  of  our  pionetr  women.  Singing,  "Jesus 
keep  me  near  the  cross,  etc"  Dr.  Handy  then  spoke  eloquently  of  . 
the  pioneer  women  of  our  beloved  Church.  The  Bishop  appointed 
Rev.  Bro.  J.  H.  Welch  to  write  a  history  of  African  Methodism  in 
the  city  of  Jacksonville,  and  have  the  same  published  in  the  Quarto- 
Centenary  Minutes. 

By  motion  the  Conference  adjourned  to  meet  again  at  8  o'clock 
p.  m.    Benediction  by  Rev.  B.  W.  Wiley. 

FRIDAY   EVENING,    8  O'CLOCK. 

The  Conference  assembled,  Bishop  Arnett  in  the  chair.  Rev. 
R.  B.  Brookins  conducted  the  devotional  exercises.  Bishop  Arnett 
then  introduced  Bro.  M.  M.  Moore,  P.  E. ,  who  read  a  paper  on  "  The 
Rise  and  Progress  of  Education  in  Florida." 

After  singing  "Saviour  more  than  life  tome,"  etc.,  Bro.  A.  J. 
Kershaw,  P.  E.  of  the  Florida  Conference,  was  introduced  and  read  a 
paper  on  "The  Introduction  of  Methodism  in  West  Florida." 

"No  Compromise"  was  rousingly  sung,  after  which  Dr.  Handy 
was  introduced  and  gave  a  glowing  description  of  the  early  struggles 
of  our  Church  in  this  South  land.  After  singing  "Jesus,  the  name," 
etc.,  Rev.  Bro.  J.  H.  Welch  pronounced  the  benediction. 

Sunday  morning  Rev.  S.  H.  Coleman  preached  an  excellent  dis- 
course, which  was  well  received,  on  the  "  Triumph  of  Christianity." 

The  Sunday  school  had  a  grand  mass  meeting  at  3  o'clock  in  Mt. 
Zion  church.  Addresses  were  delivered  by  the  Rev.  D.  W.  Gillislee, 
Rev.  R.  B.  Brookins,  Rev.  J.  E.  Lee  and  J.  H.  Welch. 

At  7.30  p.  m.  Bishop  Arnett  preached  a  sermon  on  the  "  Watch- 
man and  his  Duty." 


S=    H.  JEFFERSON. 


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S.  H.  JEPPEBSON. 


Myself,  S.  H.  Jefferson,  and  P.  W.  Jefferson,  the  twin  brothers 
of  the  South  Carolina  and  Columbia  Annual  Conferences,  began  our 
ministerial  life  in  1867  with  that  noble  hero.  Elder  Abraham  Weston. 
We  were  taken  up  by  him  at  Greenwood  in  the  above  year,  and  for  a 
year  and  some  months  overran  all  the  upper  portion  of  the  State,  or- 
ganizing the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  Our  successors  were  too  numerous  to 
mention  at  this  juncture. 

In  1869  we  went  with  him  to  the  Annual  Conference,  which  con- 
vened in  the  city  of  Charleston.  Were  admitted  into  the  Annual  Con- 
erence  and  ordained  Deacons  and  received  our  appointments.  My 
first  charge  was  to  the  Anderson  Mission.  In  1869-70  I  organized 
the  A.  M.  E.  Church  at  Anderson.  Pendleton.  Wilmisson.  Hender- 
son Hill.  Walhallard,  Senica  City. 

In  187 1  I  was  returned  to  the  same  field  and  more  firmly  planted 
the  banner  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  in  the  Piedmont  belt.  In  1872-7-3 
I,  with  my  brother,  was  ordained  an  Elder.  I  was  sent  to  Cokesbury. 
In  1874-75  served  at  Spartanburg.  In  the  year  of  1875  I  was  sent 
to  Sumter  and  served  there  three  years.  In  1877  went  to  Abbeville 
C.  H.  and  remained  in  the  station  until  1881.  at  which  time  I  was  ap- 
pointed Presiding  Elder  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  W.  F.  Dickerson.  D.  D.. 
over  the  Abbeville  District.  In  this  field  I  remained  four  years.  In 
1885  I  was  appointed  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  James  A.  Shorter  to  the  New- 
bury District  as  Presiding  Elder.  In  1886  I  was  appointed  by  the 
same  Bishop  to  the  Columbia  District.  Here  I  served  two  years.  In 
1888  I  was  appointed  by  Bishop  Campbell  to  the  Sumter  District, 
where  I  am  now  continued  by  Rt.  Rev.  B.  W.  Arnett.  D.  D. 


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ADDENDA. 


The  record  of  the  Conferences  of  1884,  1885  and  1886  could  not 
be  found  when  we  were  arranging  the  others.  It  ought  to  be  between 
pages  268  and  269.  Editor. 

1884    Twentieth  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  convened  at 
Georgetown,  S.  C,  Feb.  13/019,  Bishops  W.  F.  Dicker- 
son,  D.  D.,  andT.  M.  D.  Ward,  D.  D., 

Secretaries — Revs.  Samuel  Washington,  Paul  W.  Jefferson,  E.  J. 
Gregg. 

Reporter— W.  H.  Heard. 

Marshals — H.  T.  Williams.  S.  F.  Flegler. 

Post-office  Messenger — W.  R.  Beamer. 

General  Business  Manager  of  A.  M.  E.  Church — Rev.  T.  Gould. 

Admitted  on  Trial — G.  E.  Miles,  Henry  T.  Williams,  Adam 
McNeal,  Wm.  W.  Beckett,  Richard  T.  Ball,  Thomas  Jones,  Thomas 
Barnwell. 

Admitted  into  Full  Connection — Henry  McD.  Hale,  James  Mur- 
rell,  George  Washington  Smith,  Peter  Catero  Lawrence,  Stephen  Wes- 
ley Ladson,  Webber  Archer  Haywood. 

Ordinations — :Elders :  Wm.  R.  Beamer,  E.  J.  Gregg,  W.  H. 
Hamson,  F.  E.  Rivers,  S.  S.  Miles,  J.  B.  Greene,  G.  M.  Holland, 
John  C.  Lovely,  James  Murrell. 

Deacons :  P.  J.  Chavis,  G.  W.  Smith,  A.  W.  Whaly,  B.  H. 
Winns. 

Local  Deacons :  Stephen  Holmes,  Croel  McCray,  Elias  Alston, 
Daniel  J.  Jenkins,  Buster  D.  Roberts,  Solomon  Grant,  John  A.  Davis, 
John  H.  Shackleford. 

appointments. 

Charleston  District — Rev.  P.  W.  Jefferson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Morris  Brown.. Rev.  S.Washington    Summerville  S.  F.  Flegler 

Mt.  Zion  E.  W.  Taylor    Grannetsville  S.  G.  Cross 


MT.  ZION  A.  M.  E.  CHURCH,  JACKSONVILLE,  FLORIDA. 
Built  by  Rev.  John  H.  Welsh,  D.  D.,  the  present  Pastor. 


A.  M.  E.  CHURCH,  FERNANDINO,  FLORIDA. 
Built  by  Rev.  Robert  Lewis,  the  present  Pastor. 


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Aiken../.  W.  H.  Heard    Ridgeville  Thos.  Blake 

Charleston  J.  E.  McKnight    George's  Sta  E.  H.  Gourdine 

Target  C.  Haywood    Grahams  W.  A.  Haywood 

Goose  Creek  G.  H.  Simmons    Cherry  Hill  E.  J.  Greggs 

Georgetown  District — Rev.  B.  H.  Williams.  Presiding  Elder. 


Georgetown. . .Rev.  N.  B.  Sterrett 

Williamsburg  A.  Gorden 

Indiantown  H.  McD.  Hale 

Sampit  W.  R.  Beamer 

Gourdine   M'.  R.  Thomas 

Black  River  Paul  Wims 

Bowhicket  S.  Greene 

Gapwav  ..Andrew  Evans 


Pee  Dee  John  S.  Singleton 

North  Santee  March  Singleton 

Waccamaw  J.  R.  Bo  wen 

Winyah   E.  Johnson 

Kingstree  George  Smith 

Cedar  Creek  X.  P.  Brown 

Tohnsonville...'  T.  B.  Butler 


Beaufort  District — Rev.  B.  F.  Porter,  Presiding  Elder. 


Beaufort ...  Rev.  W.  H.  Harrison 

Robertsville  Prince  Gadsden 

Whitehall   G.  M.  Holland 

Green  Pond  P.  J.  Chavis 

Brunson  S.  W.  Ladson 

Pipe  Creek  Jacob  J.  Brown 

Savannah  River  S.  R.  Levine 

St.  John's  Aaron  Harrell 

Mt.  Pleasant  J.  Montgomery 

Hardeeville  Peter  C.  Lawrence 


Bluffton  J.  W.  Mance 

Hilton  Head   E.  M.  Gipson 

St.  Helena  S.  G.  McCray 

Shelden..  Abner  Blake 

Canaan  G.  P.  Randolph 

East  Combahee...J.  D.  Barksdale 

Pacific  Thomas  Barnwell 

Port  Royal   R.  T.  Bull 

Early  Branch  W.  H.  Holland 


Marion  District — Rev.  D. 

Marion  Rev.  A.  A.  Price 

Centerville  Jesse  Stevens 

Britton  Neck   

Conway  L.  A.  Clay 

Bucksville  ..W.  R.  Alston 

Little  River  J.  C.  Crawford 

Hymansville  Wm.  Echols 

Florence  M.  M.  Geddis 

Brown  Creek  H.  W.  Tones 


J.  Lites,  Presiding  Elder. 

Level  Green  P.  C.  Lee 

Robertson  John  McCray 

Union  ...Wm.  M.  Beckett 

Graham's  X  Roads... D.  T.  Taylor 

St.  John's   Giles  E.  Miles 

Marion  Adam  McNeal 

Little  Rock  J.  C.  Lovely 

Wateree   Abner  Black 

Jordensville  W.  B.  Castle 

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Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  S. 

Mt.  Pleasant  Rev.  J.  B.  Green 

Olive  Branch  James  F.  Dart 

Monck's  Corner  R.  R.  Bryant 

Hickory  Hill  R.  W.  Sinkler 

St.  Thomas  James  Woodward 

Bonneairs  S.  K.  Howard 


W.  Bellamy,  Presiding  Elder. 

St.  James  Santee  C.  F.  North 

.McClellansville... James  W.  White 

South  Santee  Henry  Taylor 

Nebo  R.  R.  Hamilton 

Eutau  G.  W.  Hill 


Edisto  District — Rev.  P.  H.  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 


Emanuel  Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols 

James  Island  M.  B.  Getzen 

John's  Island  S.  J.  Brown 

South  John's  Island... J.  S.  Everett 

Wadmalaw.  Joseph  White 

Edisto  Abraham  Powell 

Toogoodoo  J.  E.  Hill 


St.  Andrews....  N.  Richardson 

St.  Paul  A.  T.  Williams 

Will  town  A.  Boston 

Jacksonboro  Toledo  Jenkins 

Walterboro   T.  E.  Rivers 

Jehossee  Joseph  Wright 


statistical  table  for  1884. 


1 1 1  70 

Dollar  Money  

3,744  88 

Pastor's  Salary  

27,902  56 

Pres'g  Elder's  Salary 

6,122  39 

"       Trav.  Ex. 

613  02 

Building  and  Repairs 

14,477  14 

Church  Extension... 

2,615  65 

Missionary  purposes 

72  65 

Mite  Mis.  Money  

57  90 

Bible  Cause  

15  20 

Sunday  S.  purposes.. 

i,599  48 

Other  purposes  ... 

761  40 

S.  S.  Mis.  Money  ... 

81  59 

Allen  University  

39i  55 

Daughters  of  Conf'ce 

84  50 

Iron  Church,  Hayti.. 

32  5° 

Haytian  Money  

47  85 

Children's  Day  

118  17 

Africa  

Gen.  Conf'ce  Dele. 


Grand  Total... 

Members  

Probationers  

Local  Preachers. 

Exhorters  

Number  Died.... 
Infants  Baptized. 
Adults  Baptized. 

Marriages  

Stewards  

Stewardesses  

Trustees  .......... 

Class  Leaders  

Churches  

Seating  Capacity. 


48  20 
381  61 


59,279  94 
28,899 
4, 000 

398 
291 
602 
.1,019 
2,239' 
676^ 
976 
■  94o: 
1,090 
1,867 
223 
68,594 


ADDENDA. 


459 


Value  of  Property.. ..  $157,130  00 

Indebtedness    $  18.779  00 

Xo.  Schools  (day)  ...  33 
Value  School  Houses  $  985 

Xo.  Parsonages   34 

Value        "   $  16,237  00 


Xo.  Sunday  Schools..  288 

No.  Teachers   967 

Officers   582 

PuPils                       .  15,565 

Xo.  of  Conversions..  887 

Books  in  Library   10.987 


1885     The  Twenty-first  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference  con- 
vened at  Beaufort,  S.  C  Feb.  4  to  10,  Bishop  James  A. 
Shorter,  assisted  by  Bishop  H  M.  Turner. 

Secretaries — Revs.  Samuel  Washiugton.  P.  W.  Jefferson.  E.  }. 
Greggs. 

Reporter— Rev.  W.  H.  Heard. 

Marshals— Revs.  W .  R.  Beamer.  G.  M.  Holland. 

Post-office  Messenger — Rev.  R.  T.  Bull. 

Admitted  on  Trial — W.  X.  Thompson.  Alexander  Ransom.  John 
Williams,  H.  H.  Pinckney,  R.  E.  Wilson,  G.  W.  Murphy. 

Admitted  into  Full  Connection — Thomas  Barnwell,  P.  J.  Chavis, 
Richard  T.  Bull,  I.  F.  Gilleson.  Joseph  Wright,  George  W.  Smith, 
Peter  Smith.  Henrv  Frazier. 


APPOINTMENT-. 


Charleston  District — Rev.  P. 

Mt.  Zion  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Heard 

Aiken.....  E.  Winston  Taylor 

Charleston  Thomas  Blake 

Target  and  Dean..W.  A.  Haywood 

Goose  Creek  S.  F.  Flegler 

Summerville  E.  J.  Greggs 

Dean  Swamp  R.  W.  Sinkler 


W.  Jefferson.  Presiding  Elder. 

Granite ville  G.  H.  Simmons 

Ridgeville  P.  C.  Lawrence 

George's  E  H.  Gourdine 

Graham's  M.  P.  Green 

Cherry  Hill  L.  Carson 

Walterboro  S.  W.  Hazle 

Salem  &  Blue  House.. C.  Havwood 


Georgetown  District — Rev.  B. 

Georgetown... Rev.  N.  B.  Sterrett 

Williamsburg  A.  Gordon 

Indian  Town  H.  McD.  Hale 

Sampit  W.  R.  Beamer 


H.  Williams,  Presiding  Elder. 

Pee  Dee  John  S.  Singleton 

X'orth  Santee  March  Singleton 

Waccamaw  J.  R.  Bowen 

Winy  ah  E.  Johnson 


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Gourdine  M.  R.  Thomas 

Black  River  Paul  Winds 

Bowhicket  S.  Green 

Gapway  Andrew  Evans 

Beaufort  District — Rev.  Samuel 

Beaufort  Rev.  W.  A.  Holland 

Robertsville  J.  E.  McKnight 

White  Hall  G.  M.  Holland 

Green  Pond  J.  J.  Brown 

Early  Branch  Thomas  Jones 

Brunson  ..W7m.  W.  Beckett 

Pipe  Creek  P.  E.  Gadsden 

Savannah  River  R.  R.  Bryant 

St.  John's  Thomas  B.  Barnwell 

Mt.  Pleasant  ..S.  S  Miles 


Kingstree  A.  Blunt 

Cedar  Creek  N.  P.  Brown 

Johnson ville  J.  B.  Butler 

Washington,  Presiding  Elder. 

Hardeeville  Geo.  P.  Randolph 

Bluffton  Geo.  W.  Mance 

Hilton  Head,  Jackson  Montgomery 

St.  Helena  Wra.  Echols 

Shelton   P.  J.  Chavis 

Canaan  R.  T.  Bull 

East  Combahee  Nero  Smalls 

Pacific  Robert  Williams 

Port  Royal  William  Mattis 

Martin  Station  I.  F.  Gilleson 


Marion  District — Rev.  D. 

Marion  Rev.  A.  A.  Price 

Centre  ville...  J.  D.  Barksdale 

Britten' s  Neck  W.  R.  Alston 

Conway  Jesse  Stevens 

Buckville  A.  McNeil 

Little  River  J.  C.  CrawTord 

Hymens  ville  A.  Black 

Florence  J.  W.  White 

Brown  C  eek  L.  A."  Clay 

Level  Green  G.  W.  Smith 

Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  S. 

Mt.  Pleasant...  Rev.  C.  F.  North 

Olive  Branch  C.  Small 

Monck's  Corner  S.  G.  Cross 

Hickory  Hill  E.  M.  Gibson 

St.  Thomas  Joseph  Woodward 

Bonneau's  S.  K.  Howard 


J.  Lites,  Presiding  Elder. 

Robertson  P.  C.  Lee 

Union  L.  W.  Ladson 

Graham's  X  Roads.. D.  T.  Taylor 

St.  John's  , ...  H.  W.  Jones 

Marion  G.  E.  Miles 

Little  Rock  J.  C.  Lovely 

Wateree  M.  B.  Gelzer 

Jordansville  W.  B.  Castle 

Socastee  Joseph  H.  Hunt 

Bennettsville  Joseph  Albright 

W.  Bellamy,  Presiding  Elder.  . 

St.  James'  Santee  J.  B.  Green 

McClellan ville  ........John  McRay 

South  Santee  H.  Taylor 

Noble  R.  R.  Hamilton 

Robertson  G.  W.  Hill 


ADDENDA. 


46  r 


Edisto  District — Rev.  P.  H.  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 


Emanuel  Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols 

Morris  Brown  J.  E.  Hayne 

James  Island  R.  B.  Green 

John's  Island  ...*..S.  J.  Brown 

South  John's  Island.. F.  E.  Rivers 

Wadmalaw..  Joseph  White 

Edisto  A.  Powell 


Toogoodoo  James  E.  Hill 

St.  Andrew's          A.  T.  Williams 

St.  Paul  James  F.  Dart 

Willto wn ...   Andrew  Boston 

Jacksonboro  P.  Jenkins 

Jehossee  Joseph  White 

Chicksee  A.  Harold 


STATISTICAL 


Contingent   $       73  07 

Dollar  Money   1,872  98 

Pastor's  Salary   20, 999  45 

P.  E.  Salary   5, 145  78 

P.  E.  Trav.  Expenses.  400  98 

Building  purp's,  repairs  12,179 

No.  of  Members   26,690 

"     Probationers  ...  3,838 

"     Local  Preachers  375 

"     Exhorters   259 

"     Died   620 

"     Baptized,  Adults  738 

"          "      Infants  '  520 

"     Married   479 

"     Stewards   888 

"     Stewardesses   841 

"     Trustees   752 

"     Class  Leaders...  1,642 

"    -Churches   211 

Church  Seat'g  Capacity  7 1,833 

Value  of  Churches  I33? 7 1 7  00 

Present  Indebetness  ...  16,11810 

No.  of  Day  Schools   38 

Value  of  school  houses  1,435  5° 

Teachers  in  Da.  Schools  1 3 

No.  of  Parsonages   37 


blk  for  1885. 

Prob.  Val.  Parsonages  $  8,411  42 
Amount  Collected  for 

Church  Extension... $  1,478  90 


Missionary  Purposes  99  06 

Mite  Society   17  75 

Bible  Cause   7  40 

Sub.  Christ'n  Recorder  78 

Sub.  Child's  Recorder  263 

No.  of  Sunday  Schools  223 

"     S.  S.  Teachers..  732 

"        "     Officers...  477 

"'•      "     Pupils   11,063 

"     Conversions...  .  536 

"     Books  in  Lib'ry  8,658 

Amt.  Col.  for  Schools..  1,058  17 

"       other  purp's  808  58 

Missionary  Money   39  3° 

Allen  University   68  51 

Minute  Money   38  15 

Daughters  of  Confer'ce  38  00 

Iron  Church   1  00 

Hay  dan  Money   8  90 

Children's  Day   86  21 

Africa   8  25 

Endowment  Day   112  61 

General  Conference...  8  15 


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1880     The  Twenty-second  Session  of  the  South  Carolina  Conference 
convened  at  Marion,  Feb.  3  to  8,  Bishop  James  A. 
Shorter,  Bishop  Presiding. 

Secretary — Rev.  W.  H.  Heard. 

Statistical  Secretary — Rev.  E.  J.  Gregg. 

Recording  Secretary — Rev.  S.  G.  Cross. 

Editor  A.  M.  E.  Review— Rev.  B.  T.  Tanner,  D.  D. 

General  Manager — Rev.  J.  E.  Embry,  D.  D. 

Missionary  Secretary — Rev.  J.  M.  Townsend,  D.  D. 

Secretary  of  Education — Rev.  W.  D.  Johnson,  D.  D. 

Admitted  on  Trial— C.  W.  McQuin,  L.  W.  Generettee,  R.  R. 
Monzon,  J.  S.  Barr,  Wm.  Steel,  A.  W.  Crawford. 

Admitted  into  Full  Membership— Adam  Neai,  J.  H.  Hunt.  R. 
Williams,  Wm.  M.  Beckett,  Jordan  Whittaker,  T.  H.  Jones. 

APPOINTMENTS. 

Charleston  District — Rev.  P.  W.  Jefferson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Mt.  Zion  Rev.  W.  H.  Heard    George's  E.  H.  Gourdine 

Aiken  W.  R.  Beamer    Graham's  A.  Harold 

Charleston  Circuit... P.  M.  Green    Lambs   L.  Carson 

Target  &  Holly  ..A.  W.  Haywood    Walterboro  S.  W.  Hazle 

Goose  Creek  S.  J.  Brown    Trinity   D.  L.  Jenkins 

Summerville  E.  J.  Gregg    Eutawville  S.  J.  Barr 

Graniteville  L.  A.  Clay    Barnwell  J.  W.  Whittaker 

Ridgeville  R.  W.  Sinkler 

Georgetown  District — Rev.  B.  H.  Williams,  Presiding  Elder. 

Georgetown. . .Rev.  N.  B.  Sterrett    Pee  Dee  M.  Singleton 

Williamsburg  A.  Gordon    North  Santee  S.  G.  Cross 

Indiantown  M.  R.  Thomas    Waccamaw  A.  Evans 

Sampit  S.  W.  Beard    Wlnyah  N.  P.  Brown 

Gourdine  H.  McD.  Hale    Kingstree  A.  Ransom 

Black  River  R.  R.  Monzon  Cedar  Creek  P.  Hearth- 
Bo  whicket.                   S.  Greene    Johnsonville  J.  B.  Butler 

Gapway  Joseph  Woodson 


ADDENDA. 


463 


Beaufort  District — Rev.  Samuel 

Beaufort  Rev.  W.  H.  Holland 

Robertsville  J.  E.  McKnight 

Whitehall  A.  A.  Price 

Green  Pond  J.  J.  Brown 

Early  Branch  J.  C.  Lovely 

Brunson..  W.  W.  Bickett 

Pipe  Creek  P.  E.  Gadsden 

Savannah  River  R.  R.  Bryant 

St.  John  T.  B.  Barnwell 

Mt.  Pleasant  S.  S.  Miles 

Marion  District — Rev.  D. 

Marion  Rev.  S.  F.  Flegler 

Centreville  J.  D.  Barksdale 

Britton's  Neck  W.  R.  Alston 

Conway  J.  Stevens 

Bucksville  A.  McNeal 

Little  River  J.  C.  Crawford 

Hymansville  A.  Black 

Florence  P.  VV.  White 

Brown  Creek  W.  Ladsen 

Level.  Green  Thos.  Blake 


Washington,  Presiding  Elder. 

Hardeeville  George  Randolph 

Bluffton  George  Wallace 

St.  Helena  P.  J.  Chavis 

Hilton  Head  Wm.  Echols 

Shelton  R.  R.  Hamilton 

Pacific  Richard  Williams 

Canaan  R.  T.  Bull 

East  Combahee  Caesar  Small 

Martin  Station  T.  J.  Jones 

Lady  Island  W.  P.  Graham 

J.  Lites,  Presiding  Elder. 

Robertson  P.  C.  Lee 

Union  G.  W.  Smith 

Graham's  X  Roads.J.  F.  GiFeson 

St.  John's  H.  W.  Jones 

Marion  G.  E.  Miles 

Wateree  D.  T.  Taylor 

Jordanville  A.  W.  Crawford 

Bennetsville  G.  W.  Murphy 

St.  Luke  S.  Boss 

Socastee  J.  H.  Hunt 


Mt.  Pleasant  District — Rev.  S.  W.  Bellamy,  Presiding  Elder. 

Mt.  Pleasant. ...Rev.  C.  F.  North    St.  James  Santee  J.  B.  Green 

Olive  Branch... John  D.  Singleton    McClellansville  John  McRay 

Monck's  Corner... J.  Montgomery    South  Santee  H.  Taylor 

Hickory  Hill  E.  M.  Gipson    Nebo  James  Bowen 

St.  Thomas  Joseph  Wright    Robertson  G.  W.  Hill 

Bonneau's  S.  K.  Howard 

Edisto  District — Rev.  P.  A.  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder. 

Emanuel  Rev.  L.  R.  Nichols    Toogoodoo  J.  E.  Hill 

Morris  Brown... .....J.  E.  Haynes    St.  Andrew  A.  T.  Williams 

James  Island  P.  C.  Lawrence    St.  Paul  A.  Boston 

John  Island  G.  M.  Holland    Willtown  C.  Haywood 


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South  John's  Island  James  Dart    Jacksonboro  P.  Jenkins 

Wadmalaw.  Joseph  White    Jehossee  R.  B.  Green 

Edisto  F.  E.  Rivers 

STATISTICAL  AND   FINANCIAL   REPORT  FOR    1 886. 


Contingent  Money  $       82  19 

Dollar  Money   I>991  J4 

Pastor's  Salary   25,105  46 

P.  E.  Salary  —  4, 112  55 

P.  E.  Trav.  Expenses..  369  71 

Building  and  Repairs...  12,307  78 

Charitable  purposes   1,27863 

Endowment  Day........  316  95 

Missionary  Money   99  5  8 

Mite  Mis.  Money   19  95 

Bible  Cause   467 

Sunday  Schools   i,447  89 

Allen  University   38  85 

Daughters  of  Conf'ce..  32  65 

Children's  Day   235  19 

Members   25,059 

Probationers   5>5°8 

Local  Preachers   383 

Local  Exhorters   269 

Members  Died   •  728 


Adults  Baptized   1,728 

Infants  Baptized   I>532 

Married   551 

Stewards   921 

Stewardesses   1,011 

Trustees   942 

Class  Leaders   1,831 

Churches   219 

Valuation  171,187  75 

Present  Indebtedness ..  16,19935 

Day  Schools   26 

"  Teachers   

Valuation   4,410 

No.  of  Parsonages   44 

Valuation   16,76879 

No.  of  Sunday  Schools  264 

"    Officers   913 

"  *  Pupils   T3,5°8 

"    Conversions   419 

"    Books  in  Library  10,252 


ANALYSIS  OF   THE   A.    M.    E.  CHURCH. 


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ANALYSIS 

THE  AFRICAN  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH  FOR  1889. 


BY   BISHOP   R.    W.  ARNETT. 


TABLE   I  ANNUAL   CONFERENCE  ROSTER.   1 889. 

j  o<*>    nicTDTfT  Ge»-        Trav.  Trav.  Trav.  No.  of  Local  Local 

131  Agents.     Elders.  Deacons.  Preachers.  Supts.  Elders.  Deacons. 

Philadelphia   3        50  10  11  5  2  5 

New  England   120  4  5  3  2  2 

New  York   225  5  1  4  8  3 

New  Jersey   335  8  9  2  4  9 


Total   9  130  27  26  14  16  19 

2D  DISTRICT. 

North  Carolina   6  35  25  26  4  8  14 

Virginia   4  ^  40  20  15  2  2  5 

Baltimore   3  41  15  10  1  2  12 

Total   13  116  60  51  7  12  31 

3D  DISTRICT. 

Ohio     8  16  4  12  4  10  3 

North  Ohio   8  29  3  8  3  1  12 

Pittsburgh   9  32  6  3  7  1  9 


Total   25  77  13  23  14  12  24 

4TH  DISTRICT. 

Illinois    2  30  8  9 

Iowa   2  34  9  9         1  .  3  5 

Michigan   1  19  4  1  ...  ...  1 

Indiana   2  40  7  5         1  64 


Total   7      123       31        24  2*9 


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Sill    IJlo  I  KILI  . 

Gen. 
Agents. 

Trav. 
Elders. 

Trav. 
Deacons. 

Trav. 
Preachers. 

No.  of 
Supts. 

Local 
Elders. 

Local 
Deacons. 

Rocky  Mountains.... 

I 

9 

6 

5 

2 

2 

3 

12 

28 

17 

8 

I O 

34 

1 1 

3 

2 

2 

2 

I3 

38 

1 2 

7 

5 

2 

7 

2 

4 

0 

5 

2 

Total  

IT3 

52 

28 

1 1 

6 

T2 

6th  district. 

Georgia  

7 

78 

34 

34 

1 1 

28 

26 

Georgia,  North  

5 

63 

38 

26 

2 

.  4 

I  2 

5 

76 

32 

35 

5 

5 

IO 

0 

59 

35 

27 

1 

2 

I  2 

Alabama,  North  

7 

40 

T  ft 
I  O 

9 

1 

5 

7 

Total  

27 

322 

177 

J3! 

21 

44 

47 

yTH  DISTRICT. 

Columbia,  S.  C  

7 

104 

22 

25 

10 

10 

29 

0 

77 

x3 

9 

1 1 

1 2 

35 

3 

3° 

2 

3 

5 

4 

74 

24 

2  2 

3 

2 

T4 

Total  

20 

285 

• 

74 

66 

26 

27 

83 

8th  DISTRICT 

5 

40 

20 

15 

3 

4 

6 

Mississippi,  North.... 

7 

42 

32 

46 

2 

8 

16 

4 

40 

23 

z  0 

4 

x5 

19 

4 

33 

2  0 

1 1 

3 

1 

1 

4 

40 

25 

1 2 

2 

9 

10 

» 

Total  

24 

I95 

128 

112 

T4 

37 

52 

9TH  DISTRICT. 

2 

1 1 

3 

3 

2 

2 

3 

2 

20 

1 1 

8 

2 

5 

2 

Texas,  Northeast  

3 

1.5 

10 

15 

1 

2 

5 

2 

15 

7 

3 

3 

3 

23 

25 

1 1 

2 

1 

2 

ANALYSIS  OF   THE   A.    M.    E.  CHURCH. 


467 


Louisiana  

(Jen. 
Agents. 

3 

Trav. 
Elders. 

3° 

Trav. 
Deacons. 

IO 

Trav. 
Preachers. 

20 

No.  of 
Supt, 
2 

Local 
Elders.' 

7 

Local 
Deacons. 

9 

Louisiana.  North  

3 

x5 

6 

I 

5 

2 

Total  

18 

*33 

81 

66 

IO 

22 

26 

IOTH  DISTRICT. 

2 

36 

10 

12 

2 

Kentucky.  West  

25 

6 

9 

3 

1 

3 

Tennessee  

4 

69 

2 1 

T3 

2 

3 

l5 

Tennessee.  West  

5 

58 

2 

18 

3 

Tnt-3  1 

14 

188 

4 

1  0 

IITH  DISTRICT. 

Liberia  and  Africa.... 

2 

2 

4 

2 

3 

j 

2 

2 

j 

5 

1 

2 

-j 

2 

6 

Nova  Scotia  

1 

3 

2 

I 

... 

1 

2 

4 

I 

•••• 

1 

1 

2 

I 

1 

8 

'  *  * 

2 

8 

20 

17 

8 

16 

RECAPITULATION. 

9 

130 

27 

26 

14 

16 

19 

2d  District  

116 

60 

51 

7 

12 

31 

3d  District  

25 

77 

13 

23 

14 

12 

24 

4th  District  

123 

31 

24 

2 

9 

IC 

■  38 

IX3 

52 

28 

1 1 

6 

12 

27 

322 

i77 

T  t  T 

2 1 

44 

47 

7th  District  

20 

285 

74 

66 

26 

27 

83 

8th  District  

24 

195 

128 

r  1 2 

14 

37 

52 

9th  District  

18 

133 

81 

66 

10 

22 

26 

14 

188 

39 

52 

10 

4 

18 

1  ith  District  

8 

20 

17 

8 

16 

Total  

•  2°3 

1693 

699 

597 

129 

189 

358 

Total  Enrollment  3850 

Total  Traveling  Enrollment  31 18 


468 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE, 


TABLE  II  APPOINTMENTS  AND  SUPPORT. 


1ST  DISTRICT. 

Presiding 
Elders. 

Ministers.  Appointment 

Minister's 
Support. 

Presiding 
Elder's  Support. 

Traveling 
Expenses. 

Philadelphia  

3 

86 

70 

$ 

26,715 

$ 

2,064 

$ 

I,  I90 

New  England  

i 

37 

20 

7,857 

145 

New  York  

2 

48 

32 

11,431 

387 

548 

XT  ~  T  

New  Jersey  

3 

70 

47 

!7o25 

I,8oO 

739 

Total 

V 

241 

169 

6^  1:28 

$ 

4,386 

$ 

2,477 

2D  DISTRICT. 

North  Carolina. . . . 

6 

118 

90 

$ 

i5,74o 

$ 

3,560 

Virginia  

4 

88 

69 

i4,H7 

3,050 

Baltimore  

3 

84 

61 

24,422 

2,6ll 

Total 

T  1 

290 

220 

•  $ 

9,221 

3D  DISTRICT. 

Ohio  

8 

57 

34 

$ 

11,273 

$ 

179 

$ 

387 

North  Ohio  

8 

5o 

39 

i5>3!4 

595 

9 

58 

39 

17,641 

265 

Total  

25 

I05 

112 

$ 

44, 228 

I,°39 

4TH  DISTRICT. 

Illinois   

2 

49 

47 

$ 

14,067 

$ 

!,293 

$ 

529 

2 

59 

55 

18, 219 

i,45r 

1,215 

Indiana  

2 

61 

39 

13,398 

1,007 

779 

I 

26 

20 

7,789 

493 

37 1 

Total  

7 

195 

161 

$ 

$ 

4,244 

$ 

2,894 

5TH  DISTRICT. 

Rocky  Mountains 

I 

28 

14 

$ 

5,355 

$ 

434 

$ 

5IQ 

Missouri   

I  2 

53 

46 

19,045 

327 

527 

Missouri,  North... 

IO 

54 

43 

17,233 

338 

601 

13 

70 

53 

18,859 

624 

389 

2 

J9 

14 

691 

170 

100 

Total  

38 

224 

170 

$ 

61,183 

$ 

1,834 

$ 

2, 129 

* 


ANALYSIS   OF   THE  A.    M.    E.  CHURCH. 


469 


6th  tmstrtct 

Presiding 
Elders. 

Ministers 

Appointment 

Minister's 
s.  Support. 

Pre* 
Elder's  ! 

•iding 
Support. 

Traveling 
Expenses. 

Georgia  

7 

l8l 

137 

$  29,693 

$  6, 

,269 

Georgia,  North... 

5 

132 

IOI 

!9,977 

3) 

553 

"Macon  Ga 

1  3° 

T  O  7 

7  n  c 

795 

\labama  

6 

3, 

4  /  u 

Alabama,  North... 

4 

73 

2 

Total  

27 

659 

5i6 

$112,277 

$22, 

888 

7TH  DISTRICT. 

Columbia,  S.  C  . . . 

7 

197 

$  36>295 

$  7, 

i*74 

South  Carolina  

6 

103 

27,030 

6, 

688 

Florida  

3 

56 

54 

I5»II5 

2 

100 

East  Florida  

4 

J47 

IT3 

23,  755 

833 

Total  

2Q 

553 

421 

$102. 195 

$19, 

796 

8th  district. 

Mississippi  

5 

75 

60 

$  9»5So 

$  2, 

35° 

$ 

'35° 

Mississippi,  North 

7 

I5I 

^5 

I2,757 

3, 

524 

^40 

x\rkansas  

4 

1 25 

65 

J3,243 

O ' 

x5° 

Arkansas,  South... 

4 

87 

63 

13,480 

3  ! 

,  240 

J  J 

Arkansas,  West  

4 

102 

58 

10,319 

v) : 

•  95° 

D  D 

Total  

24 



54o 

331 

$  59,349 

$14. 

214 

$ 

2.415 

9TH  district. 

California  

2 

24 

10 

$  2,555 

$ 

170 

4" 

240 

Texas 

2 

A  2 
-+- 

7  OzLQ 

4.80 

275 

Northeast  Texas... 

3 

51 

43 

7, 206 

i. 

.591 

35° 

Central  Texas  

-3 

55 

.   .  45 

8,250 

1. 

95° 

-L2  ^ 

West  Texas.  

64 

48'" 

9,377 

2. 

276 

23^ 

81 

50 

9,  589 

1, 

248 

225 

Louisiana,  North.. 

'  -> 
,5 

51 

48 

5>7QI 

1. 

•  591 

250 

Total  

18 

368 

280 

$  49,722 

$10. 

-4^7 

$ 

2,000 

IOTH  DISTRICT. 

Kentucky  

2 

60 

41 

$  9,456 

$  I: 

■575 

$ 

275 

Kentucky,  West... 

3 

49 

41 

7,7o8 

I, 

592 

473 

QUARTO   CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


Presiding  Minister's  Presiding  Traveling 

Elders.    Ministers.  Appointments.    Support.       Elder's  Support.  Expenses. 


4 

121 

95 

17,831 

3,872 

789 

Tennessee,  West. 

K 

J 

70 

62 

11,068 

2, 703 

D  D 

Total  

14 

309 

246 

$  46,763 

$  9,763 

$  2,063 

IITH  DISTRICT. 

Liberia  and  Africa 

2 

IO 

10 

$  1,200 

$  350 

Haytian   

6 

5 

1,200 

17s 

0 
8 

9 

800 

IS° 

Ontario  

j 

9 

7 

1,666 

56 

Nova  Scotia  

I 

8 

8 

270 

15 

Bermuda  

I 

7 

7 

2, 100 

25 

St.  Thomas  

I 

2 

2 

525 

TWol 

Q 
O 

49 

$  6,761 

$  771 

RECAPITULATION. 

i st  District   

9 

241 

169 

$  63,528 

$  4,386 

$  2,477 

2d  District  

l3 

290 

220 

54,3°9 

9,221 

3d  District  

25 

165 

1 12 

44,228 

i,o39 

387 

4th  District   

7 

195 

161 

53.473 

4,244 

2,895 

cth  DistriVf 

3° 

224 

170 

61,183 

1,°34 

6th  District  

27 

659 

5i6 

1.12,277. 

22,888 

20 

553 

421 

102,195 

19,796 

8th  District  

24 

54o 

33 1 

59.349 

14,214 

2,415 

9th  District   

18 

368 

280 

49,722 

10,417 

2,000 

10th  District  

14 

309 

246 

46,763 

9,763 

2,063 

1  ith  District  

8 

5o 

49 

6,761 

771 

Total  

203 

3594 

2675 

$653,788 

$98,573 

$14,366 

AN 

ALYSIS  OF 

THE 

A.    M.    E.  -CHURCH; 

47'* 

TABLE 

III — 

MEMBERSHIP. 

tct  DTSTRTCT 

J.  O  -L       XJ  X  O  -L  J-V  IV  1  . 

Local 

Preachers.  Exhorters 

i.  Probationers. 

Members. 

Totai. 

Philadelphia  

157 

60 

885 

8,258 

9,36° 

New  England  

38 

17 

226 

1,491 

1,772 

New  York  

39 

T  A 
I  0 

55° 

2,45° 

o^DD 

New  Jersey  

82 

48 

419 

3,55° 

4,099 

316 

141 

2,080 

!5,749 

19,  2O0 

2D  DISTRICT. 

North  Carolina  

117 

93 

i,i97 

!3,533 

14,940 

lI5 

59 

Q/;T 
O0I 

9,421 

1 0,4.^6 

97 

34 

I,  264 

°,45° 

9,853 

329 

186 

3,322 

31,412 

35,249 

3D  DISTRICT. 

Ohio  

53 

21 

438 

3,462 

3,974 

North  Ohio  

79 

23 

363 

3,757 

-I,  222 

Pittsburgh  

74 

29 

3T3 

3,020 

3,436 

"T1  _^  j_  _  1 

206 

7  2 

1,114 

10,239 

11,632 

Illinois   

59 

51 

393" 

4,166 

4,669 

Iowa  

52 

29 

1,251 

4,584 

5,9^ 

63 

22 

395 

3,545 

4,02  S 

Michigan   

27 

12 

235 

1,712 

201 

114 

2,274 

x3,733 

l6,322 

•TU     AICTD  T/— T 

jL\.ucK.y  lviuunLains 

8 

10 

543 

1,184 

T,  745 

Missouri  

59 

16 

1 ,266 

c  2 70 

3 ,  ^  0  y 

6,640 

North  Missouri  

'  48 

52 

1,049 

4,79! 

5,940 

Kansas  

41 

92 

794 

4,409 

5,336 

Indian  

22 

9 

179 

650 

866 

Total  

178 

239 

3,831 

16,273 

2o,537 

472 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


6th   DISTRICT.  PreLa0cLhatrs 

Exhorters. 

408 

125 

Georgia,   N  ortn . . . 

279 

72 

Macon,  Ga   

3J3 

99 

243 

93 

Alabama,  North... 

143 

/■  _ 
02 

Total  

1386 

451 

7TH  DISTRICT. 

(  Vilnmhia     ^  ( 

\^\Ji  Ulll  U let,    O.     \^  .  .  . 

393 

174 

South  Carolina 

C  T  A 

34^ 

Florida 

1  /  0 

1 2  c 

j 

299 

196 

Total  

1 38 1 

838 

8th  district. 

275 

225 

IVTississinrii  North 

260 

9  1  A 

16  [ 

Arkansas  South 

2  10 

76 

-TV  I  IVctllScto,      »»  C3L.  .  . 

TflC 

1  °5 

108 

Total  

j  200 

830 

OTH  DISTRICT. 

California  

14 

5 

69 

36 

Texas,  Northeast. 

52 

21 

132 

6l 

Tpvas  Wpst 

T  2  C 

*7  7 

Louisiana 

06 

.Louisiana,  North.. 

65 

^0 

Total  

582 

321 

I  OTH  DISTRICT. 

Kentucky  

75 

56 

Kentucky,  West... 

59 

36 

•obationers. 

Members. 

Total. 

2,999 

13,324 

26,856 

!,973 

18,424 

20,751 

2,573 

25,762 

28,748 

i,501 

*7,777  . 

19,614 

564 

10,467 

11,236 

Q,  6l6 
• 

Qs\  7  ^4 

I07,  20c; 

6,825 

36,367 

43,759 

9,355 

36,899 

47,111 

550 

9,553 

10,409 

1,287 

12,306 

14,088 

l8,OI7 

0  c  t  2  c 

T  T  C    1 67 

1 1o,3u/ 

2,325 

6,55° 

9,375 

2,5*5 

8,753 

11,904 

1,208 

5. 611 

7,214 

2,403 

7,673 

9,676 

1,600 

6,123 

7,934 

10,051 

34,7IG 

45,643 

350  525  894 

526  3,953  4,584 

259  3,294  3,626 

326  5,250  5,650 

357  5,959..  4  m 

89.S  3,895  .5,0! 

602  .  3,148  3,875 


3,295         26,024  30,22 


795  5,57i  6,497 

516  4,480  5,080 


A.  M.  E.  CHURCH,  ST.  AUGUSTINE,  FLORIDA. 
Built  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Sawyer,  the  present  Pastor. 


REV.  W.  B.  DERRICK,  D.  D., 
Missionary  Secretary. 


ANALYSIS  OF  THE   A.    M.    E.  CHURCH. 


473 


Local 

Preachers. 

Exhorters . 

Probationers. 

T  T  A 

91 

7*4 

I2, 557 

x3, 5°r 

Tennessee,  West.. 

I5° 

53 

933 

8,160 

9, 296 

Total  

398 

241 

2,958 

30,768 

34,454 

IITH  DISTRICT. 

3 

2 

25 

:5° 

Ontario  

•  3° 

7 

3° 

280 

347 

Nova  Scotia  

1 

10 

175 

186 

Bermuda  

1 

57 

3°4 

362 

Total 

35 

9 

122 

~~~ 
909 

°95 

RECAPITULATION. 

i  st  District  

316 

141 

2,080 

15,749 

19,  286 

2d  District  

329 

186 

3,322 

3!,4i2 

35,249 

3d  District  

206 

73 

1,114 

10,239  ' 

11,632 

4th  District  

201 

114 

2,274 

J3,733 

l6,322 

5th  District  

178 

239 

3,831 

16,273 

20,537 

6th  District  

1^86 

45 1 

9,6  J  6 

Q  ^  ,  7  C  4 

I07,20i; 

7th  District  

1381 

838 

18,017 

95,I25 

H5,367 

8th  District  

1 200 

830 

10,05 1 

34,7io 

46,851 

9th  District  

582 

321 

3,295 

26,024 

30,  222 

10th  District  

398 

241 

2,958 

30,768 

34,454 

1  ith  District  

32 

9 

122 

909 

895 

Total  

6209 

3443 

56,680 

37o,796 

438,020 

EE 


474 


QUARTO   CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


TABLE  IV  OFFICERS. 

Class        Official  Trustee 
Stewards.  Stewardesses.    Leaders.      Board.     Trustees.     Sextons.  Boards. 


Philadelphia  

...  581 

498 

4i5 

83 

4i5 

83 

83 

New  England  

93 

87 

80 

20 

86 

20 

20 

New  York  

114 

112 

63 

22 

124 

22 

22 

378 

324 

43  2 

54 

270 

54 

54 

Total  

..  1166 

102 1 

990 

179 

895 

179 

179 

2D  DISTRICT. 


North  Carolina  

674 

531 

631 

155 

649 

155 

i55 

..  665 

57o 

380 

95 

475 

95 

95 

Baltimore  

707 

606 

5o5 

IOI 

707 

IOI 

IOI 

Total  

2046 

1707 

1516 

35i 

1831 

351 

35i 

3D  DISTRICT. 


Ohio  

232 

194 

i37 

52 

194 

52 

52 

North  Ohio  

464 

372 

310 

62 

248 

62 

62 

Pittsburgh  

357 

306 

204 

5i 

255 

5i 

5i 

Total  

•  io53 

870 

651 

165 

697 

165 

165 

4TH  DISTRICT. 

294 

238 

254 

101 

707 

IOI 

IOI 

246 

235 

114 

46  ' 

228 

46 

46 

220 

207 

1 10 

47 

217 

47 

47 

116 

54 

45 

27 

in 

27 

27 

Total  ... 

876 

734 

523 

221 

1263 

221 

221 

5TH  DISTRICT. 


Rocky  Mountains  

98 

84 

70 

14 

70 

14 

14 

Missouri  

3i8 

238 

174 

58 

263 

58 

58 

Missouri,  North  

294 

178 

168 

60 

233 

60 

60 

Kansas  

327 

196 

186 

64 

310 

64 

64 

Indian   

65 

26 

39 

13 

78 

13 

13 

Total  

1 102 

722 

637 

209 

954 

209 

209 

ANALYSIS  OF  THE  A.    If.    E.  CHURCH. 


475 


6tk  district. 

Georgia  

Georgia,  North  

Macon.  Ga  

Alabama  

Alabama.  North  

Total  

JTH  DISTRICT. 

Columbia.  S.  C  

South  Carolina  

Florida   

Florida.  East  

Total  

8TH  DISTRICT. 

Mississippi   

Mississippi.  Ncrih  

Arkansas  

Arkansas,  South  

Arkansas.  West  

Total  

9TH  DISTRICT. 

Texas  

California  

Texas,  Northeast  

Texas.  Central  

Texas,  West ..  ...... 

Louisiana  

Louisiana,  North  

Total  

IOTH  DISTRICT. 

Kentucky  

Kentucky,  West  


tewards.  S 

tewardesses. 

Class 
Leaders. 

Official 
Boards. 

Trustees. 

-  is:  - i 

Trustee 
Boards. 

1471 

I560 

I264 

274 

T354 

274 

274 

990 

825 

660 

165 

165 

II94 

15  12 

1223 

214 

J359 

214 

214 

920 

882 

7o5 

882 

5 ;  2 

<6o 

368 

460 

02 

02 

4*36 

5249 

4240 



892 

4280 

892 

892 

!243 

I20I 

2 124 

259 

1420 

259 

259 

1139 

1262 

2043 

246 

1 176 

246 

246 

474 

595 

3i6 

79 

"79 

79 

633 

674 

614 

171 

620 

171 

171 

3439 

3532 

5157 

363r 

420 

240 

6c 

300 

60 

6c 

797 

853 

796 

164 

664 

164 

164 

484 

469 

428 

95 

461 

95 

95 

466 

4  / 0 

459 

125 

625 

125 

125 

43° 

437 

421 

105 

44i 

105 

105 

;597 

2529 

2344 

549 

2191 

549 

549 

255 

282 

188 

52 

36 

— r 

30S 

264 

220 

33G 

385 

22C 

444 

37° 

296 

392 

336 

224 

2  94 

2  z  2 

168 

2075      T9^5  x34c 


47 

235 

1 1 

11 

44 

264 

44 

44 

^  - 

275 

55 

55 

74 

370 

74 

74 

56 

280 

56 

56 

42 

210 

42 

42 

129 

1691 

329 

329 

385 


6d{ 


44" 
400 


476 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


Stewards.  Stewardesses. 

Class 
Leaders. 

Official 
Boards. 

Trustees. 

Sextons. 

Trustee 
Boards. 

Tennessee  

8^2 

692 

126 

^67 

126 

126 

Tennessee,  West 

642 

£  1  K 

428 

I07 

Do  J 

I07 

I07 

Total  

1857 

1918 

338 

1657 

338 

338 

IITH  DISTRICT. 

San  Domingo  

Ontario  

42 

30 

24 

6 

30 

6 

6 

Nova  Scotia  

49 

35 

28 

7 

35 

7 

7 

Bermuda  , 

56 

40 

32 

8 

40 

8 

8 

St.  Thomas  , 

7 

5 

4 

1 

5 

1 

1 

154 

no 

88 

22 

1 10 

22 

22 

RECAPITULATION. 

ist  District  

Il66 

1021 

990 

179 

895 

i79 

179 

2d  District  

2046 

1707 

1516 

35i 

1 83 1 

35i 

35i 

3d  District  

■•  io53 

870 

651 

165 

697 

165 

165 

4th  District  

876 

734 

523 

221 

1263 

221 

221 

5th  District  

722 

637 

209 

954 

209 

209 

fith  Dmfrirt 

..  4136 

5249 

4240 

892 

4280 

892 

892 

7th  District  

..  3489 

3532 

5i57 

755 

3631 

755 

755 

8th  District  

■•  2597 

2529 

2344 

549 

2191 

549 

549 

9th  District........... 

..  2075 

!925 

1340 

329 

1691 

329 

329 

1857 

1918 

338 

1657 

338 

338 

nth  District   

i54 

1 10 

88 

22 

1 10 

22 

22 

Total  

..  20,823 

20, 256 

19,404 

4010 

19,200 

4010 

4010 

ANALYSIS  OF  THE  A.    M.    E.  CHURCH. 


477 


TABLE  V  SUNDAY  SCHOOLS. 


1ST  DISTRICT. 

Sunday 
Schools- 

Officers. 

Teachers. 

Pupils. 

Volumes. 

Total 
Raised. 

.  98 

586 

709 

8,448 

18,656 

$ 

4,364 

XT              T"1         1  J 

New  England  

17 

88 

io5 

1,014 

3,664 

1,044 

26 

294 

130 

!>559 

O  zT 
3,863 

808 

New  JerseY  

62 

267 

289 

2. 370 

11,388 

1,298 

Total  

..  203 

I235 

I233 

i3?39i 

37,571 

$ 

7,605 

2D  DISTRICT. 

x5° 

/no 

7,370 

9,°63 

1,712 

_  _  c 

124 

~  CO 

368 

5.472 

7,292 

1,885 

Baltimore  

IOO 

128 

597 

7,454 

1 6, 161 

3-936 

Total  

356 

836 

^53 

20,302 

32, 5l6 

$ 

7,534 

3D  DISTRICT. 

Ohio  

.  46 

242 

249 

2,869 

3-936 

$ 

!,325 

62 

323 

312 

2,999 

7,466 

i,399 

Pittsburgh   

59 

329 

322 

2, 701 

9.469 

1,409 

Total  

..  167 

894 

883 

8,569 

20,871 

1 

4,  T34 

4-TH  DISTRICT. 

40 

235 

33° 

1,523 

2,165 

$ 

621 

3*7 

2-74 

53° 

5,891 

1,901 

..  52 

67 

120 

1,654 

3,572 

624 

28 

3° 

129 

!,!33 

2,932 

192 

Total  

••  x75 

649 

853 

4.840 

14.560 

$ 

3,34o 

5TH  DISTRICT. 

Rockv  Mountains... 

12 

51 

52 

403 

54o 

$ 

39° 

208 

219 

2,746 

4,610 

95° 

Missouri,  North. 

60 

37o 

264 

2-5!5 

4.009 

i,53i 

Kansas  

68 

304 

265 

3,158 

5,479 

1.790 

Indian  

15 

75 

60 

175 

239 

75 

Total  

1018 

860 

8,997 

14,877 

$ 

4,736 

478 


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6th  district.  S0ail 

Georgia   274 

North  Georgia   155 

Macon,  Ga   193 

Alabama   172 

Alabama,  North   34 

Total..   828 

7TH  DISTRICT. 

Columbia,  S.  C   281 

South  Carolina   240 

Florida   192 

East  Florida   75 

Total   788 

8TH  DISTRICT. 

Mississippi   no 

Mississippi,  North   167 

Arkansas   125 

Arkansas,  South   134 

Arkansas,  West   169 

Total   705 

9TH  DISTRICT. 

California   11 

Texas   54 

Texas,  Northeast   68 

Texas,  Central..   67 

Texas,  West   66 

Louisiana   69 

Louisiana,  North,   54 

Total  s   389 

IOTH  DISTRICT. 

Kentucky  ,.   60 

Kentucky,  West   31 


Officers. 

Teachers. 

Pupils. 

Volumes. 

Total 
Raised. 

880 

916 

12,225 

16,544 

$    2,42  2 

775 

945 

10,150 

9,53! 

1,291 

965 

L325 

11,969 

9,356 

2,270 

865 

662 

7,944 

7,  ^50 

1,450 

147 

204 

;.OQO 

S2^ 

I.08* 
J  O 

3632 

4052 

45,378 

49,406 

$  8,538 

1405 

1444 

16,  205 

15,069 

$  2,805 

1000 

1655 

20,440 

20,360 

I,133 

965 

1220 

9,l6l 

XI,352 

1 1,841 

375 

45° 

6,000 

7,650 

850 

374o 

4769 

51,806 

54,43! 

$16,629 

55° 

35° 

5^225 

6,35° 

$  95° 

751 

493 

7,122 

8,389 

1,3^7 

532 

409 

5,567 

8,647 

1  j  07  5 

641 

477 

5,625 

6,082 

L593 

444 

45° 

5,35° 

7,670 

850 

2918 

2179 

28,889 

37,^6 

$  5,733 

52 

51 

483 

L635 

4)  420 

178 

270 

^,68* 
0,  0 

4.,  2  ^0 

204 

191 

3,4i5 

3,768 

836 

335 

268 

3,95° 

4,268 

550 

33° 

264 

3,556 

3,95° 

550 

274 

198 

2,675 

2,694 

534 

250 

171 

2,195 

3,219 

411 

i523 

14*3 

19,945 

23,784 

$  3,55° 

267 

179 

2,527 

2,500 

$  800 

i'55 

180 

1,904 

2, 121 

1,900 

ANALYSIS  OF  THE  A.    M.    E.  CHURCH. 


479 


Sunday 
Schools. 

Officers. 

Teachers. 

Pupils. 

Volumes 

Total 
Raised. 

Tennessee   

.  142 

7IO 

704 

8,243 

10, 250 

$ 

^36l 

Tennessee,  West  

•  83 

415 

351 

4,055 

4,953 

1,785 

Total  

.  316 

1547 

1414 

16,729 

19,774 

$ 

4,846 

IITH  DISTRICT. 

Liberia  and  Africa... 

0 
6 

40 

48 

I50 

5°o 

$ 

2 

IO 

1 2 

I2K 

J 

0  j 

San  Domingo  

2 

IO 

12 

75 

275 

(  |n form 

u 

z  u 

24 

221 

79° 

3 

Nova  Scotia  

5 

3 

345 

345 

8 

9 

45 

103 

692 

565 

273 

St.  Thomas  

1 

10 

15 

I25 

35° 

Total 

•  31 

144 

217 

T    1  "7  "7 

1  j  73o 

1    T  1  C 

J ,    /  5 

2  84 

RECAPITULATION. 

.  203 

h235 

1,233 

!3,39! 

37,571 

$ 

7,605 

•  356 

836 

1,653 

20,302 

32, 5l6 

7,534 

,  167 

894 

883 

0  _  t~ 
8,569 

20,871 

4,i34 

•  175 

649 

853 

0  0 .  _ 
8, 840 

14,560 

3,34o 

5th  District  

212 

1,018 

860 

8,707 

14,877 

4,736 

.  828 

3,632 

4,052 

45,378 

49,4C6 

8,538 

.  788 

3,74o 

4,769 

51,806 

54,431 

16,629 

8th  District  

•  705 

2,918 

2,179 

28,889 

37,136 

5, 733 

9th  District  

•  389 

!,523 

1,413 

19,945 

23,784 

3,55° 

10th  District  

•  3l6 

i,547 

1,414 

16,  729 

19,774 

4,846 

1  ith  District  

•  31 

144 

217 

ivT33 

3,T75 

284 

Total   4170  20,135  19,803  223,073  325,626  $56,932 

Total  army  of  262,729 


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1ST  DISTRICT. 

Philadelphia  '  

New  England  

New  York  

New  Jersey  

Total  

2D  DISTRICT. 

North  Carolina  

Virginia  

Baltimore  

Total  

3D  DISTRICT. 

Ohio  

North  Ohio  

Pittsburgh  

Total  

4-TH  DISTRICT.  . 

Illinois   , 

Iowa   

Indiana  ........ 

Michigan  

Total  

5TH  DISTRICT. 

Rocky  Mountains... 

Missouri   

Missouri,  North  

Kansas  

Indian    

Total  


TABLE  VI  CHURCHES. 


No. 
Ch.urch.es. 

Valuation. 

No. 
Parsonage 

s. 

Valuation. 

Indebtedness. 

83  $ 

402,330 

14 

$ 

24,327 

$  88,000 

20 

I  78,  7OO 

7 

12. ^60 

2Q   13  2 

J 

250,400 

6 

10,  c;oo 

12,  ^08 

54 

I20,  200 

1 1 

9,38o 

19,441 

184  $ 

95I>63° 

38 

$ 

56,767 

$149,171 

1^  $ 

127, ^02 

17 

$ 

10, 004. 

$  6.QCK 
t      '-'5  yy  j 

s  D 

IQQ,  370 

28 

26,  OOO 

8,  qc;6 

IOI 

392^70 

26 

27,800 

83,425 

351  $ 

719,042 

7i 

$ 

64,794 

$  98,976 

55  ^ 

T  f\f\ 

i09,325 

1 2 

•P 

10,550 

$     a  coR 
4»  4,525 

°5 

2O0, 

1 2 

19, 500 

18,  224 

56 

I^O,  OOO 

7 

7,250 

!4,536 

176  $ 

525^25 

31 

$ 

37,3oo 

$  37,288 

49  $ 

174,555 

5 

$ 

1, 100 

$  3,559 

47 

274,300 

9 

5,55° 

4°,  743 

45 

210, 49 

24 

24,75° 

1 1 , 1 1 1 

29 

95,400 

1 0 

6,35° 

10,950 

173  $ 

750,745 

48 

$ 

37,75° 

$  66,363 

12  $ 

99,55° 

7 

$ 

5,55o 

$  25,000 

60 

212,175 

26 

!4,325 

28,43! 

62 

I  25,000 

23 

!o,550 

4,777 

64 

228,940 

28 

!9,o35 

20,735 

25 

5?950 

5,000 

223  $ 

67l,6l7 

84 

$ 

49,460 

$  83,943 

ANALYSIS  OF  THE  A.    M.    E.  CHURCH. 


6TH   DISTRICT.  chSShes. 

Georgia   274 

Georgia,  North   165 

Macon,  Ga   214 

Alabama   147 

Alabama,  North   92 

Total   892 

7TH  DISTRICT. 

Columbia,  S.  C   259 

South  Carolina   246 

Florida   79 

Florida,  East   171 

Total  .   755 

8TH  DISTRICT. 

Mississippi    70 

Mississippi,  North ...  170 

Arkansas   95 

Arkansas,  South   125 

Arkansas,  West   105 

Total   565 

9TH  DISTRICT. 

California    11 

Texas   47 

Texas.  Northeast   44 

Texas,  West   55 

Texas,  Central   74 

Louisiana    56 

Louisiana.  North   42 

Total  !   329 

101  H  DISTRICT. 

Kentucky   55 

Kentucky,  West   50 


Valuation. 

No. 
Parsonages. 

Valuation. 

Indebtedness. 

$  152,400 

53  $ 

I7?o85 

$  6,OOI 

I54,795 

29 

9o21 

I  I.67O 

245-344 

50 

21.300 

I2.8l8 

108,895 

14 

5-97o 

5,3*4 

85. 700 

9 

2,500 

4.350 

3  737>T34 

160  $ 

56.376 

$  40.153 

$ 

I97.924 

54 

$ 

27.920 

227.422 

62 

3^067 

75,000 

26 

13,000 

T08.605 

31 



19.850 

$ 

608,949 

173 

$ 

91-833 

$ 

75.OOO 

20 

$ 

5. 500 

136,061 

25 

6,820 

90,370 

26 

2.35o 

79,220 

22 

7-45° 

67,680 

20 


5.25o 

$ 

438-336 

"3 

$ 

27.37o 

65,800 

6 

$ 

4,5oo 

56.015 

8 

7.525 

58,295 

16 

4-643 

67,848 

12 

5,2 10 

10 

5.250 

43o2° 

1 1 

5-9J4 

25.284 

7 

1,850 

$ 

431-887 

60 

$ 

36,892 

$ 

81,500 

19 

$ 

7,525 

79-640 

8 

3.185 

482 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


No.  No. 

Churches.  Valuation.      Parsonages.    Valuation.  Indebtedness. 


Tennessee   125    $    207,132      23    $  11,500 

Tennessee,  West   107         128,975      10  2,210 


Total   337  $   497,247  60  $  24,420 

IITH  DISTRICT. 

Haytian   1  $       5,500  ...  $   

San  Domingo   1  2,500   

Ontario   6  14,000  2  4,000 

Nova  Scotia    7  6,000  1  1,000 

Bermuda   8  31,865  1  1,500 

St.  Thomas   1  3,5°°  1  1,200 

Total   24  $     63,265  5  $  7,700 


RECAPITULATION. 


i  st  District  

184  : 

£  95I,63° 

38 

$  56,757 

$149,171 

2d  District  

••••  35i 

7 19,042 

71 

64,794 

98,976 

3d  District  

  176 

525,625 

31 

37, 3°° 

37,288 

4th  District  

....  173 

75°,745 

48 

37,75° 

223 

671,617 

84 

49,46o 

83,943 

6th  District  

89^2 

737,134 

160 

56,376 

40,153 

7  th  District  

755 

608. 949 

i73 

9^833 

8th  District  

■•v.  565 

438,336 

rI3 

27,370 

9th  District  

329 

431,887 

60 

36,892 

••••  337 

497,247 

60 

24,420 

1  ith  District  

24 

63,265 

5 

7,700 

Total  

4009  • 

56,395,477 

843 

$490,652 

$475,894 

ANALYSIS  OF  THE  A.    M.    E.  CHURCH. 


483 


TABLE  VII. 

1ST   DISTRICT.                                            Grand  Total  Raised.  Grand  Total  Valuation. 

Philadelphia   $     89,125  06   

New  England   12,783  37   

New  York   20,840  00   

New  Jersey   34,64000   


Total   $    157,38843  $1,008.397  00 

2D  DISTRICT. 

Baltimore   $  125,64964   

Virginia    30,002  38   

North  Carolina   39,219  66   

Total   $    194,87168  $  783,73600 

3D  DISTRICT. 

Ohio  .   $     25,285  27   

North  Ohio    21,109  10   

Pittsburgh   36,11933   

Total   $     82,513  60  $    562,925  00 

4.TH  DISTRICT. 

Illinois   $     31,648  77   

Iowa   28,040  01   

Indiana   27, 706  08   

Michigan    *3>437  35   

Total   -15    100,832  21  $    788,495  00 

5TH  DISTRICT. 

Rocky  Mountains   $     I7;°3°  00   

Missouri   45,14300   

Missouri,  North..'   34, 724  00   

Kansas   28,417  00   

Indian   2,150  00   

Total   $    127,46400  $  721,07700 


484 


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6TH   DISTRICT.  Grand  Total  Raised.  Grand  Total  Valuation . 

Georgia   $     59,719  80   

North  Georgia   49,854  08   

Macon,  Ga    67,847  37   

Alabama   29,43r  7°   

Alabama,  North   18,55060   

Total   $    226,40355  $  793,51000 

7TH  DISTRICT. 

Columbia,  S.  C   $     68,649  49  $    225,842  00 

South  Carolina                                    49,742  40  259,342  00 

Florida                                              30,626  00  56,000  00 

Florida,  East                                       62,90840  127,00000 

Total   $    211,92629  $  668,18400 

8th  district. 

Mississippi    $     35,650  00   

Mississippi,  North   4^459  93   

Arkansas    20,991  00   

Arkansas,  South   30,43600    

Arkansas,  West   3T,994  00   

Total   $    160,53093  *  465,70500 

9TH  district. 

California   $  3,80400   

Texas   16,506  00   

Texas,  Northeast   20, 705  86   

Texas,  Central   23,416  00   

Texas,  West   16,238  54   

Louisiana   21,401  46   

Louisiana,  North   15,19341   

Total   $    167,26532  $  465,77900 

IOTH  DISTRICT. 

Kentucky   $  25,15600   

Kentucky,  West   15,74000   


ANALYSIS  OF   THE  A.    M.    E.  CHURCH. 


485 


Grand  Total  Raised.  Grand  Total  Valuation . 

Tennessee   $     41,250  00   

Tennessee,  West   16.17300   


Total  

  $  98;3i9 

00 

$ 

497,247 

00 

IITH  DISTRICT. 

Ha  vtian  

S.m  Domingo     

Ontario  

  $  2,981 

00 

$ 

18,000 

00 

Nova  Scotia  

  3i8 

00 

6,500 

00 

OO 

3,365 

00 

St.  Thomas  

Total  

  $  5,899 

OO 

$ 

27,865 

00 

RECAPITULATION. 

1st  District.  Turner  

  $  157,388' 

43 

•fi, 008,397 

00 

2d  District.  Campbell... 

  194,871 

68 

783.736 

00 

3d  District.  Pavne  

  82,513 

60 

562.925 

00 

4th  District.  Brown  

  IOO.832 

2 1 

788.495 

00 

  127,464 

00 

721.077 

00 

6th  District.  Gaines  

  226,403 

55 

793-510 

00 

7th  District.  Arnett   

  2II5926 

29 

668,184 

00 

8th  District.  Disney  

  160,530 

93 

465.705 

00 

  167,265 

32 

465.779 

00 

10th  District.  Wavman.. 

  98,3^ 

00 

497,247 

00 

nth  District.  Tanner  ... 

  5,899 

00 

27.865 

00 

Total 


$i,533,4U  01 


$6. 782,920  00 


486 


QUARTO   CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


Districts. 

Appoint- 
ments. 

Total 
Support. 

Average 
Support. 

Pres. 
Elders. 

Total 
Support. 

Average 
Support. 

First  

169  ; 

$  63,528 

00 

$  375  9o 

9 

$   4,386  OO 

$487  33 

Second. ... 

..  220 

54,3°9 

00 

251  40 

13 

9,  22  I  OO 

709  30 

Third  ,  ., 

.  112 

44, 228 

00 

394  89 

25 

1,039  70 

4i  58 

Fourth  

161 

53,473 

00 

322  13 

7 

4,244  OO 

606  28 

Fifth 

T70 

61,183 

00 

365  00 

37 

1,834  94 

482  60 

Sixth  

..  516 

112,277 

00 

217  57 

27 

22,888  00 

847  7o 

Seventh... 

..  421 

102,195 

28 

242  74 

20 

19,796  74 

989  83 

Eighth  ,.. 

.  271 

49,799 

00 

^3  5° 

19 

12,864  00 

677  05 

Ninth  ■  

•  152 

25,051 

00 

165  80 

16 

8,367  65 

523  5o 

Tenth  . 

•  546 

46,763 

00 

199  04 

14 

9,763  00 

697  35 

Eleventh. . 

.  49 

6,761 

00 

138  00 

8 

771  00 

96  00 

TOTAL  AMOUNT  RAISED  FOR  ALL  PURPOSES  FOR  YEAR  1889 


Amount  Raised  Annually  $1,483,353  09 

Average  Amount  per  Month   123,617  50 

Average  Amount  per  Week   30,904  37 

Average  per  Day    4,120  58 

Average  per  Hour    171  75 

Average  per  Minute   28  65 

Average  per  Second   44to  cts 

NUMBER  OF  BUILDINGS  AND  VALUE. 

Number  of  Church  Buildings   4009 

Valuation  of  all  Churches  $6,782,920  00 

Average  per  Church   J,594  28 

Number  of  Parsonages   853 

Valuation   490,652  00 

Average  value  per  Parsonage   569  12 

RECAPITULATION  OF  VALUATIONS. 

Total  Value  of  Church  Buildings  $6,782,920  00 

Total  Value  of  Parsonages   490,652  00 

Total  Value  of  School  Property   375,000  00 


Grand  Total  Valuation  for  1889   $7,648,572  00 


ANALYSIS  OF  THE  A.    M.    E.  CHURCH. 


487 


The  number  of  meetings  held  annually  by  the  African  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  in  the  transactions  of  its  business  as  reported  for  the 
year  ending  May  1,  1890,  by  Bishop  B.  W.  Arnett,  D.  D. 

No.  of  Annual  Conferences  by  Bishop   50 

No.  of  District  Conferences  by  P.  E   203 

No.  of  Sunday  School  Institutes  "  203 

No.  of  Quarterly  Conferences   10.664 

No.  of  Official  Board  Meetings   63,984 

No.  of  Trustee  Board  Meetings   48. 108 

No.  of  Class  Meetings  per  Week   19.404 

No.  of  Class  Meetings  per  Year   1.009,008 

No.  of  Public  Services  per  Sunday   8,018 

No.  of  Public  Services  per  Year   416,416 

No.  of  Sunday  School  Services  per  iSunday   4-IJ5 

No.  of  Sunday  School  Services  per  Year   217,000 

No.  of  Prayer  Meetings  per  Week   4,009 

No.  of  Prayer  Meetings  per  Year   208,468 

Grand  total  of  meetings  held  in  1  year  by  A.  M.  E.  Church.  ..2, 009, 710 


GENERAL   RECAPITULATION  OF   OFFICERS   AND   MEMBERS   FOR    1 889. 

No.  of  Bishops   n    Ex-Consul  to  San  Domingo  i 

General  Officers   7    Agt.  Publishing  Deparmrt  2 

Presiding  Elders   203    Assistant  Editor   1 

Traveling  Elders   l^93    Agt.  Missionary  Society...  2 

Traveling  Deacons   699    Professors  of  Colleges   75 

Traveling  Preachers   597    Local  Preachers   6,209 

Local  Deacons    358    Exhorters   3*443 

Local  Elders   189    Stewards   20,827 

Superannuated  Preachers..      129    Stewardesses   20,256 

Recorder  Land  Office, U.S.  1    Class  Leaders   19,404 

President  ol  Colleges   7    Probationers   56,680 

Secretary  Haytian Legation         1    Full  Members  370,796 

Minister  to  Liberia,  Africa  1   

Grand  Total,  1888-89  501,592 


488 


QUARTO  CENTENNIAL  CONFERENCE. 


THE  DEVELOPING  POWEK  OF  THE  A.  M.  E,  CHURCH, 


AS    SEEN    IN    ITS    WORKING    ORGANIZATIONS,  ITS  REVOLVING  PARTS, 
AND    RESPONSIBILITY    TO    SUBORDINATES  AND  GENERAL 
HEADS,  FROM  MEMBERS  TO  THE  BISHOPS, 

THE    EXAMINATION    OF    THE    CHARACTER    OF    THE    WORK    AND  THE 
WORKMAN,    WEEKLY,   QUARTERLY,    ANNUALLY  AND 
QUADRENNIALLY. 


THE  BISHOPS— EPISCOPAL  SUPERVISION. 

The  Bishops  preside  over  the  fifty  Annual  Conferences  of  the 
connection,  which  are  composed  of  203  Presiding  Elders,  1693  Trav- 
eling Elders,  699  Traveling  Deacons,  597  Traveling  Preachers,  129 
Superannuated  Preachers,  222  Local  Elders,  making  a  total  of  3543. 

Each  Annual  Conference  has  its  work  laid  off  by  the  General 
Conference.  There  are  twenty-seven  distinct  questions  to  be  answered 
by  each  minister  in  making  his  Annual  Report,  or  27X50=1350  ques- 
tions each  year,  and  recorded  and  published  in  the  Journals,  which 
makes  about  4100  pages  of  printed  matter. 

The  time  was  when  it  was  hard  to  get  some  one  to  record  the 
minutes  of  an  Annual  Conference,  but  now  we  have  no  trouble  in 
getting  Secretaries  competent  to  do  the  work. 

Each  Annual  Conference  has  five  Committees  for  the  examination 
of  candidates  for  admission  and  in  the  studies  which  they  pursue  for 
four  years.  Thus  we  have  fifty  Committees,  composed  of  250  of  the 
most  intelligent  men  in  the  Conference,  who  act  as  professors  and 
teachers  to  our  Conferences. 

The  course  of  study  pursued  is  that  which^is  given  by  Methodist 
bodies,  embracing  Science,  Philosophy,  History,  Homiletics,  Pastoral 
and  Dogmatic  Theology. 

Each  Annual  Conference  has  a  Committee  on  Christian  Temper- 
ance.   Fifty  Committees  of  five  each,  or  250  men,  who  study  this  im- 


DIVINITY  HIGH  SCHOOL,  JACKSONVILLE,  FLORIDA, 
(Edward  Waters  College.) 
Benjamin  W.  Arnett,  Jr,,  B.  A.,  President. 


REV.  JOHN  H.  W.  BUR  LEY, 
First  Financial  Secretary  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church.     1872  to  1877. 


REV.  HENRY  J.  YOUNG, 
General  Business  Manager,  1871-72, 


REV.  JOHN  A.  WARREN, 
Elected  Gen'l  Business  Manager,  1864,  Resign 


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portant  subject  m  all  its  relation?,  and  present  to  the  Conference  such 
facts  as  will  assist  the  minister  in  his  fight  against  the  evil. 

At  each  Annual  Session  the  Conference  has  a  Committee  on 
Education,  composed  of  five  of  the  most  intelligent  men  of  the  Con- 
ference, or  250  men  who  study  how  to  educate  the  head,  hand  and 
heart. 

Fifty  Committees  and  250  men  study  the  Cause  of  Christian  Mis- 
sion— Home  and  Foreign.  We  have  fifty  Missionary  Mass  Meetings 
annually,  which  give  at  least  150  men  an  opportunity  of  presenting 
the  work  of  the  Church.  At  these  meetings  the  people  learn  to  con- 
tribute of  their  means  to  the  support  of  the  Gospel. 

Fifty  Committees  in  as  many  Annual  Conferences,  composed  of 
250  men,  report  on  the  Bible  Cause,  presenting  such  facts  and  figures 
as  the  American  Bible  Society  furnishes,  advocating  an  open  Bible 
and  a  living  ministry  as  the  agencies  for  the  conversion  of  the  world. 

•  Childhood  Training,  or  the  Sunday  School  Cause,  is  studied  by 
Committees  in  each  Conference  and  put  on  record  what  the  Sunday 
school  has  done  and  is  doing  for  the  moral  and  religious  training  of 
the  rising  generation.  It  is  very  gratifying  to  know  that  our  Church 
has  4170  Sunday  schools.  20.130  officers.  19.803  teachers,  225.000 
pupils,  or  an  army  of  267.103. 

Our  Sunday  school  population  is  about  three  to  each  one  in  the 
school,  or  we  have  791,121  children  at  home,  or  we  have  a  grand 
total  at  home  and  in  school  of  1,054.828  children  who  depend  upon 
our  school  teachers  for  their  moral  and  religious  training.  This  will 
give  some  conception  of  the  army  led  by  Dr.  C.  S.  Smith.  He  is 
furnishing  food  for  them.  He  is  doing  what  no  other  organization  of 
colored  people  is  doing :  he  "is  not  only  raising  the  food  but  grinding 
food  planted  by  our  own  hands,  in  our  own  fields,  cultivated  by  our 
own  men.  harvested  by  our  own  hands,  carried  to  our  own  mills,  from 
our  own  barns ;  it  is  ground  by  our  own  engine,  run  by  our  own  sons. 
So  you  see  it  is  our  from  beginning  to  end. 

Again,  each  Annual  Conference  has  a  Committee  on  Sabtath 
Observance.  In  their  report  they  take  a  high  stand,  and  are  march- 
ing side  by  side  with  the  Orthodox  Churches  in  demanding  an  Ameri- 
can, instead  of  a  French,  Spanish,  German,  or  even  English  Sabbath. 

The  Committee  on  State  of  the  Church  is  composed  of  250  men, 

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who  walk  about  the  walls  of  Zion  and  note  her  progress  and  develop- 
ment as  seen  from  within  and  without. 

The  Committees  on  State  of  the  Country  examine  the  political, 
social  and  financial  condition  of  the  country,  and  take  special  interest 
in  the  condition  of  the  colored  people. 

The  question  of  Moral  Purity  and  God  in  the  Constitution  are 
finding  friends  and  strong  advocates  in  our  Conferences,  and  we  ex- 
pect much  good  to  be  accomplished  by  the  efforts  of  our  ministers. 

The  Annual  Conferences  have  original  and  appellant  jurisdiction 
over  the  ministers.  The  moral  and  religious  character  of  each  min- 
ister is  passed  upon  in  public  by  his  associates.  He  also  is  responsi- 
ble to  the  Annual  Conference  for  his  official  conduct.  This  brings 
the  conduct  of  our  ministers  to  a  greater  test  than  any  other  denomin- 
ation not  Methodist. 

The  principle  of  Methodism  is  work  and  examination  of  the  work- 
men, as  well  as  the  work.  The  Quarterly  Conference  examines  each 
and  every  member  once  in  every  three  months,  and  passes  upon  their 
moral,  religious  and  official  character. 

The  members  of  the  Church  have  weekly  examinations,  either  in 
class  meeting  or  official  board. 

The  Bishops  have  to  pass  an  examination  before  the  General 
Conference  every  four  years  ;  thus  a  general  supervision  is  exercised 
by  Bishop,  Presiding  Elder  and  preacher. 

PRESIDING  ELDER'S  RESPONSIBILITY. 

The  Presiding  Elders  are  a  very  important  part  of  the  machinery 
of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  or  in  fact  all  churches. 
No  Methodist  Church  is  complete  in  its  organization  without  an  inte'b 
ligent.  active  and  energetic  Presiding  Elder.  Our  Church  is  fast 
coming  to  the  point  of  making  the  office  universal  and  not  optional. 
Only  a  few  Conferences  now  are  without  them.  I  will  present  the 
following  facts  to  illustrate  the  responsibility  attached  to  the  office. 

We  have  in  all  the  Annual  Conferences  203  Presiding  Elders. 
Each  Presiding  Elder  presides  at  one  District  Meeting  annually.  The 
membership  of  the  district  meeting  will  average  five  persons  from  the 
4009  churches,  or  a  total  membership  of  20,045.  Important  questions 
are  discussed  by  the  members.    The  general  work  of  the  district  is  re- 


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viewed.  The  material,  religious,  social  and  educational  interests  of 
the  people  are  reviewed. 

The  Presiding  Elders  hold  203  Sunday  School  Institutes,  which 
will  average  two  members  from  each  of  the  4009  churches,  or  a  total 
membership  of  8018  members. 

In  these  Institutes  questions  in  relation  to  the  Lesson  System,  the 
manner  of  teaching,  the  methods  of  organization,  how  to  hold  the 
young  people  in  the  Sunday  school — all  are  reviewed.  The  Presid- 
ing Elder  is  supposed  to  be  the  principal  teacher,  or  at  least  to  direct 
the  business  and  to  encourage  the  instruction  in  these  schools  of  nor- 
mal training. 

One  of  the  principle  advantages  of  these  Institutes  is  that  it 
employs  the  unemployed  talent,  and  gives  an  opportunity  for  young  men 
and  young  women  to  train  themselves  in  the  methods  of  conducting 
organizations.  They  are  made  Presidents,  Vice  Presidents,  Secreta- 
ries and  Chairman  of  Committees,  and  therefore  have  to  make  reports 
and  prepare  the  minutes  for  the  press. 

The  A.  M.  E.  Church  presents  a  wider  field  in  this  respect  than 
any  other  organization  on  the  American  Continent.  Just  think,  each 
of  the  Sunday  School  Institutes  has  a  President,  that  gives  us  203  Presi- 
dents; then  two  Vice  Presidents,  that  makes  406  Vice  Presidents  : 
two  Secretaries  for  each  body,  which  makes  406  Secretaries;  one 
Treasurer  for  each,  makes  203  Treasurers,  or  a  total  of  1208  officers  to 
man  our  Institutes,  all  under  the  control  of  Presiding  Elders. 

The  Presiding  Elder  holds  the  Quarterly  Meetings  and  the  Quar- 
terly Conferences  on  each  station,  circuit  or  mission  once  every  three 
months.  We  have  2666  appointments,  each  of  which  has  one  Quar- 
terly Conference.  This  will  give  us  2666  Quarterly  Conferences  even- 
three  months,  or  10,664  eacn  vear-  The  tota^  membership  of  the 
Quarterly  Conferences  for  the  year  1889  was  as  follows: 


Local  Preachers   6,209 

Exhorters   3?  443 

Stewards   20,923 

Stewardesses   20,256 

Class  Leaders   i9>4°9 


Total  70,240 


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Thus  it  will  be  seen  what  numbers  are  to  be  instructed  in  Church 
Polity  and  Law  by  the  Presiding  Elder. 

In  each  Quarterly  Conference  there  are  twenty-five  questions 
asked  by  the  Presiding  Elder  and  must  be  answered  by  the  members. 
Thus  you  see  that  the  Presiding  Elders  ask  66,650  questions  every 
quarter  to  our  Conferences,  making  a  grand  total  of  questions  asked 
in  one  year  by  the  Presiding  Elders  in  all  the  Conferences  of  266,600 
questions,  and  require  266,600  answers,  making  a  total  of  533,200 
questions  and  answers  in  our  Quarterly  Conferences. 

It  requires  2666  Secretaries  to  record  the  doings  of  these  Quar- 
terly Conferences,  and  to  the  credit  of  the  Church  be  it  said  that  more 
than  four-fifths  of  all  the  Conferences  furnish  competent  men  to  record 
their  doings. 

THE  PASTOR'S  WORK. 

The  preacher,  the  minister,  the  pastor,  the  parson  are  some  of  the 
appellations  given  to  the  person  who  has  charge  of  the  moral  and  re- 
ligious training  of  a  congregation  of  men  and  women.  One  who  is 
authorized  to  administer  the  Sacraments  of  Baptism  and  the  Lord's 
Supper.  Beside  these,  in  the  Methodist  Church  he  has  the  charge  of 
our  stations,  circuits  and  missions,  of  which  we  have  2666.  They  are 
scattered  in  every  State  and  territory  of  the  Union.  It  is  the  pastor's 
duty  to  preside  over  the  2666  Official  Boards  which  meet  in  cities 
once  a  week;  in  the  country  every  two  weeks,  or  an  average  Board 
Meeting  every  month  of  5332  ;  or  the  number  of  Board  Meetings 
every  year  in  the  African  M.  E.  Church  is  63,984.  At  each  meeting 
there  are  ten  distinct  orders  of  business  that  must  be  attended  to,  be- 
side looking  after  those  who  walk  disorderly  and  will  not  be  reproved. 
Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  in  the  Official  Boards  there  are  639,840  dis- 
tinct items  of  business.  It  is  hard  to  conceive  of  the  developing  power 
that  the  work  of  our  Church  affords  to  the  race. 

The  pastor  is  the  President  of  our  Trustee  Boards,  of  which  we  have 
one  for  each  Church  or  organization.  Having  4009  churches,  we 
have  4009  Trustee  Boards.  Last  year  we  had  19,916  trustees.  Now, 
if  each  of  the  Trustee  Boards  meet  once  a  month  we  have  4009  Trustee 
Meetings,  or  48,108  meetings  every  year  to  attend  to  the  church  prop- 
erty and  the  temporal  concerns  of  the  Church.    The  estimated  value 


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of  these  4009  churches  is  $6, 782,920.  but  the  true  value  is  not  less 
than  $10,391,577. 

These  trustees  also  hold  in  trust  the  homes  of  the  preachers,  or 
the  parsonages.  We  have  853  of  them  with  an  estimated  value  of 
$490,652.  But  if  we  include  the  furniture  and  other  appointments 
the  value  would  be  not  less  than  $550,460,  making  a  total  estimated 
value  of  property  held  in  trust  by  our  trustees,  and  supervised  by  the 
pastor,  of  $7, 273,752,  or  a  real  value  of  $10, 942,037. 

These  trustees  have  control  of  the  chattel  property.  They,  have 
not  less  than  1200  organs,  ranging  in  value  from  .$50  to  $10,000.  If 
the  organs  that  are  owned  by  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  were  put  in  line, 
spacing  them  2j^  miles  apart,  they  would  reach  from  Boston,  Mass., 
to  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

But  on  the  churches  they  control  there  are  at  least  1500  bells,  and 
if  they  were  placed  two  miles  apart  they  would  reach  from  the  Atlantic 
to  the  Pacific.  They  would  be  so  close  to  each  other  that  when  the 
first  bell  sent  out  its  molten  notes,  it  would  be  taken  up  by  each  suc- 
ceeding bell  and  borne  from  ocean  to  ocean,  without  breaking  a  sound 
or  losing  a  note,  and  the  praise  of  God  would  be  borne  on  the  wave 
sound  over  prairie  and  mountain  until  it  was  lost  in  the  depths  of  the 
Pacific.  My  friends,  have  you  ever  thought  of  the  fact  that  the  A. 
M.  E.  Church  has  more  bells,  choirs  and  organs  than  all  of  the  other 
Xegro  churches  put  together. 

It  is  the  business  of  the  preachers  and  trustees  to  care  for  the 
church  property.  It  requires  4009  sextons  to  care  for  our  property. 
Thus  it  is  seen  they  have  a  thousand  more  than  Peter  received  in  the 
Church  on  the  Day  of  Penticost.  If  our  sextons  were  stationed  a  mile 
apart,  beginning  with  San  Francisco,  they  would  measure  the  Ameri- 
can Continent  from  West  to  East,  and  be  stationed  a  thousand  miles 
on  the  bosom  of  the  Atlantic,  or  if  we  were  to  start  them  a  mile  apart 
from  London,  they  would  span  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  and  reach  to  the 
city  of  Chicago  on  their  way  westward. 

DEPARTMENT  COMMANDERS. 

Allow  me  to  call  your  attention  to  our  Department  Commanders 
or  Secretaries.  They  have  been  commissioned  by  the  Church  to 
supervise  their  several  departments.    The  Publication  Department  is 


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the  oldest  of  the  departments.  It  had  at  its  head  Joseph  M.  Corr,  and 
his  successors  have  been  men  of  ability,  as  well  as  courage.  The 
present  encumbent,  the  Rev.  Dr.  J.  C.  Embry,  is  doing  a  grand  work, 
transacting  a  business  ranging  from  $15,000  to  $20,000  annually,  and  has 
published  a  number  of  books  of  the  race,  so  that  we  have  a  long  list 
of  the  books  containing  the  best  thought  of  the  race  and  the  Church, 
for  which  he  has  the  thanks  of  the  great  and  good  of  the  race. 

Dr.  B.  F.  Lee,  the  distinguished  Editor  of  the  Recorder,  is  doing 
a  great  work.  He  talks  weekly  through  his  5000  papers  to  5000  fami- 
lies, or  20,000  papers  are  sent  out  every  month  or  240,000  every  year. 
If  we  allow  each  paper  to  have  five  readers,  there  would  be  1,200,000 
readers  every  year;  and,  no  doubt,  each  one  will  receive  ten  new 
thoughts  which  will  add  to  the  stock  of  information  of  the  race 
12,000,000  thoughts  every  year.  What  a  wonderful  source  of  infor- 
mation and  moral  and  religious  power  is  the  Christian  Press. 

Dr.  M.  E.  Bryant,  Editor  of  the  Southern  Recorder,  talks  through 
his  2500  papers  every  week,  or  10,006  every  month  and  120,000  every 
year.  Allowing  him  five  readers  for  each  paper,  he  has  an  audience 
of  600,000  men,  women  and  children  who  listen  to  him,  receive  his 
counsel  and  advi-ce,  have  their  faith  made  strong,  their  hopes  brightened 
and  their  life  made  useful  and  bright  by  the  influence  of  his  paper. 

Dr.  J.  E.  Haynes,  in  the  Charleston  Recorder,  talks  to  1000 
subscribers  each  week,  4000  papers  are  sent  out  on  their  mission  of 
peace  and  good  will  every  month,  and  48,000  every  year  find  their 
way  to  the  home  of  some  one  who  needs  aid  and  assistance.  Allow- 
ing five  persons  to  each  paper,  he  has  an  audience  of  220,000  persons. 
What  a  responsibility — 220,000  persons  to  furnish  with  mental  food. 

Rev.  Dr.  C.  P.  Nelson  and  Presiding  Elder  S.  H.  Jefferson  and 
others  are  doing  a  good  work  in  sending  out  the  Palmetto  Gleaner,  of 
South  Carolina.  It  enters  1000  homes  every  week  and  makes  4000 
visits  per  month  or  48,000  every  year,  and  every  time  it  comes  ladened 
with  information  from  the  East  and  from  the  West,  bearing  messages 
of  hope  from  the  cotton  field  and  the  rice  swamp ;  bearing  the  songs 
from  the  Congaree  to  the  valleys  of  the  Santee.  Long  may  the  Pal- 
metto wave  over  the  land  of  the  free  and  the  home  of  the  brave. 

Rev.  Dr.  L.  J.  Coppin,  Editor  of  the  Review,  sends  out  3000  copies 
of  128  pages  each  every  three  months  in  the  year,  making  12,000 


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copies  per  year  of  512  pages  each,  or  6.144.000  pages,  containing  the 
best  thought  of  the  best  thinkers  of  the  race.  It  is  the  repository  of 
the  richest  thoughts  of  the  modern  Negro  of  three  Continents. 

No  other  Church  Review  furnishes  so  much  thought  for  so  small 
a  price  as  does  the  A.  M.  E.  Review.  If  each  Review  has  five  readers, 
that  would  give  it  a  population  of  60,000,  but  it  has  more,  not  less 
than  ten  persons  read  each  Review;  120,000  persons  are  informed 
and  instructed  by  its  editor.  This  periodical  goes  among  the  teachers 
and  preachers  of  the  country,  and  is  the  teacher  of  the  teachers,  the 
leader  of  the  leaders. 

The  next  and  important  branch  is  the  Sabbath  School,  presided 
over  by  Dr.  Charles  S.  Smith,  who  has  under  his  control  and  direction, 
as  Secretary  of  the  Sunday  School  Union  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church. 
4170  Sunday  schools,  which  have  20,135  officers,  19,803  teachers, 
223,073  Sunday  school  pupils,  325,626  volumes  in  library;  spent  last 
year  to  carry  on  its  own  work.  $56,941.95  on  262,729  persons.  An 
army  larger  than  that  commandedby  Washington,  larger  than  the  one  that 
followed  Hannibal  across  the  Alps,  or  larger  than  the  victorious  army 
of  Scipio  Africanus  that  conquered  Carthage  and  saved  Rome.  But 
the  papers,  the  Lesson  leaves,  that  are  sent  out  from  our  own  house 
are  giving  us  an  education  of  respect  and  faith  in  each  other  such  as 
no  other  Church  is  doing.  For  every  child  in  the  Sunday  school  we 
have  three  at  home,  which  gives  us  a  reserve  corps  of  788,796,  making 
a  total  of  1,051,728  who  are  to  be  taught  their  duty  to  themselves,  to 
their  neighbor,  to  their  country,  to  their  God. 

The  educational  forces  of  our  Church  are  under  the  control  and 
supervision  of  Dr.  W.  D.  Johnson,  of  Athens,  Ga.  We  have  23 
schools,  colleges  and  universities,  88  professors,  a  large  majority  of 
them  of  our  own  race  and  our  own  training,  with  3000  students  in  our 
walls  pursuing  their  studies  ;  making  preparations  for  future  usefulness, 
to  fill  places  of  trust,  honor  and  emolument  when  called  on  by  Provi- 
dence, the  race  or  the  country. 

The  people  are  doing  more  for  the  cause  of  edu  ration  than  ever 
before.  The  amount  of  money  furnished  for  the  support  of  the 
students  in  our  institutions  was  $43,000,  and  the  average  expense  to 
each  student  for  the  college  year  was  not  less  than  $100,  which  would 
make  $300,000,  or  a  total  to  the  school  and  support  of  not  less  than 


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$343,000.  All  this  has  been  laid  upon  the  altar  for  race  elevation  in  the 
African  M.  E.  Church  in  one  year.  Then  there  are  persons  who  as- 
sume to  say  that  we  are  not  doing  any  thing  for  our  own  training,  but 
in  every  State,  and  in  every  institute,  we  have  many  noble  men  and 
women  who  are  acting  well  their  part  in  the  grand  struggle  for  race 
elevation.  We  believe  that  no  organization  is  doing  more  than  the 
A.  M.  E.  Church  to  cultivate  a  pride  in  family,  race  and  country. 

Rev.  Dr.  William  B.  Derrick,  the  successor  of  Rev.  Dr.  Town- 
send,  is  hard  at  work  trying  to  make  his  department  what  it  ought  to 
be.  Our  work  is  extended  from  East  to  West,  and  from  North  to 
South. 

Bishop  Ward,  who  has  charge  of  the  Indian  work,  is  making  it  a 
success.  He  is  bringing  the  Negro  Indians  into  our  schools,  day  and 
Sunday.  He  has  unfurled  our  banner  in  the  new  territory  of  Oklahoma. 
Rev.  B.  F.  Watson  is  the  Presiding  Elder  and  marched  on  with  the 
advanced  guards  of  emigration,  and  whenever  the  standard  of  civiliza- 
tion was  lifted  up  he  planted  the  standard  of  Manhood  Christianity  as 
represented  by  the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  Hood  is  marching  at  the  head 
of  the  army  in  the  West  Indies,  and  where  once  the  forces  of  President 
Boyer  guarded  the  Temple  of  West  Indian  Liberty,  the  forces  of  Allen 
are  moving  on  and  opening  the  prison  so  that  the  people  may  be  lib- 
erated from  Catholicism,  ignorance  and  superstition. 

Astwood,  the  Consul  of  the  United  States  government,  is  leading 
a  detachment  of  our  army  c  ver  the  ground  where  once  Tousant,  the 
great  soldier,  marshaled  his  host  in  defence  of  the  liberty  of  the  body,  the 
banner  of  African  Methodism  has  been  unfurled,  and  the  people  have 
seen  its  beauty  and  have  fallen  in  love  with  our  motto,  and  from  one 
cape  to  the  other  may  be  heard  the  words  of  our  fathers,  "  God  our 
Father,  Christ  our  Redeemer,  and  Man  our  Brother." 

Frederick  is  marching  at  the  head  of  a  division  in  Siera  Leone, 
Africa.  He  has  pushed  on  toward  the  outer  darkness,  and  has  been 
received  with  favor  by  the  King  and  Council.  Ground  has  been 
given,  a  house  has  been  erected,  a  teacher  has  been  selected,  pupils 
have  been  gathered  and  the  work  of  mind  training  has  been  begun 
and  will  continue  until  the  cloud  that  hangs  like  a  pall  of  death  over 
the  millions  has  been  driven  away  by  the  illuminations  coming  from 
the  cultivated  heads  and  backed  by  sanctified  hearts  of  redeemed  sons 


DEVELOPING  POWER  OF  THE  A.  M.  E.  CHURCH. 


497 


and  daughters  of  oppression.  And  the  mission  of  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church  is  to  fan  the  old  fires  and  light  the  new  ones,  until  the  whole 
shall  be  redeemed  and  brought  under  the  influence  of  the  Cross  of  the 
Crucified  One. 

Rev.  Samuel  J.  Campbell,  a  native  of  Africa,  was  in  our  country 
for  more  than  two  years  studying  our  institutions,  customs,  language 
and  habits.  Our  Church  has  sent  him  back  to  his  native  land 
reinforced  and  better  qualified  to  lead  his  people  than  when  he  came. 
He  is  the  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Liberia  district.  The  Conferences  in 
the  South  and  West,  as  well  as  the  people,  are  studying  more  about 
the  salvation  of  Africa  than  ever  before.  God  has  laid  the  burden  on 
the  shoulders  of  our  beloved  Church,  and  we  trust  that  she  may  have 
strength  to  bear  it  upward,  onward  and  heavenward.  For  we  have 
the  largest  and,  I  think,  the  most  perfect  organization  in  the  world, 
controlled,  supported  and  developed  by  colored  men  from  the  lowest 
to  the  highest  office.  Therefore,  I  think  God  will  require  more  of  us 
than  any  other  organization.  The  age  in  which  we  live  will  look  for 
more  from  us  on  account  of  our  God  given  privileges,  and  the  race 
will  expect  us  to  be  their  moral,  their  religion  leaders  and  redeemers. 

The  following  is  the  estimated  reading  population  of  the  A.  M.  E. 


Church  : 

The  Christian  Recorder,  annually  1,200,000 

The  Southern  Recorder,  annually   600,000 

The  Charleston  Recorder,  annually   220,000 

The  Palmetto  Gleaner,  annually   48,000 

The  A.  M.  E.  Review,  annually   120,000 

.  The  A.  M.  E.  Sunday  School  Literature,  annually..  1, 105,000 

Grand  total  3,293,000 


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INGENUITY,  SKILL,  PERSEVEKANCE,  INDUSTRY. 

JOHN  STOCKS  THORNE. 

BY   R.    E.    WALL,    D.  D. 

.  .  The  subject,  of  this  biographical  sk<  tch  was  born  in  the  city  of 
Charleston,  S.  C,  on  the. 27th  day  of  December,  1839.  h  common 
with  other  children  of  free  parents,  attended  school  under  Mr.  William 
\Y  nittemore  Wilbur,  up  to  and  including  the  year  1853,  at  which  time, 
or  soon  thereafter,  Mr.  Wilbers  mind  became  unbalanced  and  he  had 
to  give  up  teaching.  (As  a  matter  of  fact  he  is  still  living  in  the 
asylum  at  Columbia.)  After  school  broke  up,  at  least  this  one,  for 
there  were  two  others  in  the  city,  John  was  put  to  trade  under  Lock- 
wood  &  Johnson  ;  completeing  which,  during  the  war  worked  at  it 
with  Campbell  &  Hill.  At  the  close  of  the  war,  Charleston  being 
nearly  destroyed  by  fire  and  the  ravages  of  war,  he,  along  with  others, 
went  to  Edisto  Island,  and  there  engaged,  in ; engineering  and  mechan- 
ical work  at  a  salary  of  one  hundred  dollars  per  month.  The  other 
boys  grew  weary  and  longed  for  the  comforts  of  home  and  the  associa- 
tion of  friends,  but  John  stuck  and  continued  to  economize. 

Sometime  after  this,  going  on  an  errand  one  day  to  the  sea  side, 
he  saw  a  colored  man,  one  of  his  race,  who  had  been  put  Out  of  doors, 
nowhere  to  go,  no  shelter  to  cover  him.  He  exclaimed:  "How 
long  shall  we  surfer  these  things !  We  never  will  be  a  people  until  we 
own  our  homes."  With  that  determination  he  set  out,  called  meet- 
ings, 'organized  a  movement  which  resulted  in  quite  a  number  ot  men 
putting  in  $100  each,  and  the  site  of  his  present  residence  being  for 
sale,  he  was  empowered  to  try  and  purchase  it.  It  must  not  be  un- 
derstood that  they  had  an  easy  time  getting  it,  for  there  was  a  deter- 
mination to  keep  the  negroes  from  purchasing  land,  but  they  reckoned 
without  their  host,  the  negro's  fertile  brain  soon  found  a  way.  Thorne 
proceeded  to  Charleston  and  arranged  with  one  of  his  friends,  Gordon 
McGrath,  whom  they  could  not  tell  from  white,  to  bid  against  him, 
and  at  a  given  signal  Thorne  stopped  bidding,  the  land  was  cried 
down  to  McGrath,  but  the  title  deeds  when  made  was  to  Thorne. 
The  whites  exclaimed:     "There,  the  niggers  has  got  it  anyway." 


ELISHA  CHURCH. 


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Thus  begun  what  is  to-day  a  thriving,  prosperous  community  of  well- 
to-do  farmers.  The  trite  saying,  "  There's  a  tide  in  the  affairs  of  men. 
taken  at  its  flood,  lead  on  to  fortune,''  is  exemplified  in  this  case.  A 
commodious  residence  comfortably  furnished,  a  large  mercantile  busi- 
ness, with  one  of  the  best  equipped  barns  and  gin  house  to  be  found 
in  the  State,  with  six  McCarthy  Sea  Island  Cotton  gins,  a  sixty  saw 
gin  for  cleansing  the  seed,  a  seed  crusher,  and  a  corn  and  grist  mill 
with  a  fifteen  horse  power  engine,  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  of 
arable  land  valued  at  one  hundred  dollars  an  acre,  fifty  head  of  rattle, 
twenty  head  of  calves,  seventeen  head  of  horses  and  mules,  also  two 
magnificent  specimens  of  horse  flesh  valued  at  two  thousand  dollars 
each.  Ginning  during  the  season  seven  hundred  bales  of  cotton, 
having  made  in  one  year  as  high  as  four  hundred  bales,  the  average 
yearly  yield  being  three  hundred.  The  estimated  value  of  property 
and  assets  is  fifty-one  thousand  dollars,  accumulated  by  ingenuity, 
skill,  perseverance  and  industry  in  twenty-four  years.  Princely  in  his 
hospitality,  generous  to  a  fault,  a  pleasant  conversationalist,  making 
those  around  him  feel  at  home.  During  the  last  session  of  the  South 
Carolin  i  Conference,  Dec.  10,  1890,  he  entertained  Bishop  Amett, 
Dr.  C.  S.  Smith,  Prof.  J.  W.  Morris,  Dr.  R.  E.  Wall,  Dr.  J.  E. 
Hayne,  Dr.  P.  E.  Mills  and  Dr.  C.  P.  Nelson.  One  of  the  first 
things  that  attracted  Dr.  Smith's  attention  was  the  idea  of  a  colored 
man  down  on  Edisto  Island,  supposedly  remote  from  the  environ- 
ments of  city  life,  having  a  great  big  Herring  safe  sitting  up  in  the 
corner  of  his  dining  room.     What  next. 


ELISHA  CHUKCH. 

In  the  organization  of  the  Church  in  the  county  of  Newberry, 
subsequently  known  as  the  Elisha  A.  M.  E.  Church,  and  now  forming 
a  part  of  the  Wateree  Circuit,  in  what  is  known  as  the  Newberry  Dis- 
trict of  the  Columbia  Annual  Conference. 

Henry  Lake,  one  of  the  old  preachers  of  the  M.  E.  Church 
South,  called  a  meeting  at  John  Long's  Spring  about  the  beginning  of 
the  year  1866,  after  they  had  been  driven  out  of  the  church  they  had 
been  accustomed  to  worship  God  in. 


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Sister  Mary  Berg,  now  the  widow  of  Rev.  Isaac  Cook,  one  of  the 
oldest  ministers  of  the  work,  being  the  only  one  there  owning  any  land, 
and  Mr.  Long  refusing  to  allow  them  to  have  another  meeting  at  his 
spring,  gave  to  them  one  acre  of  ground  upon  which  to  build  a  church 
for  the  purpose  of  worshipping  God,  said  church  afterwards  known  as 
Elisha  A.  M.  E.  Church.  Tht  feeling  against  Sister  Berg,  now  Cook, 
was  so  strong  that  she  was  afraid  to,  and  did  not  sleep,  in  her  own 
house  for  three  months  or  more,  and  did  not  feel  safe  in  doing  so  until 
Mr.  Middleton  Kinard  assured  her  of  protection,  as  the  land  was  given 
in  a  good  cause,  and  he,  along  with  others,  assisted  by  their  contribu- 
tions in  the  erection  of  the  church  edifice  which  now  stands. 

Sister  Berg  was  then  a  Presbyterian,  but  after  the  church  was 
erected  and  Rev.  Joseph  Bedenbaugh  was  sent  there  as  pastor,  Rev. 
Simon  Miller  Presiding  Elder,  she  connected  herself  with  the  A.  M.  E. 
Church,  and  has  been  a  consistent  African  Methodist  up  to  the 
present  time. 

The  nucleus  formed  in  the  organization  of  the  Elisha  church  has 
resulted  in  the  establishment  of  the  Mt.  Moria,  Shiloh,  Hannah's, 
Wateree,  St.  Mary's  and  Trinity  churches,  either  of  which  is  not  more 
than  seven  or  eight  miles  in  either  direction  from  Elisha  church. 


STATISTICAL. 


Your  Statistical  Secretary  calls  special  attention  to  the  table  of  sta- 
tistics presented  to  the  several  International  Sunday  School  Conven- 
tions. The  statistics  presented  to  this  Convention  in  comparison  with 
the  statistics  presented  to  the  Fifth  International  Convention,  held  in  the 
city  of  Chicago,  June  1-3,  1887,  represents  a  gain  in  the  United  States 
of  8392  Sunday  schools,  629,718  membership,  and  in  the  British- 
American  Provinces  of  1760  Sunday  schools  and  61,537  membership. 
We  will  look  forward  to  the  report  to  the'  Seventh  International  Con- 
vention with  especial  interest  to  compare  the  growth  in  our  Sunday 
school  system  with  the  growth  in  population.  In  the  table  of  Sunday 
School  Statistics  of  Cities  of  the  U.  S.,  containing  100,000  population 


STATISTICAL. 


and  over,  the  population  having  been  estimated  from  good  authority 
up  to  the  present  time,  the  following  cities  show  a  gain  of  percentage 
of  population  in  Sunday  schools,  viz. :  Buffalo,  Chicago,  Detroit,  Min- 
neapolis, Newark,  New  York,  Pittsburgh,  Providence,  Rochester  and 
St.  Paul.  This  may  perhaps  be  regarded  as  a  favorable  indication  for 
a  gain  of  the  percentage  of  population  in  the  Sunday  schools  through- 
out the  country  at  large  during  the  past  decade. 

ORGANIZATION. 

During  the  past  term  the  States  of  Arkansas,  North  Carolina  and 
South  Carolina,  and  the  Territory  of  Arizona,  reported  at  the  last  In- 
ternational Convention  as  lapsed,  have  been  reorganized.  The  only 
remaining  unorganized  portions  of  the  United  States  are  the  State  of 
Nevada,  the  Territories  of  Alaska  and  New  Mexico,  and  the  newly 
organized  Territory  of  Oklahoma  ;  and  in  Canada,  the  Province  of 
Prince  Edwards  Island. 


STATISTICS  PRESENTED  TO  THE  SEVERAL  INTERNATIONAL  SUNDAY  SCHOOL  CONVENTIONS. 


Sunday 
Schools. 

Teachers. 

Scholars. 

Total. 

i.    Baltimore,  May  11-13,  1875. 

United  States  

64,871 

753,o6o 

5,790,683 

6,543,743 

4,401 

35,745 

271,381 

307,126 

2.    Atlanta,  April  17-19,  1878. 

United  States  

78,046 

853,100 

6,504,054 

7,357,154 

Canada   . 

5,395 

41,693 

339,943 

381,636 

3.    Toronto,  June  22-24,  1881. 

United  States  

84,730 

932,283 

6,820,835 

7, 753-iiS 

British  America  

5.640 

42,912 

356,330 

399,242 

4.    Louisville,  June  11-13,  1884. 

98,303 

1,043,718 

7,668,833 

8,712,851 

British  America  

5,213 

45,5n 

387,966 

433,477 

5.    Chicago,  June  1-3.  1887. 

99,860 

1,108,265 

8,048,462 

9,156,727 

British  America  

6,448 

52,938 

440,983 

493,921 

6.    Pittsburgh,  June24-27, 1890. 

108,252 

1, 143,^0 

8,643,255 

9,786,445 

British  America  ...... 

7,003 

57,868 

495,440 

553,3o8 

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SUNDAY  SCHOOL  STATISTICS  OF  AM,  NATIONS. 

Compiled  for  the  World's  Sunday  School  Convention,  London,  England,  July  2-5,  1889. 


Fountain  J.  Hartley,  F.F.S.,56  Old  Bailey,  London,  England,  \  Statistical 

E.  Payson  Porter,  195  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A.,  j  Secretaries. 


Sunday 
Schools. 

Teachers. 

Scholars. 

Total. 

EUROPE. 

England  and  Wales  

Scotland  

Ireland  

Belgium   . 

Austria  .   . 

Denmark  

Finjand  .  

Germany  

Holland 

Italy  .  .   

Norway  

Spain  

Sweden                                  .  . 

35,983 
5,648 

3,313 
62 
140 
300 
1 20 

1,200 

3.23i 
1,47  I 

200 
250 

3° 
23 
100 

3,35o 

T  1^1 

1 ,  102 

616,941 
59,213 
28,132 
186 
312 
2,000 
800 

3, 1 IO 
20,240 

^,676 
850 

2,190 
IOO 
438 
4OO 

15,355 

5,459 

5,733,325 
651,975 
3*0,099 
2,259 
4,5*9 
35,ooo 
8,000 
59,ooo 
410,981 
1 52,000 
12,560 
25,000 
2,000 
6,007 
8,000 
222,727 
84,000 

6,350,266 
711,188 
338,231 
2,542 
4,831 
37,ooo 
8,800 

53, 110 
431,221 
1 c  7  676 
13,410 
27,190 
2,100 

6,445 
8,400 
238,032 
89,459 

ASIA. 

Japan  .  . 

2,757 
107 

105 
150 

60 

5,744 
440 

1,053 
390 
600 

1 10,270 
4,876 
5,264 
7,019 
7,000 

116,014 
5,3i6 
6,317 
7,409 
7,600 

AFRICA  

4,246 

8,455 

161,394 

169,849 

NORTH  AMERICA. 

United  States   . 

Canada   

New  Foundland  and  Labrador  . 

West  Indies  

Central  America  and  Mexico  .  . 

101,824 
6,636 

3H 
2,185 

55o 

1, 100, 104 
55,o5o 
2, 165 

9,673 
1,300 

8,345,431 
467,292 
22,817 
110,233 
15,000 

9,445,535 
522,342 
24,979 
1 19,906 
16,300 

SOUTH  AMERICA  

•  35o 

3,000 

1 50,000 

153,000 

OCEANICA. 

Australia  .   . 

New  Zealand  

Hawaiian  Islands  

Other  Islands  

4,7i9 

890 

i,474 
230 
210 

35,295 
9,998 
2,700 

1,413 

800 

422,434 
99,884 
42,909 
15,840 
10,000 

457,729 
109,872 

45,609 

17,253 
10,800 

WORLD   

183,390 

1,699,569 

17,716,212 

19,715,781 

